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[[File:Workflow of a process involving real-time PCR.png|right|450px]]Ideally, the clinical laboratory will want any implemented LIMS to be structured to fit the laboratory’s workflow, but not in a way that boxes the lab in. The base LIMS should contain key pieces that suit most any clinical laboratory but be flexible enough to allow the lab to match and adjust the system workflows to the lab’s unique daily requirements. No two labs are exactly the same, after all.
[[File:Cost Risk Return.png|right|200px]]Inevitably, the topic of cost comes up early in discussions about the ideal clinical diagnostics LIMS. This is actually not all that surprising given that performance measurements such as ROI are common in the world of business. A LIMS is indeed an investment, couched in the idea that it will provide tangible and intangible benefits to the clinical lab and its operations. By extension, labs will look to get the most benefit out of their system for the investment they make, with a preference for lower costs. When investigating this aspect of LIMS acquisition, the lab will find that vendors have multiple software licensing methods, and they may also discover a variety of additional, sometimes unexpected costs and fees. The next two sections examine these aspects.
 
In order for the LIMS to be configured to your workflow requirements, your lab will need to be able to fully understand and describe those workflow steps to the vendor. This means working through your entire process, including accessioning, preparing, and testing specimens; retrieving results from instruments (eliminating the need of manual data entry); reviewing and approving results; ordering re-runs if necessary; and reporting final results as required.  Secondarily, this means advising the vendor about all these details up-front, and later describing what does and doesn’t work for you when implementing the LIMS. Clearly communicating these aspects to the vendor before and during implementation is more effective than simply hoping the system will alleviate any workflow issues as they arise post-implementation. When all is said and done, your lab should have an ideal LIMS at its fingertips, one that is flexible enough to not only address today’s workflows but also the workflows of tomorrow.

Revision as of 17:32, 10 March 2022

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Inevitably, the topic of cost comes up early in discussions about the ideal clinical diagnostics LIMS. This is actually not all that surprising given that performance measurements such as ROI are common in the world of business. A LIMS is indeed an investment, couched in the idea that it will provide tangible and intangible benefits to the clinical lab and its operations. By extension, labs will look to get the most benefit out of their system for the investment they make, with a preference for lower costs. When investigating this aspect of LIMS acquisition, the lab will find that vendors have multiple software licensing methods, and they may also discover a variety of additional, sometimes unexpected costs and fees. The next two sections examine these aspects.

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