Rayza Joy C. Fortos
BSMT 1
MT14 – BB

LIS is a healthcare software that collects, processes, and stores patient information associated with lab procedures and tests. It is helpful for laboratory professionals like medical technologists in helping them organize the workflow and quality control of medical test in various laboratory fields.

LIS is being used in the laboratory field of hematology, chemistry, immunology, microbiology, toxicology, public health, and other laboratory areas. The LIS keeps track of, stores, and updates clinical information on a patient and saves the data for future reference.

The primary function of an LIS, or laboratory information system, is to record, organize, process, and store patient testing data. This includes processing test orders, sending them to laboratory analyzers, tracking test orders, results, and quality control.

Other functions of the LIS include registering test requests, making specimen collection sheets and identification labels, encoding lab results manually or automatically, and making final reports as well as statistical reports of lab tests.

The said functions of the laboratory information system lessen administrative work and enable efficient management of sample flow and related data to increase lab productivity. Without an LIS, it can affect the laboratory’s efficiency and productivity.

The major components of laboratory information systems are sample tracking, protocol execution, and storage organization.

The process of tracking samples in an LIS is similar to attaching a GPS to each sample. Its goal is to precisely track samples and handle all the data a laboratory professional needs to know about them.

LIS promotes consistency by digitalizing the steps and procedures which enables the laboratory technician to execute the correct procedure and order when running a sample in a test. Overall all three major components of LIS guarantee that all data returns are accurate and error-free.

Moving on to laboratory information management systems, it is a type of software that enables efficient management of samples and related data. It boosts efficiency by monitoring data across time and between studies and producing trustworthy results more quickly and accurately.

Laboratory Information handling Systems (LIMS) help the handling of vast volumes of lab data and compliance with rigid standards, while also enhancing productivity and turnaround times, enabling automation, and doing other tasks as well.

LIMS plays a crucial role in improving the laboratory’s operating efficiency by speeding up workflows and removing the need for manual data maintenance. The software is now so dependable that it is easy to update the database’s results and progress in real time.

With LIMS providing tracking components, the work is simplified. A laboratory technician can now manage and control the workflow with a few clicks on the screen, real-time sample tracking is also made possible with LIMS.

The inability to carry out tests and other tasks may occasionally be due to a lack of supplies and medications. But, with the LIMS, it easily keeps track of the materials needed in the lab. Also, it ensures the required inventory is bought under the predetermined deadlines.

One of the main advantages of LIMS is accurate data-keeping. You can enable the development of management reports and other report types with LIMS. Additionally, LIMS can produce reports and support the decision-making of lab professionals.

With that said, LIMS provides everyone better control with its potential to change how the laboratory operates, making it essential for medical and scientific organizations today.