The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model has been in existence for many years and continues to successfully prove out its value proposition compared to traditional legacy software system models. We published a post a few months ago on the total cost of ownership (TCO) benefits of SaaS. The healthcare industry was slower initially in its adoption of…
Just about every information source these days points to increased demands on the healthcare IT industry. Many are hoping process efficiencies can be realized by further automating healthcare. Others are focused on the government’s influence related to the adoption of EMR systems. Still others are just doing some math… Cited from U.S. Census data: 303 million total Americans 17% are over…
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…
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…
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…
Communication and collaboration is at the heart of Pathagility’s next-generation web-portal. In an increasingly collaborative healthcare environment, the need to seamlessly share data, insights, and information is critical. Our collaboration tools create a secure conduit between pathology labs and their clients. By leveraging the tools built into Pathagility, labs can take control of managing communications…
The majority (varying reports of between 60-80%) of all quantifiable data utilized by medical professionals to make health related decisions originate in the lab. While more and more health data is becoming digitized in the lab environment, it is still located in information silos. Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that there are a…
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…