Web Browsers and (Lab) System Design

In the recent CAP TODAY, there is a good article in the Newsbytes section called, The conundrum of shortcut keys for Web-based LIS. Being a SaaS product company in the diagnostic arena, we’ve experienced some of these issues while developing to different web browsers (Firefox, IE, Chrome,etc.)  So far, we’ve developed a nice balance of functionality…

Lab-to-EMR interface alternatives

Ever wonder why one EMR vendor charges $10+K and takes 1 year to implement a Lab-to-EMR interface and another EMR vendor charges $3K and takes 3 months?  You aren’t alone.  This is a common question in our industry.  With that said, everyone acknowledges the benefits of interfacing.  As mentioned in a previous post, pathology groups are…

Pathagility’s Employee of the Month

On behalf of the team at Pathagility we would like to congratulate our Employee of the Month Michael Heckman for going above and beyond to serve our customers.  Customer service is our business and outstanding team members like Mike are what Pathagility is all about.  Thanks for your service, Mike.  We appreciate what you do…

EMR Adoption: The Real Cost of Connectivity.

Cost is always at the top of referring physicians’ list when adopting an EMR solution, and there is no shortage of pricing and package options in the EMR market. EMR adoption continues to rise, and connectivity or interfacing those systems falls next in line on the list of priorities for referring physicians. So when your…

SERVICE – 1 Lab’s Competitive Advantage

If you were to poll pathology labs and ask what the most important factor in competing for referring physicians’ cases, you would get a multitude of answers.  Some of the most common we hear are connectivity (ability to interface with physician EMR), lab/pathologist reputation, marketable/usable lab reports, etc; but the one factor that we hear…

Rapid software updates

If you are a pathology group or any healthcare provider group for that matter, how would you rate the effectiveness of your software vendor on needed updates?  Are you seeing quick turnarounds (days or weeks) on needed functionality changes or is it more of a six month to a year version roll-out scenario?  What impact…