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Manage Complex Processes and Streamline Operations with LigoLab's Clinical Laboratory Solutions
June 28, 2024
The LigoLab LIS & RCM Laboratory Informatics Platform ™ is an agile and comprehensive LIS laboratory information system software (LIS abbreviation medical) that embodies all the modules a modern clinical laboratory needs to conduct high-volume diagnostic testing with maximum efficiency.
LigoLab’s Clinical Laboratory module manages and automates complex processes by turning complexity into simple applications that reduce human intervention and associated costs, ensuring streamlined laboratory workflow management.
LigoLab’s All-in-One Laboratory Information System is Cutting-Edge
LigoLab doesn’t just offer its customers a standard laboratory information system (LIS system, a.k.a LIS software, and medical LIS), it goes far beyond that with its complete laboratory informatics platform.
The LigoLab platform is an all-in-one LIS system technology packed full of lab information system tools (including a robust lab revenue cycle management module and a highly customizable direct-to-consumer labs solution called TestDirectly) that clinical lab operators must have to meet present challenges head-on and stimulate growth through efficiency and automation.
So what separates LigoLab’s LIS system software from what’s being offered by other laboratory information system companies?
- The LIS system and lab revenue cycle management modules seamlessly connect every laboratory sector on one united LIS software infrastructure, ensuring end-to-end data integrity.
- The LIS and RCM modules work in parallel enabling users to start the in-house laboratory billing cycle at order inception utilizing real-time patient/payer data verification that greatly reduces rejections and denials.
- The TestDirectly Direct-to-Consumer Lab Testing Portal eliminates data entry-related errors and delays, directly linking the clinical laboratory with the patient for a unified patient engagement experience.
LigoLab’s Lab Sample Management System
Let’s start with the basics while reviewing LigoLab’s medical laboratory solutions for your clinical lab operation.
An error-free lab sample management system is vital for any LIS software platform to achieve flawless laboratory operations. The LigoLab platform assigns a specimen-unique identifier the moment a test order is placed, ensuring the security of the specimen laboratory workflow through the lab sample management system.
- Integration with all barcode printing hardware
- Full traceability of specimens, including batch orders
LigoLab’s LIS System Supports Highly Customizable Lab Reports
LigoLab’s medical laboratory information system users gain the power to create fully customizable and intelligent lab reports with an automated distribution lab workflow that fulfills each customer’s preference.
- Standardized report structure based on industry trends
- Custom template format for client satisfaction
- Integrated reports for time-saving efficiency
- Cumulative reports for patient safety and continuity
Learn More: How LigoLab's Pathology Lab Software Supports Lab Report Customization and Client Preferences
LigoLab’s Approach to Quality Assurance
LigoLab’s clinical laboratory management software includes a Quality Control (QC) module and Quality Assurance (QA) compliance infrastructure to ensure accurate testing, precise report distribution, and closely monitored laboratory information system functions.
Ligolab supports various QC methodologies, such as Westgard Rules, biological variation methods, and Lean Six Sigma.
The QC module allows live monitoring of control data (its laboratory data analysis software solution) and alerts users to abnormal readings to prevent instrument malfunction and erroneous test release.
The Quality Assurance infrastructure monitors every step of the clinical laboratory workflow and ensures reliable and coherent operations throughout all testing processes.
Learn More: Top 10 Medical Laboratory Mistakes and How to Prevent Them from Happening in Your Lab
LigoLab’s Lab Interface System Supports High-Volume Pooled Testing
LigoLab’s clinical laboratory management software also provides a flexible solution for end-to-end interoperability including plate mapping for pooled testing. From order inception to results, it supports high-volume screening of infectious diseases.
- Batch scanning of paper requisitions into electronic orders using OCR and AI
- Specimen scanning individually or in batches for plate mapping
- Real-time visual representation of plates, wells, and racks
- Bidirectional interfacing with instruments for error-free automation
- Rule-based result auto verification
Learn More: How AI Can Propel Medical Laboratories into a New Era of Growth
LIS Laboratory Information System Cost Management
Cost management is critically important for clinical laboratories thanks to increasingly regulated reimbursement policies contributing to profit erosion.
LigoLab’s LIS system software features real-time monitoring and reporting tools that enable users to easily generate important performance analytic reports that provide valuable insight for informed business decisions that impact the bottom line and profitability.
- Achieve visibility into all clinical laboratory management (lab workflow and staff productivity)
- Monitor and query payer reimbursement metrics in real-time
- Analyze revenue-based key performance indicators
- Manage costs based on the payment/expense ratio
Learn More: Understanding the Importance of Real-Time Analytics in the Modern Clinical Laboratory
LigoLab’s Flexible Interface Engine and Lab Interface System
The LigoLab platform features an open LIS system software architecture and a proprietary interface engine making maximum interoperability possible.
LigoLab’s laboratory information system software can seamlessly connect to all analyzers, EHRs, and third-party plug-ins with this engine. This includes the LIS system and lab RCM cycle internal networking and connectivity to external bodies, such as lab billing services, the Tumor Registry, and state reporting agencies.
LigoLab’s interface engine supports all standard interchange protocols, including FHIR, HL7, X12, XML, CSV, PDF, Flat File, ASTM, and Restful API.
LigoLab’s Direct Access Solution Enables Remote Digital Interaction
LigoLab Connect® is a laboratory information system software (diagnostic lab software) application enabling remote digital interaction between the laboratory and its clients. Users can receive and search for reports, pull cumulative charts, fax out of the LIS system, and gain access to any patient-related scanned document.
Additionally, LigoLab Connect allows the client to begin its patient demographics verification as part of the laboratory billing process with eligibility checks, address validations, and insurance discovery, all from the remote site application.
- Free and easy to install with unlimited licensing for downloads
- No other third-party outreach laboratory software system is needed
- It can also be branded with a lab’s company logo
LigoLab also offers its customers a similar web-based application called LigoLab Web Connect. It has all of the advantages of LigoLab Connect and takes remote access to a new level with enhanced features. Click the link below to learn more.
Learn More: The LigoLab Platform Now Features Web-Based Remote Ordering and Resulting
Optimize Pathology Lab Management and Scale Your Business
Why do so many clinicians and LIS personnel (LIS staffing) like the LigoLab platform?
It starts with the LIS system’s unmatched adaptability.
LigoLab is a clinical laboratory management software that constantly evolves for customers and clinicians, creating new features and enhancements daily to help them become more efficient and productive.
The LIS company boosts its lab partners through domain expertise, best practices, unrivaled customer service, and customer feedback analysis. It gives clinicians a platform that automates lab workflow, increases productivity, and positions a clinical lab to scale its business quickly.
- An agile informatics platform that automates laboratory information system functions and lab billing processes
- High-visibility and real-time workflow queues
- Flexible rule engine for optimal automation
- Multi-layered laboratory workflow control
Learn More: Navigating the Future of Pathology: The LigoLab Advantage
Clinical Laboratory Management and Regulatory Compliance
Attempting compliance without a flexible laboratory information system software platform is challenging and labor-intensive.
LigoLab offers a variety of specialized tools that reduce audit risk and revenue loss. Users can effectively operate within the guidelines of CAP, CLIA, HIPAA, and other regulatory agencies to mitigate compliance concerns and avoid penalties.
- Creates compliance-conscious workflows and reports
- Features ad hoc data query capabilities
- Supports all established regulatory protocols
- Implements compliance verification at every stage
LigoLab’s Safe and Protected Informatics Platform
LigoLab offers advanced security and privacy features that protect laboratory and patient data.
- Automatic log-off for user inactivity
- An audit trail that logs every activity
- User permission and visibility control
As evidenced by recent high-profile healthcare ransomware attacks, now, more than ever, clinical labs should seriously consider taking extra precautions to strengthen their cyber defense.
LigoLab understands this need and now offers Enhanced Backup Services and Cybersecurity Audit services for the benefit of its customers. To learn more about these new programs and LigoLab’s approach to LIS system platform security click the link below.
Learn More: LigoLab’s Enhanced Cybersecurity Solutions Give Customers Added Protection and Peace-of-Mind
Ready to Learn More About LigoLab? Contact a Product Specialist Today
Tired of the same old bottlenecks and headaches? Ready for an advanced LIS system that guarantees uptime? Then it’s time for a conversation with a LigoLab Product Specialist.
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