The healthcare IT arena is extremely chaotic. The systems that support this industry in most cases mirror this complicated environment. The physicians, hospitals and healthcare organizations that are answering the call to adopt systems that will help promote better patient care are looking for sophisticated systems that are simple to use. Simplifying the complex is easier said than done. …
Many pathology labs we talk with have purchased, developed and deployed FileMaker Pro database lab systems. This seems even more true in smaller independent and hospital labs due to cost and ease of deployment factors. We would like to hear from those of you that utilize FileMaker Pro. Here are a few questions for you… Overall, are…
For Christmas, Santa brought me an iPad (which I thought was very cool by the way!) I’ve been living vicariously through friends and business associates who were early adopters. Now that I have one and it is fully integrated into my daily life, I’ve started picturing how a device like this might be useful in the…
Normally we stay away from posts that are this Pathagility product focused, but every once in a while we just can’t help ourselves! We are proud of our ReportPath product/service and continue to recognize lots of application for it. ReportPath provides pathology laboratories and healthcare providers an integrated, web-based solution for storing, managing and distributing report data without purchasing a new LIS. Referring physicians have secure…
More than 140,000 industry professionals attended the CES11 in Las Vegas last week. Following up on our post Top gadgets at CES 2011 and impact on healthcare, check out this slide show via HealthcareITNews called Healthcare gadgets at CES11. The slideshow shows 5 healthcare gadgets featured last week and here’s a summary… 1. digital microscope 2. …
Check out this Newsbyte in the latest issue of CAP Today by Dr. Raymond Aller entitled, Interface workarounds offer fixes for common issues. In it, Dr. Aller refers to a few issues that arise in order-entry and results reporting interface processes between hospital or regional labs and their reference labs. Here are the issues he outlines… 1. …
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Computer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 in Las Vegas. For those that are not techno geeks or gadget happy, this is one of the largest trade shows in the world. It is an annual event that is packed full of new product hype and demos. Even though CES is not focused on…
Happy New Year! Check out this great presentation by Dr. Bruce Friedman called Integrated Diagnostics: The perspective of the pathologist. In it, Dr. Friedman defines Integrated dx, discusses the benefits of merging multiple reporting areas of diagnostics, and outlines the challenges of actually pulling this lofty goal off. In summary, Dr. Friedman states that it is…