LAORA chooses Ideagen software to increase quality and compliance

Published: 31-Oct-2016

Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agencyis to implement Ideagen Q-Pulse to modernise policy and procedure management and overall document control


US-based Life Alliance Organ Recovery Organisation (LAORA) is working with Ideagen to enhance document control, improve compliance and introduce smoother auditing processes.

Based at the University of Miami, LAORA will implement Ideagen Q-Pulse quality management software to modernise policy and procedure management and overall document control. LAORA will also benefit from the electronic management of staff training records and a formalised audit system.

'Q-Pulse has been around the organ procurement world for quite a few years and is arguably the most popular software of choice in that field, particularly for document control – which is the main reason we required a software system,' said Sue McClung, Director of Quality at LAORA. 'We had no version control of our documentation, making it difficult to ensure our staff were following current processes, which had to be remedied.

'Q-Pulse was chosen with the objective of making sure all of our policies and procedures are modernised, put into a proper format and stored in a system that everyone can access. This would also ensure that they were working with the most up-to-date and accurate information.'

Disaster recovery was also an extremely important issue for LAORA, which due to its geographical location faces natural disaster dangers such as hurricanes. Through Q-Pulse the system will ensure each member of staff is up to speed on how to keep the business operating during an operational crisis.

'We have a business continuity plan in place, which is a regulatory requirement for us as it proves that we can continue to operate should a disaster occur,' McClung added. 'This document is sent to everyone in the business detailing how we can continue if shut down by a hurricane, for example. Everyone in the business has to acknowledge and read this document and, as it is stored and accessed via Q-Pulse, it forces everyone in the business to ensure they are aware of it and the related processes around keeping the business functional.

'This is electronically linked against everyone’s training record, with Q-Pulse not only recording that a person has acknowledged it but escalating it to management if they have not.'

The management of staff training records, such as against the disaster recovery document, is a major objective for improvement for the organisation. Q-Pulse will make it easier to track training records and staff competency levels, automatically flagging areas of improvement or re-training, as well as ensuring that regulatory requirements are met.

You may also like