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…
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…
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…
As a follow up to our recent post, Social Media in Pathology – Game Changer, check out this recent article from CAP Today entitled Social media in labs-hook, line, and sinker. In it, Peggy McKee, owner and senior recruiter of PHC Consulting, gives her take on the lack of social media usage in the laboratory…
As mentioned in our recent post, Meaningful Use and Pathology Labs, we stated we would start forwarding on information regarding the affects of Meaningful Use (MU) on pathologists. Check out this CAP article called Experts Detail Meaningful Use Challenges, Opportunities for Pathologists. In it they talk about the demand for interfaces and they list 8 objectives…
It is no secret that pathology groups are fielding calls from their referring physicians, hospitals, and healthcare partners to build EMR interfaces. Check out our previous post Impact of EMR adoption on the Pathology Lab. The first impact that we noted in that post is labs must spend $ on LIS-to-EMR interfacing. We also note that this…
Terminology– it is interesting how perceptions are formed based on a particular set of words even if those words are the only real differentiators of something. Word usage does make a difference. We enjoy reading Bruce Friedman’s posts on Lab Soft News. If you aren’t already, you should following him on Twitter @labsoftnews.Yesterday’s post Who Will Build the Diagnostic…
Came across this editorial from the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine by … yes…scrolling through Twitter and seeing a Tweet from @VTPathology. The editorial by Dr. Eric F. Glassy is called The Rise of the Social Pathologist: The Importance of Social Media to Pathology. It gives a great account of how Twitter, Facebook, YouTube…
CAP is offering a course to pathologists that are interested in learning about the impacts of recent federal policies on clinical laboratories – The Clinical Laboratory and Meaningful Use of EHR (SAM eligible). Following are the objectives of the course: 1. Describe the benefits and importance of EHRs to pathologists and patients 2. Describe related…
We are pleased to announce that Bakersfield Pathology Medical Group is utilizing Pathagility‘s ReportPath product with its AP Easy Lab System. ReportPath is providing BPMG a secure, marketable way to provide an online lab reporting and collaboration environment for its referring physicians without having to replace its current lab system. Check out our previous post, Save your Lab’s Brand 2, on the…