Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) play a key role in laboratories meeting quality standards, decreasing transcription errors, reducing turnaround time from specimen receipt to reporting of results, and improving patient outcomes. In the last decade, technological  advances in laboratory instrumentation has led to higher specimen volumes and a greater demand and reliance on laboratory data to support clinical and public health needs. These advances demonstrated that paper-based record keeping and results reporting were inefficient and could not support the laboratory’s business needs. As a result, there has been a tremendous growth in the demand for adoption of LIS at all levels. This increased use of LIS has allowed end users to more clearly articulate detailed system requirements, in turn leading vendors to develop more attractive, viable LIS options.

• Efficiency in Laboratory Operations
• Laboratory Information Systems (LIS)
• Technological Advances in Laboratory Instrumentation