HIS LESSON 9 PART 1 Flashcards
Laboratory Information System aka?
Laboratory Information Management System
Computer-based information management system created
specifically for laboratories
LIS or LIMS
what type of system was LIs before? what about now?
paper-based system, computer-information management system
repository means?
storage
what’s the use of LIS?
connects all these Departments in the laboratory
what happens if there is no LIS?
work will be less organized and easy to lose data and processing of specimens would take more time
who are dependent on the results from the MedTechs or Laboratories
doctors
Traditionally used to refer to systems that support clinical settings and patient specific specimens
LIS
meaning of RITM?
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
meaning of RITM?
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
what does LIS focuses on? how about LIMS?
Focuses on patient, patient specimens or samples for LIS while LIMS focuses on sample centric or data analysis more on research
Focused more on the research
LIMS
Are Sample centric, with focus on data analysis and workflow
and features to meet regulatory requirements.
LIMS
what system attaches bar codes?
LIMS
Medical technologist focuses on what type of system?
LIS
what does LIS used to refer for?
refer to systems that support clinical settings and patient specific specimens
what does LIMS designed to support?
public health, national reference laboratories, research laboratories or other clinical settings
when is the attachment of barcodes done?
monthly, quarterly or annually
Is it okay to send out a patient’s sample with their information without their consent?
no, consent is a must
Are these two systems separate, the LIS & LMIS?
Not all the time
what are explained before the testing of the patient?
what the test is all about
o how the disease is transmitted
o information about the illness, etc.
what do you do after explaining everything to the patient?
a waiver form will be given to the patient indicating the his/her results will be sent out to the DOH for a confirmatory test
