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Monday, April 9, 2018

General Benefits Of The Lab Information System

By George Stone


The health sector is among most evolving areas with lots of improved platforms to perform lots of processes that were initially performed manually. New technology has made things easier by bringing forth new digital platforms for data management. This has affected all sectors. The following are some of the universal paybacks of the lab information system.

Patient management has been enhanced. It is obvious now that the data records of patients are well managed and verifiable at a click of a button. The new technology behind this has made it easy and enhanced even the process of tracking and retrieval. The records are well kept capturing all details from personal data to treatment information and admitting clinician concerned.

Decision support has been improved as well. The management and various stakeholders at the different level can perform the necessary decisions faster thanks to the efficient reports generated. This was not the case before. Human beings had to perform all the compilation and processing then present the information. With this platform, people will just do a little at each stage and have minimal efforts on overall output.

Quality is assured. The output is accurate with almost zero error because of minimum intervention in the processing and generation of various reports. The necessary audits are easy to conduct and get all information as required. Data transfer from support devices is safe and secured through a common link that is fast and secure. It is hence hard for one to introduce errors during the process.

Workload and management reports are efficiently generated. The general load that a particular clinician will be handling is reduced since concentration is on the critical reports that happen to bring undesired results. Approval for other reports is automated thereby minimizing the work of physicians. The management can easily make decisions based on the data they get from of reports.

Inventory is well managed. Usually, this is a challenge especially in a large facility with few workers to keep track of stock. The unique, efficient module that tracks stock will give alerts where there is a need for restocking and such like related aspects. The process is very efficient such that it will provide alerts in good time. In the process, wastage is minimized, and other unnecessary costs are cut off.

It also supports continuous sample tracking in actual time frames. This is possible because the platform has a special feature called sample work flow management module that will keep track of all samples verified. Usually, there were delays before the introduction of the system. Now the registration process is easy because once the sample has been identified, no need to re-enter the data again only to progress with processing.

The rate of production per worker is enhanced. It is seen that the effectiveness realized saves time and thus gives a chance for more people to be served. Overall, the output per worker is enhanced, and service delivery is superb. The clients will not have to wait for long to get the services delivered. At the same time, no mistakes and other kinds of embarrassments are to be realized.




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