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Chemical Pathology , Cytology , Hematology , Histology , Microbiology , and Serology
These Modules should manage the bulk of the administrative tasks involved in the Hospital and freeing staff to concentrate on patient activities. The module should provide all of the efficient, comprehensive functions for specimen management, result and statistical reporting that the laboratories require while being flexible enough to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

The facilities that should be provided and the versatility with which they may be configured and used should make the system a significant benefit to laboratory information management in accordance with accreditation standards.

 
The following has been extracted from a recent RFP. I've included it here for your reference. It may prove useful for anyone preparing such a document.
Please feel free to comment on this list, and propose any items that you think should have been included in this list. 

 

Laboratory Details

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The Laboratory modules generally consists of :

Chemical Pathology , Cytology , Hematology , Histology , Microbiology , and Serology
These Modules should manage the bulk of the administrative tasks involved in the Hospital and freeing staff to concentrate on patient activities. The module should provide all of the efficient, comprehensive functions for specimen management, result and statistical reporting that the laboratories require while being flexible enough to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

The facilities that should be provided and the versatility with which they may be configured and used should make the system a significant benefit to laboratory information management in accordance with accreditation standards


>>> Requisition Registration
 
1   Provide test definitions
2   Provide test profiles
3   Provide reference ranges
4   Provide notification ranges and delta checks
5   Display and automatically print requisitions
6   Display the patient's full history of cytology tests and results
7   Fully record specimen details including smears, EM and photography

>>> Specimen log in
 
8   User defined data fields for collecting patient’s clinical histories, surgical procedures, and comments
9   User defined Sequential specimen numbering
10   Order entry with duplicate order checking
11   Ability to assign specimens to a technologist/pathologist

>>> Work-Lists ( Work Sheets )
 
12   Support work-lists
13   Support User defined layouts and size
14   Support table formats
15   Include patient and specimen information, including date and time of collection
16   Ability to add comments per specimen
17   Handle dilution factors for automatic calculations of final results
18   Handle repeat tests
19   Allow to add, swap and delete specimens
20   Log these specimen changes
21   User defined labels for containers and slides

>>> Results Entry
 
22   Support user defined screen formats for results
23   Support text editor for all findings
24   Have automatic data integrity checks
25   Have real-time range checking based on age, sex and patient condition
26   On screen display of deltas
27   Support automatic user defined calculations
28   Support auto-validation functions
29   Support automatic display of CBC for comparison

>>> Interface with Medical Equipment
 
30   Interface to various on-line analyzers
31   Interface to manual differential counters
32   Support the quality controlled results that are accepted for entry
33   Make results available to the Order Management system

>>> Queries
 
34   Test results
35   Patient search inquiries
36   Display of all requests for a patient
37   Specimen search criteria
38   Security levels for confidential inquiries
39   Optionally display requests for other labs
40   Provide for patient history inquiries by patient name, request number and patient/hospital number
41   Allow for creation and amendment of search profiles
42   Activate search profiles
43   Activate overnight reports
44   Monitor overnight terminals

>>> Management Reports
 
45   Daysheets
46   Statistical reports
47   Workload recording
48   Outstanding tests
49   Laboratory status
50   Notification report
51   Unverified tests report
52   Auto-validation reports based on quality control evaluation
53   Delta checks
54   Alert levels

>>> Reports
 
55   Single reports
56   Cumulative reports
57   Ward reports
58   Exception reports
59   Abnormalities highlighted in reports
60   Detailed report :- Coded and free text
61   Detailed report :- Text editor with word processor
62   Detailed report :- SNOMED coding and search facilities
63   Detailed report :- Supplementary reports

>>> Quality Control
 
64   Capture statistics automatically at the result approval stage
65   Have quality control features e.g. daily quality control logs
66   Use quality control summary reports
67   Have any plots
68   Support quality control exceptions reports
69   Support Westgard rules for quality control
70   Support quality control sample collection
71   Support input of individual quality control results
72   Support batch input of quality control results

>>> Supervisory Functions
 
73   Provide for referral lists
74   Produce statistics
75   Configurable :- Report format parameters
76   Configurable :- Report approval parameters
77   Configurable :- Request number format parameters
78   Configurable :- Worksheet and daybook parameters
79   Create and amend recall letters

>>> Histopathology Management
 
80   Support report size parameters
81   Have user defined report editor commands
82   Support label parameters
83   Support printer parameters


Last Updated ( Tuesday, 28 October 2008 00:59 )  

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