Press Release – 4/27/2015 - Framework Solutions has been retained by Providence Health & Services (www.providence.org) as a primary vendor for Bio-repository database software. Providence is an industry leader in the area of cancer research, with 5 major research facilities including the newly acquired John Wayne Cancer institute (http://california.providence.org/john-wayne/), affiliated with Saint John’s hospital in Santa Monica, California. As one of the largest non-profit health systems in the United States, Providence runs 34 hospitals, 475 physician clinics, 22 long-term care facilities, 19 hospice and home health programs and 693 supportive housing units across Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon and Washington. It all began in 1856, when Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart and the four other Sisters of Providence arrived in Vancouver, which back then belonged to Washington territory. They came to help a new pioneer community. In a short time they established the first schools, hospitals, orphanages and other institutions of care to serve the new communities.
Today Providence continues the history of compassionate care and is particularly active in the medical research sector. More than 25,000 cardiovascular patients and 18,000 cancer patients are being treated in providence hospitals each year, attracting national research opportunities to advance medical knowledge for the future. Their clinical experts are developing new therapies such as innovative aortic valve replacement and cancer immunotherapy. By acquiring the John Wayne Cancer Institute, Providence increases their focus on cancer research.
Framework Solutions developed a leading Bio-repository database software application for JWCI in 2007 to track over 2m cancer specimens across a large freezer bank at JWCI’s Santa Monica facility. In 2014 Framework rolled out the final clinical module for this system, linking thousands of patients and their treatment history to the repository data, and facilitating a dramatic improvement in the cancer research capabilities of the institute.
Cancer research software is a rapidly expanding field with very unique requirements. The JWCI software tracks the chronology of patient treatment history for those who consent to be on IRB approved Protocols, interlinking this information with detailed recording of all the processes and events that occur once samples are taken from these patients, and stored in the repository. Many such protocols are multi-center clinical trials which involve consented patients all over the world.
As a primary vendor to Providence Health for bio-repository software systems, we will next be focused on integrating JWCI’s research systems with internal systems. The JWCI research module includes a revolutionary event tracking design that will keep a full history of disease progression for patients over time. Our role based security system guides users through their respective workflows ensuring full HIPAA compliance including a fully integrated enforcement of valid patients to ensure proper IRB compliance.
Learn more about the leading bio-repository database application we created for JWCI and Providence Health at http://www.fwsi.net/bio-repository-database-jwci/