Getting to the point: integrating critical care tests in the patient care setting.
Implementing testing services in the patient care setting offers the lab manager many challenges. At this hospital system, an innovative data management solution addressed the problems of a simple user interface, automatic creation of test orders and accession numbers, remote review of test results by the central laboratory, and an interface to the LIS and HIS for complete data capture.
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Laboratory Services, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, USA.
D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009820:Ohio; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018511:Systems Integration