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The ideal [[clinical laboratory]] is one that provides timely and accurate test results that lead to improved patient outcomes or practical clinical discoveries benefiting future patients. In order to meet or exceed these expectations, the ideal clinical lab requires the ideal [[Laboratory information management system|LIMS]] for its workflows. This is, however, not as straightforward as it sounds. Finding and implementing the ideal LIMS requires research, planning, expertise, communication and knowledge. Given how much information the lab has to arm itself with to make the best decision on the ideal LIMS, this process can leave many labs frustrated before even getting started.
Computers in the laboratory are not a recent phenomenon. The mid-1960s saw clinical laboratory computerization become increasingly popular<ref name="KriegClinical74">{{cite book |chapter=Chapter 30: Clinical Laboratory Computerization |title=Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods |author=Krieg, A.F. |editor=Davidsohn, I.; Henry, J.B. |publisher=W.B. Saunders Company |pages=1340–58 |year=1974 |isbn=0721629229}}</ref><ref name="FlynnComputer65">{{cite book |chapter=Computer-assisted processing of bio-chemical test data |title=Progress in Medical Computing |author=Flynn, F.V. |editor=Atkins, H.J.B. |publisher=Blackwell Science Ltd |page=46 |year=1965 |isbn=0632001801}}</ref><ref name="WilliamsTheUse64">{{cite journal |title=The Use of Data Processing and Automation in Clinical Pathology |journal=Military Medicine |author=Williams, G.Z. |volume=129 |issue=6 |pages=502–9 |year=1964 |doi=10.1093/milmed/129.6.502}}</ref><ref name="HicksRoutine66">{{cite journal |title=Routine Use of a Small Digital Computer in the Clinical Laboratory |journal=JAMA |author=Hicks, G.P.; Gieschen, M.M.; Slack, W.V. et al. |volume=196 |issue=11 |pages=973–78 |year=1966 |doi=10.1001/jama.1966.03100240107021}}</ref><ref name="StraumfjordElectronic67">{{cite journal |title=Electronic Data Processing System for Clinical Laboratories: A System Used for All Laboratory Sections |journal=American Journal of Clinical Pathology |author=Straumfjord, J.V.; Spraberry, M.N.; Biggs, H.G.; Noto, T.A. |volume=47 |issue=5_ts |pages=661–76 |year=1967 |doi=10.1093/ajcp/47.5_ts.661}}</ref>, though that enthusiasm was often based on the potential of the computers themselves rather than their actual capabilities.<ref name="KriegClinical74" /> Researchers imagined potentials such as automatic specimen label generation, daily log and report management, instrument interfacing and data processing, results comparisons, and time management tools. It would take time for some of those potentials to be realized.<ref name="KriegClinical74" />


The ideal LIMS is largely the one provided by a vendor that meets all of your lab’s functional, budgetary and support needs. Who is providing such a LIMS? How are they being implemented in clinical labs like yours? How should you approach the implementation process? These questions and more may cause anxiety, but they shouldn’t with a practical and informed approach. This guide is intended to provide laboratories like yours with similarly practical and informative content to guide your approach to finding and implementing the ideal LIMS.
However, we've come a long way since the 1960s, to a point where the question is no longer "can a computerized system help my lab?" but rather "how do I choose and implement an informatics system to help my lab?"


This guide first introduces the concept of the LIMS and [[Laboratory information system|LIS]] and how these informatics solutions should be capable of assisting your lab with its clinical workflows and goals. It then offers an approach to finding vendors who provide solutions that meet your specific niche (e.g., pathology, molecular diagnostics and COVID-19 testing), as well as the functionality those industry-specific solutions should provide. There’s more to it than just the LIMS, however, and the fourth chapter acknowledges this by examining vendors, the services they provide, and how they and your lab should approach LIMS implementation. Your ideal LIMS is an investment, and the fifth chapter examines cost considerations that come with investing in a clinical LIMS. The last chapter then provides information about a clear and competitive LIMS option for your clinical laboratory.
Today we find the laboratory information management system (LIMS) and its related companion, the laboratory information system (LIS), to be the most common informatics solutions used in laboratories. In the next section, we examine what LIMS and LIS are and how they are able to streamline laboratory workflows and improve conformance to laboratory standards and regulatory requirements.
 
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Revision as of 15:44, 9 March 2022

Computers in the laboratory are not a recent phenomenon. The mid-1960s saw clinical laboratory computerization become increasingly popular[1][2][3][4][5], though that enthusiasm was often based on the potential of the computers themselves rather than their actual capabilities.[1] Researchers imagined potentials such as automatic specimen label generation, daily log and report management, instrument interfacing and data processing, results comparisons, and time management tools. It would take time for some of those potentials to be realized.[1]

However, we've come a long way since the 1960s, to a point where the question is no longer "can a computerized system help my lab?" but rather "how do I choose and implement an informatics system to help my lab?"

Today we find the laboratory information management system (LIMS) and its related companion, the laboratory information system (LIS), to be the most common informatics solutions used in laboratories. In the next section, we examine what LIMS and LIS are and how they are able to streamline laboratory workflows and improve conformance to laboratory standards and regulatory requirements.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Krieg, A.F. (1974). "Chapter 30: Clinical Laboratory Computerization". In Davidsohn, I.; Henry, J.B.. Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods. W.B. Saunders Company. pp. 1340–58. ISBN 0721629229. 
  2. ↑ Flynn, F.V. (1965). "Computer-assisted processing of bio-chemical test data". In Atkins, H.J.B.. Progress in Medical Computing. Blackwell Science Ltd. p. 46. ISBN 0632001801. 
  3. ↑ Williams, G.Z. (1964). "The Use of Data Processing and Automation in Clinical Pathology". Military Medicine 129 (6): 502–9. doi:10.1093/milmed/129.6.502. 
  4. ↑ Hicks, G.P.; Gieschen, M.M.; Slack, W.V. et al. (1966). "Routine Use of a Small Digital Computer in the Clinical Laboratory". JAMA 196 (11): 973–78. doi:10.1001/jama.1966.03100240107021. 
  5. ↑ Straumfjord, J.V.; Spraberry, M.N.; Biggs, H.G.; Noto, T.A. (1967). "Electronic Data Processing System for Clinical Laboratories: A System Used for All Laboratory Sections". American Journal of Clinical Pathology 47 (5_ts): 661–76. doi:10.1093/ajcp/47.5_ts.661. 
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