Challenges and questions still remain as we enter the new era of Healthcare IT. The fit of practices and vendors depends largely on the willingness and commitment of all parties to roll up their collective sleeves to tackle obstacles identified and the one lying right around the corner. Will your business’ growth be stunted by…
While it seems that most healthcare providers are hoping to get to the stage where health information systems (EMR/EHR, LIS, RIS, etc.) provide more workflow efficiency, extreme data security and flexible partner collaboration, the path to Utopia seems to be different in almost every case. This is due to the fact that each provider is…
We are looking forward to attending the 15th Annual Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management in New Orleans – April 27-28th. The agenda is full of great sessions on lab workflow efficiencies, interoperability, and next generation lab automation. Here a few of the sessions we plan to attend – April 27th 7:00 AM–7:50…
As the adoption of electronic health records (EHR) continues to increase, so does the need to connect lab systems to EMR software. Interfaces are usually one-way, or uni-directional, enabling a referring physician system to receive results from the laboratory. But the next wave to hit involves the use of a bi-directional interface where referring physician’s…
Check out this case study on Pathagility becoming University of North Carolina (UNC) Nephropathology’s digital interface to their physician clients. UNC was able to enhance their existing lab system investment and configure a solution for their specific needs by taking advantage of Pathagility’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cost effective model. Casestudy_UNC (PDF)
WorkPath is a flexible, web-based platform that supports the creation of customized laboratory workflows. Some labs need to move from an inflexible, “one size fits all” system with a large total cost of ownership (TCO) price tag, to an affordable environment tailored to their specific needs. WorkPath can support simple and complex workflows across multiple…
Being able to leverage existing system investments is of paramount importance to many pathology labs due to the significant, sunk costs that they have already incurred implementing their existing systems. Pathagility enhances the capabilities and reach of existing healthcare management systems, and in many cases, can extend the lifespan of current technology investments, such as…
What is the true cost of laboratory information systems (LIS) that support pathology? When calculating, there are items that seem quite obvious and others that may be overlooked. Software licensing and annual maintenance fees of traditional systems make up the majority of the obvious expenditures. In the ever evolving health-care IT (HIT) world, one needs…