Standard Guide for Selection of a Clinical Laboratory Information Management System<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Preface In 2001, ASTM Committee E31 decided to restructure its operations, with the intent of focusing on standards-development issues such as security, privacy, and the electronic health record. Part of the reorganization plan was to explore the option of transferring responsibility for nine E31.13 standards to NCCLS. The NCCLS Area Committee on Automation and Informatics, at its meeting in April 2002, reached a positive assessment of the value of the ASTM standards and encouraged the NCCLS Executive Offices staff to pursue negotiations with ASTM on transferring these standards to NCCLS. Following this transfer, these nine standards (formerly ASTM E792; E1029; E1238; E1246; E1381; E1394; E1466; E1639; and E2118) have been redesignated as NCCLS standards LIS1 through LIS9. The Area Committee on Automation and Informatics has assumed responsibility for maintaining the documents and will revise or update each document in accord with NCCLS Administrative Procedures. This document is the equivalent of ASTM E792-02 but has been redesignated and is now maintained by NCCLS. This document has been approved as an American National Standard (ANSI\/ASTM E792-02).<\/p>\n
. Scope 1.1 This guide covers the selection, purchase, use, enhancement, and updating of computer technology supplied by a vendor as a complete system in the clinical laboratory. The purpose of the guide is to assist hospitals, clinics, and independent laboratories through the entire automation project in order to minimize the risks and maximize the benefits. It provides a process that may be used by the medical institution to carry out laboratory information projects in a rational and orderly manner. It also includes checklists of items to be considered at each stage of planning to help guard against the unpleasant consequences of oversights. It includes planning and design aids to assist in carrying out the project. In addition, there is information (see Section 18) about enhancement and updates after the system is purchased. NOTE 1\u2014The term \u201cstat,\u201d as used in this guide is the abbreviation for the Latin word statim, which means immediately. 1.2 This guide is not concerned with digital or computer electronics used only within instrumentation. Rather, it deals with the application of information systems to a large segment of the laboratory operation, and generally is concerned with how Information and Communications Technology (ICT) can be used to enhance the interaction of the laboratory with the rest of the institution, improve workflow in the laboratory, and help keep records. Such systems will normally include segments for patient biographical information, test ordering, specimen collection, workstations worklists, test result entry, result verification, patient result reporting, management reports, archiving, and other special functions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[26],"product_tag":[],"yoast_head":"\n