Laboratory Information System_MT14CC_Lapeciros

Kurt Jon C. Lapeciros                                                                                                February 18, 2023 MT - 14 - CC                                                                                                                 BSMT - 1 Assignment

1. Laboratory Information System: Its Definition and its Uses
   • A Laboratory Information System, or LIS, is an operating system that focuses on serving the functioning processes in the clinical laboratory (McCudden et.al, 2020). It is utilized to support the collection, processing, analysis, storage, and retrieval of clinical laboratory test results and related patient information in a healthcare institution. The main goal of an LIS is to create an efficient, accurate, and reliable flow of laboratory operations in the clinical laboratory. An LIS is created to make sure that the laboratory activities is automated to reduce the amount of errors and improve the speed of delivery of laboratory results from the provider to the patient.
   • A Laboratory Information System has a number of uses, one of which is to support the collection, processing, analysis, storage, and retrieval of clinical laboratory test results and related patient information in a healthcare institution. An LIS can also be used to automate the managing of test orders and results in the clinical laboratory.
2. Implication of a Laboratory Information System to your Future Work/Medical Technology
   • Since a Laboratory Information System is designed for a clinical laboratory, Medical Technologist benefits mostly to the services and uses of the system. Some of the implications of an LIS to Medical Technology include: the increase of productivity of the activities and services of a clinical laboratory as it would greatly reduce the time and effort exerted in managing laboratory operations, reduced risk and errors in data resulting to a more accurate and reliable laboratory results, improved data management resulting to an enhanced storage and retrieval and patient records and results data, and lastly, improved patient care as all services and uses of a Laboratory Information System results to the production of quality services of a clinical laboratory for the benefit of the healthcare providers and their patients.

Reference: McCudden, C. M., & Jackson, B. J. (2020). Laboratory Information Management. Science Direct. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-         biology/laboratory-information-system