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LigoLab’s Grossing Workstation Window
January 10, 2025
The Grossing Workstation Window is a powerful pathology lab software tool embedded within the LigoLab LIS & RCM Laboratory Informatics Platform because it allows grossing technicians to interact at a per specimen level with a case.
Today we’re showcasing this valuable laboratory information feature. First, we’ll start with a tutorial video so you can see how it works. Then we’ll review why this workflow optimization tool is necessary for any high-volume anatomic pathology practice.
In our tutorial video, you’ll see the following:
- How the Grossing Window and its numeric touchpad launch within the LigoLab LIS laboratory information system software application.
- How a barcode scan brings up the bottle container and case information (patient name, accession/result ID, site, and specimen received).
- How the LIS software solution links the Gross Description Template Dropdown Menu to the selected site.
- How voice-to-text pathology dictation software and a stylus or gloved finger can fulfill the necessary components of the gross description.
- How LigoLab supports the Grossing Description field with programmed voice-to-text commands, abbreviations, and macros.
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With the LIS system software application provided by LigoLab’s Grossing Workstation Window, many pathology groups have repurposed transcriptionists to review what the grossing techs are directly inputting into the cases.
The Grossing Workstation Window is another example of how the LigoLab Platform enables its laboratory partners to enhance patient care, differentiate themselves in the marketplace, scale their operations, and become more compliant and profitable.
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Lab Information System Software that Integrates Cutting-Edge Technology and Streamlines Pathology Grossing Processes
LigoLab’s Grossing Station Window is valuable for grossing techs because it integrates the latest lab information system technology and workflow optimization tools to streamline pathology grossing processes. Here are the key reasons why it's so effective as an atomic pathology software feature:
Customizable Workflow Tools: The Grossing Station Window allows laboratories to tailor anatomic pathology LIS workflows based on their specific protocols, ensuring that grossing techs can work efficiently and accurately. Customization ensures that tasks align perfectly with laboratory needs.
Real-Time Data Integration: The grossing solution connects directly with LigoLab’s LIS pathology module, providing real-time access to case data, patient history, and specimen details. This minimizes errors and reduces the need for manual data entry.
Integrated Barcode Scanning: The Grossing Station ensures accurate specimen tracking with built-in barcode scanning support. This feature helps grossing techs quickly verify specimen identity and maintain chain-of-custody documentation.
Voice Dictation and Text Input: Grossing techs can use voice dictation to efficiently document specimen descriptions, reducing manual typing and saving time while maintaining high accuracy.
Quality Assurance Features: The Grossing Station includes built-in quality checks, ensuring all required steps are completed before a case moves on in processing. This reduces errors and the need for rework.
Seamless Collaboration with Pathologists: The system enables grossing techs to communicate directly with pathologists via the LigoLab laboratory information platform, providing immediate access to guidance or approvals when needed.
Enhanced Reporting and Metrics: Grossing techs can track productivity and receive feedback from integrated laboratory information system analytics. This improves pathology lab management by adding transparency that assists workflow efficiency.
User-Friendly Interface: The Grossing Station interface is designed to be intuitive, minimizing clicks and the learning curve for new users and reducing frustration for experienced techs.
Thanks to this list of features, the LigoLab Grossing Station Window helps grossing techs work faster, more accurately, and with fewer errors, ultimately improving the overall efficiency and quality of the pathology process.
Learn More: A LigoLab Anatomic Pathology LIS Testimonial from Juan Mangini, MLD Pathology
What is Anatomic Pathology LIS System Software?
Anatomic pathology LIS software (also referred to as a laboratory information system, pathology information system, or medical LIS system) is a specialized laboratory information software designed to optimize and streamline pathology lab management.
Advanced LIS software is the backbone of modern pathology operations, offering a robust suite of tools to support case processing, sample tracking, and diagnostic reporting.
The primary function of LIS pathology systems is to unify and manage various components of anatomic pathology workflows - from specimen receipt and handling to diagnosis reporting - within a seamless and efficient lab management system.
By enabling this integration, anatomic pathology LIS software ensures the accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness critical in diagnostic environments.
The Advancement of LIS Pathology Solutions and Laboratory Workflow Management
In the complex and demanding field of anatomic pathology, where accuracy and efficiency are paramount, anatomic pathology software solutions (LIS pathology platforms) stand out as revolutionary.
Below is an article that delves into the transformative role laboratory software systems play in modernizing pathology labs, and it includes a particular focus on the critical contributions of laboratory information system LIS features and functions.
Join us as we examine how pathology management software integrates core lab processes (such as sample tracking and diagnostic reporting) into a unified, efficient laboratory workflow. By highlighting the key features, benefits, and future potential of this advanced anatomic pathology LIS technology, engineered by leading laboratory information system vendors, we’ll explore how solutions like LigoLab’s innovative pathology lab reporting software continue to drive advancements in the field.
Designed to meet the needs of pathologists, lab directors, managers, and CEOs, this guide underscores how anatomic pathology LIS software is transforming lab workflows, enhancing accuracy and efficiency, and ultimately elevating the standard of patient care.
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Enhance Pathology Lab Management with LigoLab’s LIS System Software
LigoLab is an award-winning provider of innovative end-to-end medical LIS software for pathology groups and clinical laboratories, servicing nearly 300 facilities nationwide.
As a comprehensive enterprise-grade pathology software solution, the LigoLab LIS & RCM Laboratory Informatics Platform™ includes modules for anatomic pathology (anatomic pathology LIS), clinical pathology (LIS medical), molecular diagnostics (molecular LIS), lab revenue cycle management (lab RCM), and direct-to-consumer lab testing (TestDirectly and TestDirectly.com), all integrated within one powerful and laboratory information platform that supports every role, every department, and every case.
LigoLab empowers LIS lab operations to enhance patient care, differentiate in the marketplace, rapidly scale, and become more compliant and profitable.
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