A Laboratory Information System Developed within IBMs Hospital-Based Patient Care System

摘要

Using IBM's Patient Care System (PCS) we developed a laboratory information system that includes accessioning, workstation and log book functions. The accessioning function allows clerks to “clock-in” specimens, bills or credits patients' accounts, notifies nursing stations of the acceptability of specimens or requests, and assigns test requests to appropriate workstations. The workstation function provides a list of requests from which technologists identify future workload and report preliminary, interim or final results for interfaced instruments and manual procedures. The log book records test results and patient information, and it is provided daily to each lab section. These functions improved productivity in the laboratory, increased accessibility of information to the user, and provided a foundation for future applications.