Lift Off! Soft Network Users Group (SNUG) Hosts 21st Annual Conference: Fantastic Voyage | Mission: Education

April 10, 2013

(Clearwater, FL) April 10, 2013 – The Soft Network Users Group (SNUG) is delighted to announce their 21st annual conference for users of SCC Soft Computer’s (SCC) clinical laboratory software solutions. Taking place April 15-19 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater, Florida, the SNUG conference will offer a combination of educational and networking opportunities for allied healthcare and healthcare IT professionals. Established to promote the free exchange of ideas and suggestions relating to the applications and use of SCC’s laboratory software packages, the conference is a vehicle of communication between users and SCC.

This year’s theme is Fantastic Voyage | Mission: Education. Attendees will journey through the engaging events of the week-long conference, which will include informative breakout sessions, product demonstrations, and workshops presented by SCC staff members and SNUG delegates. The annual SNUG conference is expected to attract over 150 professionals from hospitals, laboratories, and large integrated delivery networks (IDNs) from across the United States and Canada.

The 2013 SNUG Conference – the Healthcare Information Technology Summit – will also host a vendor fair for attendees to preview the latest products and services from many vendors. These vendors will feature the most practical SCC add-ons and third-party programs to help advance productivity.

Craig Karges, one of the world’s leading extraordinists, will kick off the conference as the keynote speaker. An award-winning entertainer, nationally recognized speaker, and author, Craig’s performance blends mystery, humor, psychology, and intuition. He challenges his audiences to question what is real and what is unreal, what is possible and what is impossible in a voyage through the mind.
About SCC Soft Computer

SCC is at the forefront of laboratory, genetics, blood services, outreach, pharmacy, and radiology information systems software development and offers full suites of Web-enabled laboratory and genetic information management system solutions. Since 1979, SCC Soft Computer has designed, developed, and delivered powerful integrated clinical information management solutions to hospitals, large IDNs, and laboratories.

Considered the largest LIS software production house in the world – with a workforce of nearly 1,600 professionals dedicated to LIS development – SCC has experience in accomplishing complex LIS implementations in large, multisite environments. SCC’s flagship product, SoftLab®, has been recognized as the market standard for its robust functionality and ease of instrument interfacing, including robotics. SCC’s SoftLab 4.0.3, 4.0.4, and 4.0.6 are 2011/2012 compliant and certified as EHR Modules by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB (Office of the National Coordinator - Authorized Testing and Certification Body), in accordance with the applicable Hospital certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). For full certification details, please visit:
• For SoftLab 4.0.3: https://www.cchit.org/show-onc-cert?certid=a055000000JH4PhAAL
• For SoftLab 4.0.4: https://www.cchit.org/show-onc-cert?certid=a015000000ezyq1AAA
• For SoftLab 4.0.6: https://www.cchit.org/show-onc-cert?certid=a015000000f1NQSAA2

SCC has been ranked the Number 1 Laboratory Blood Bank application in the Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. SoftBank, SCC’s blood bank and transfusion service management system, has been recognized as the category leader in blood bank information management system solutions for four consecutive years. SCC was also ranked the Number 1 Laboratory application for Small (1-200 beds) Hospitals in the 2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report. SoftLab, SCC's flagship laboratory information system, was recognized as the category leader in laboratory information management system solutions. SCC’s SoftPath® anatomic pathology and cytology information system is ranked the Number 2 Pathology application in the 2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report. (www.KLASreasearch.com) SCC is one of the few LIS vendors who can say their systems work as well in a community hospital as they do in a high-volume healthcare system. Their robust, integrated information systems dramatically increase productivity in the laboratory enabling hospitals of all sizes to do more in less time with fewer FTEs.

SCC has also been recognized over the years for its commitment to workforce training and professional development. SCC placed 3rd in the 2009 ASTD BEST Awards, and received two 2010 ASTD/ISPI OPAL Awards for Excellence in Team Success and Customer Satisfaction and the 2009 ASTD/ISPI OPAL Award for Excellence in Leadership Development. The company has been included in the Training Top 125 nine times in ten years—including four consecutive years in the Training Top 10 and two years in the Training Top 5, the only healthcare IT firm to achieve this feat. SCC was inducted into the Training Top 10 Hall of Fame February 2012, along with computer software giant, Microsoft Corporation (visit www.trainingmag.com for more information).

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