Champion Medical Technologies debuts new name, website

LAKE ZURICH - Champion Medical Technologies, a provider of systems that help hospitals better manage implantable devices and tissue, has renamed itself Champion Healthcare Technologies to more accurately reflect its corporate mission.

The company also debuted a new website, logo and motto, "Freedom to do more good."

"We have long thought that Champion Medical sounds more like a product company; it has a clinical tone that doesn't really represent what we're about," said Peter I. Casady, the company's co-founder and CEO. "We think of Champion as solving a broader challenge, one that spans health care, in reducing costs and increasing patient safety."

Champion is an innovator in the market created by the advent of unique device identifiers, mandated for device makers by the Food and Drug Administration. Implantable devices now arrive at hospitals in packaging with bar codes that include UDIs, but hospitals need systems to help make use of this information. Champion's thorough understanding of UDIs informed its creation of UDITracker and GraftTracker, solutions that help hospitals and health systems take advantage of bar coding to accurately track and trace medical device implants through the entire chain of hospital custody.

"As a technology provider we empower hospitals to make health care safer and more affordable, which to us translates into 'freedom to do more good,' " Casady said. "Automating many of the tedious tasks of inventory control - such as tracking supplier compliance status and certifications, identifying and flagging recalls, and managing tissue implant records - frees hospital staff to spend more time giving their patients the very best care possible. I can't think of a better representation of our corporate mission than that."

The new website more clearly focuses on UDITracker and on the issue of UDIs in health care.

"We want our website to be a valuable resource on this important safety and quality issue, one that helps us advocate for better use of UDIs by hospitals and health systems," Casady said.