The special needs of the Histocompatibility Laboratory'

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The special needs of the Histocompatibility
Laboratory.

• Angela Youngblood
• Healthcare Information Systems
• Spring 1999

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A short History

• Community Oriented Trauma Center
• Affiliated with three smaller Hospitals
• Lifeflight service
• 1987 Transplantation Service

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Computerized record keeping

• Individual database incomplete
• IS writes a menu driven program
• Network linking
• LAN
• WAN

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Statement of Problem

• IS department no longer provides support for
  the program
• Move from research to clinical
• Changes and updates are necessary

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OPTIONS

• Evaluate the cost of a commercial software
  package
• evaluate the cost of hiring a programming
  consultant

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Desirable features
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Vendor Search

• Sunquest Information Systems' Flexilab
• Shared Medical Systems Corporation
• LCI of Madison, WI

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Return to the roots

• One Lambda
• Lab Management system

• Grayghostmed
• Alpha
• customized

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Comparison of the software systems in
consideration

• Billing
• Connectivity
• Data extraction
• Programming language

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Cost comparisons
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Recommendation

• Alpha system-has HL-7 connectivity,
• good service
• One Lambda- inventory tracking,
• consultant- all we can afford

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Conclusion

• Need to include this sector into general lab
  tracking systems
• Job Opportunities
• Any Questions?