Purchasing a Laboratory Information System (LIS) is a major decision for a clinical laboratory. It’s the backbone of the lab and like any cornerstone application choice, making a poor choice can cause pain down the road.
What do you consider when choosing the right LIS for your lab? Sure…most labs have universal needs such as tracking orders and interfacing with EMRs…but it’s the labs unique needs that make all the difference in the world. Some labs need to support a forever changing business strategy and product lines while others might cater to more a more general practice population. The team at Kainos Healthcare Solutions has implemented and customized Laboratory Information Systems for hundreds of labs with varying needs and levels of complexity and we narrowed it down to the top 10 considerations.