The Best LIS Systems are Comprehensive and Laboratory-Specific

For anatomic pathology groups and clinical laboratories to successfully navigate today’s challenging times, lab operators in those facilities need LIS laboratory information system software that is functional, flexible, and configurable. 

The lab information system (LIS system) needs to constantly evolve to the needs of clients, keeping pace with change resulting from new technologies and discoveries. To do this they need a high degree of control, plus the support and best practices guidance from laboratory information system companies that understand the complexities inherent within the medical lab.

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Which LIS Model is the Best LIS System for Long-Term Success? 

What are the best LIS software solutions and the best LIS model out there? 

Let’s examine the options.

A few years ago, the College of American Pathologists (CAP) commissioned reputable pathologists from across the country for a study to compare two laboratory information system (LIS pathology) models to see which one was most advantageous. 

The doctors who participated in the study researched and compared a dedicated laboratory information system (an end-to-end LIS software platform) versus a laboratory software system with laboratory modules as part of an enterprise electronic health record (EHR) platform. 

The doctors were not compensated for their work or their findings.

The authors concluded that the best LIS medical systems are consistently end-to-end lab information system solutions that fully support laboratory billing (lab revenue cycle management). 

The study identified oversight structure, laboratory-specific configuration, functionality, and direct access to laboratory information system vendors as clear advantages for the dedicated model.

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The study served as an important counter-balance for hospitals and healthcare systems that were putting pressure on medical laboratories nationwide to replace their laboratory-specific LIS systems with ones from the same lab vendors that supplied their current EHRs. 

These healthcare institutions, faced with shrinking budgets and consolidation, were motivated by perceived advantages like potential savings on cost, maintenance, and simplified deployment. 

Additionally, the study noted that many of these same institutions were deciding with little or no input from the pathologists who would use these enterprise EHR solutions in their respective labs.  

Laboratories and the pathologists they employ have typically been the overlooked and underappreciated practitioners of the healthcare industry, greatly involved in diagnosing and treating patients but rarely seen or heard. Fortunately, that mentality is changing out of necessity if they are to take advantage of favorable trends like an aging population (aging population = more tests) and increasing demand for genetic testing and personalized medicine. 

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Learn More About LigoLab’s Advanced Medical Laboratory Information System Software

At LigoLab, we’ve been helping medical labs grow and thrive for nearly two decades with our agile and nimble approach to LIS healthcare (pathology lab software) solutions. 

Our LigoLab LIS & RCM Laboratory Informatics Platform was designed and developed by pathologists and laboratorians to promote efficiencies and streamline clinical laboratory management and workflow while keeping lab operators in control with LIS system technology that can be tailor-made to fit their lab’s unique needs and goals. 

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The LigoLab platform is backed up by the deep domain experience acquired through years of working closely with our client labs, and we offer responsive and unlimited 24/7 customer service and support. 

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LigoLab also offers a unique volume-based transactional pricing model (check out our LIS system pricing tiers) with no prohibitive and large upfront licensing fees. It’s a shared-risk LIS model that allows labs to scale quickly. Because it’s shared risk, we react much differently than legacy laboratory information system vendors when labs come to us with opportunities for expansion, growth, or partnerships. 

As a comprehensive all-in-one pathology lab software solution, the LigoLab platform goes beyond core lab workflow management to provide all the supporting modules a laboratory needs (including the financial ones). 

The LigoLab platform drives business growth, reduces labor costs, and increases revenue while optimizing client services and patient care.

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Laboratory Information System References

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Stand-alone Laboratory Information Systems Versus Laboratory Modules Incorporated in the Electronic Health Record

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Changing How Labs Think About Laboratory Information System Companies

LigoLab is a thriving LIS system software vendor (LIS company) based in Los Angeles that specializes in the licensing and (and development) of pathology lab software for medical labs, no matter their size.  

LigoLab competes with the giants of the laboratory industry thanks to its unique pricing model for its all-in-one LIS laboratory information system (LIS medical) and lab revenue cycle management (lab RCM) informatics platform. 

Ready to learn more, contact our experienced LIS system product specialists. 

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