Lab Information System (LIS): Innovations in Integration

Over time, laboratories have grown from being little more than a corner of a hospital to becoming one of the healthcare industry's most influential organizations. Laboratories have become some of the most profitable organizations in the country because of the increase in people employed there. Lab Information Systems have grown in popularity because of an increasing number of healthcare professionals utilizing them.

Laboratory Information System (LIS) can improve the organization's efficiency and provide accurate and timely patient information with respect to its operations. Having standardized procedures and workflows will enable them to make informed decisions as well as ensure that they are not complacent. To complete a comprehensive surgical case review, pathologists should have access to additional information, such as ancillary test results and pathology slides from the patient. Despite electronic health records (EHRs) and laboratory information systems (LISs) providing most of this data, their accessibility and portability in combination with clinic-verifiable clinical data and WSIs associated with the patient are imperative to reducing errors.

Current Era

As present-day healthcare is impacted by demands of a Covid-19 pandemic, labour shortages, and hospitals merging into mega hospital systems with disparate systems, communication and integration issues are causing havoc in healthcare. RPA technology can bring down the costs of a modern LIS system by combining advanced analytics with advanced analytics.

Lab Vantage Medical Suite is a Laboratory Information System (LIS) designed specifically for laboratories in healthcare settings. It integrates all medical laboratory disciplines into one application. By providing a single solution for diagnostics, microbiology, pathology, blood banks, biology, and genetics/molecular labs, Cyret addressing distinct needs and workflows across the medical community.

Why Integrating LIS with healthcare laboratories is important?

Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) that provide seamless integration of all medical laboratory disciplines into a unified platform will improve quality of patient care significantly. By implementing LIS, the medical laboratory is transformed in the following ways:

• Provides a single integrated solution for diagnostics, microbiology, pathology, blood banking, genetics, and veterinary laboratories
• Improves efficiency and reduces costs through automation of routine laboratory tasks and processes
• A workflow management system that increases efficiency, improves lab work, and ultimately improves patient safety.

A Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is a computer program that keeps track of patient records, data from specimen analysis, and diagnosis reports for doctors and other health care professionals. In the United States, 2.5 physicians per 1000 patients are expected by 2025 also approximately 20,000 laboratory documents will be managed by 1 physician annually. Although it helps keep track of medical data efficiently, the process of manually updating entries requires a great deal of time. They can be automated by Robotic Process Automation. A major benefit of automated sample tracking is ensuring more accurate data in less time by automating calculations and control of associated results.

Wrapping Up

Using Cyret's IoMT with LIS, it is possible to automate the collection of test data, guaranteeing that laboratory equipment is properly calibrated by integrating unidirectional and bidirectional laboratory equipment. Configuration tools that are fully integrated give end users an easy way to customize software without compromising support or future upgrades.

Cyret Worked with multiple laboratories to help them to integrate their LIS with their providers EHR in a completely new innovative way.