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Article: Addressing management issues.(Management Q&A)(Column)
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- Medical Laboratory Observer
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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Need paperwork reduction
Q Can you provide guidance for a small rural hospital, where the lab uses a small laboratory information system (LIS), but the hospital itself does not have a hospital information system (HIS). The LIS itself essentially serves no purpose other than creating and sending more paper copies of reports in all directions. As the new lab manager, I need help on basic paperwork reduction.
A Larry Crolla points out. "It is very difficult to answer this question without knowing your systems or requirements. The best advice would be to describe in a document your system and the need for various copies and then see if there is redundancy or ...