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Article: LIS technology generates a strong ROI.(laboratory information system, return on investment )
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- Medical Laboratory Observer
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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For laboratory managers lobbying for a new or replacement laboratory information system (LIS), convincing management there is a return on investment (ROI) can be a challenge. Forced to stretch beyond their areas of expertise because of technology and financial pressures, many may wish they also had an IT or a business degree.
Applications specialist Ginger Wooster, MT(ASCP), says her MBA has come in handy over the years. Since 1974, she has worked in the lab environment, 10 years as director of lab operations. "I spent much of my time dealing with business-management issues: productivity, costs, errors, and revenue," says Wooster, "for a facility that processed ...