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How Modern Laboratories Produce and Distribute Reports
February 12, 2025
Clinical laboratories and pathology groups indeed come in all shapes and sizes. In our LigoLab experience as leading laboratory information system vendors (LIS system software), we can wholeheartedly attest that no two medical lab facilities have ever been the same.
That said, no matter the size, volume, or type of lab facility, one aspect remains true for every medical lab: The significant importance of medical laboratory reports - the product produced by LIS laboratory information system software - cannot be overstated.
Because of the undeniable importance of lab reports to successful lab operations and client relations, it’s on all of us as innovative laboratory information system companies, lab partners, and the entire healthcare continuum to work toward the common goal of perfecting lab report configuration and distribution.
Learn More: The Best Laboratory Information System Companies and the Advantages They Offer to Their Laboratory Clients
LigoLab’s Approach to Laboratory Information System Functions and Reporting Capabilities
As a leading LIS company, we’re often asked about our approach to medical lab reports. It’s a discussion that comes to life with every lab information system/LIS software demonstration we host with prospective clients.
That’s not surprising. Those searching for modern pathology management software typically have many questions with lab report configuration and distribution options always at the top of their wish lists. They desire professional-looking lab report templates managed without external help and seamless distribution to their customers.
Learn More: Is Your Pathology Lab Reporting Software System Outdated and Lacking Functionality?
You Too Can Have Fully Customizable Lab Reports Produced by a Modern LIS System
At LigoLab, we’ve prioritized lab reports from day one and equipped our LIS system with super-powerful reporting and distribution engines that put the laboratory in full control. With us, unlike other laboratory information system companies, lab clients get fully customizable reports that stand out in the marketplace and get the doctor’s attention.
Learn More: How LigoLab's Pathology Lab Software Supports Lab Report Customization and Client Preferences
Laboratories using our LIS pathology solution enjoy uniform presentations and rule-based formatting that’s template-driven. Elements like full-color rich text, diagrams, and images are licensed and pre-loaded into each medical LIS system developed by LigoLab, along with the ability to annotate. Even better, rules can be set up inside the reports for client-specific templates as an added value for customers.
LigoLab’s LIS System Product Specialists Are Here to Help with Expertise and Samples
Now is a great time to contact one of our laboratory information system product specialists and request either a LIS lab pathology software demonstration or a sample of report templates produced by our LIS system’s reporting and distribution engines. Click HERE and speak with a specialist today!
Everything you see on the sample lab reports (including the patient info header, diagnosis, comments, images, diagrams, history, microscopic findings, and gross description) has been customized for our clients and then generated into a variety of formats, including PDF, XML, and HL7, for distribution.
Additionally, LigoLab excels with several quick and easy distribution options (highlighted below). The distribution engine gives lab partners a boatload of delivery options with every one of them generated within the LIS system’s distribution module. With LigoLab, our lab partners never have to leave the lab information system for any reason.
LigoLab’s LIS System Reporting Ranks High in Client Satisfaction
Laboratory partners have repeatedly shared favorable feedback on LigoLab's lab report templates and distribution options, mainly because of the LIS system's extensive customization capabilities that enable labs to design clear, visually appealing reports that improve physician satisfaction.
Users value the flexibility to adapt reports to specific needs, streamlining lab workflow integration. Additionally, LigoLab supports multiple result distribution methods, including direct interfaces, giving laboratories versatile solutions to meet client demands.
To read more from our lab partners and access their verifiable reviews on two leading software review sites, click each link below.
LigoLab Customer Reviews at G2 - CLICK HERE
LigoLab Customer Reviews at Capterra - CLICK HERE
Learn More: LigoLab Reviews - What Do Our LIS Lab Customers Think?
Flexible LIS System Reporting Matched by Flexible Pricing Options
LigoLab offers the best laboratory information system software for report configuration and distribution and a tiered pricing LIS model for its all-in-one laboratory information system (LIS) and lab revenue cycle management (lab RCM) platform, designed to accommodate laboratories of varying types, sizes, and complexities. This structure allows labs to select a tier that aligns with their current operational needs and provides a pathway for future growth.
Learn More: The Top Five KPIs: Driving Successful Lab Revenue Cycle Management
Which of LigoLab’s Four Tiers Represents the Bets Fit for Your Lab’s Growth Plans?
Essential Tier: Tailored for small pathology, molecular, and reference laboratories, this LIS system tier includes fundamental features such as ordering, labeling, grossing, histology, cytology, molecular, clinical, result entry, audit trails, and reporting.
Professional Tier: Building upon the Essential Tier, the Professional Tier offers advanced LIS lab functionalities like grossing touchscreen, document management, specimen handling, synoptic reporting, digital pathology, quality control, statistical reports, provider portal, and faxing capabilities.
Advanced Tier: Designed for large, high-volume laboratories, this lab information system tier encompasses all features from the previous tiers and adds multi-facility support, send-out tracking, customer relationship management (CRM) and case flagging, workflow and rule engines, dynamic reporting, dashboards, inventory and supplies management, and priority support.
Enterprise Tier: Aimed at regional and national laboratories requiring extensive integration and scalability, the Enterprise Tier includes all LIS system software features from the lower tiers, plus auto case assignment, data warehousing, an automation engine, a patient reporting portal, eligibility checking, and insurance discovery, interface engine, auto coding, single sign-on (SSO), and a dedicated account manager.
For detailed pricing information and to determine the best fit for your laboratory, we recommend contacting a LigoLab product specialist when you’re ready to learn more.
Contact a Product Specialist Today!
LigoLab: A Leading Provider of Highly Scalable LIS Systems
LigoLab is a leading provider of innovative laboratory information system software that meets the diverse needs of molecular labs (molecular LIS), clinical labs (LIS medical), and anatomic pathology (anatomic pathology LIS) practices nationwide.
Here’s your chance to learn how the LigoLab LIS & RCM Laboratory Informatics Platform has driven efficiency, performance, and growth for laboratory partners for nearly two decades.
Contact LigoLab to schedule an in-depth laboratory information system software demonstration today and experience how a fully integrated medical LIS & lab billing platform can unite and transform your lab’s financial, administrative, and technical operations.
