CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2005--Confronting ever-present challenges managing the medical laboratory technologist shortage, hospitals are increasingly turning to technology to automate their lab operations. The latest version of Misys Laboratory(TM) from Misys Healthcare Systems, being demonstrated this week at the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA) Conference in Chicago, introduces new enhancements to blood bank and microbiology modules that improve workflow and productivity and eliminate time-consuming manual steps during lab testing.
Generally available to Misys Laboratory clients this spring, new graphical user interface (GUI)-based features in this release include: Blood Bank Quality Assurance (QA) checks that generate password overrides; electronic crossmatch and instrument interfacing to automate manual testing; customized specimen inventories per lab facility with security levels for viewing and accessing blood products enterprise-wide; streamlined microbiology workflow that includes results viewing from one screen; and enhanced General Laboratory rule-based logic and calculations via new tools for editing and testing.
