Newsbytes, 12/14

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• Differences between enterprise-wide EHR systems and general lab information systems and AP-specific systems.
• Challenges to selecting an enterprise-wide health information system or purpose-specific laboratory information system.
• Hidden traps in enterprise-wide health information systems and limited function lab information systems.
• Pros and cons of using a cloud-based AP system versus a locally installed AP system.
• Essential elements of a best-of-breed AP system.

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Atlas Medical issues new release of LabWorks

Atlas Medical has introduced LabWorks release 18 for general distribution. This latest release of the order-entry and results-reporting system includes more than 40 new enhancements.

LabWorks release 18 offers cumulative diagnostic history, instead of just the ordering practice’s history; result-distribution options that allow labs to automatically provide copies of results to physicians associated with the patient but who are not the ordering physician; and improvements to the methods of processing and forwarding ancillary orders and results for such areas as radiology, cardiology, and physical therapy.

With release 18, users of Atlas’ physician portal and patient service center portal can upload images or PDFs into LabWorks. The images can be associated with a patient’s driver’s license, insurance provider, or a particular order and can be viewed from various pages within the product.

Atlas Medical, 800-333-0070

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Viewics expands presence at academic medical center

Viewics has announced that University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, is expanding its use of the Viewics Health Insighter by adding the solution to its SoftMic microbiology information system and SoftA/R billing and accounts receivable system. SoftMic and SoftA/R are products of SCC Soft Computer.

UH Case Medical Center went live with Viewics Health Insighter in its clinical and anatomic pathology labs late last year. The product is an end-to-end visualization and analytics solution that transforms raw data into actionable information.

Viewics, 415-439-0084

Dr. Aller is director of informatics and clinical professor in the Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He can be reached at raller@usc.edu. Hal Weiner is president of Weiner Consult­ing Services, LLC, Florence, Ore. He can be reached at hal@weinerconsulting.com.