Upgraded LIS performance - New Products & Services - Brief Article

Health Management Technology, Jan, 2004

Harvest LIS 5.5 adds advanced levels of process automation to address both the workflow and profitability issues facing laboratories. It offers flexible, lab-defined order-splitting rules to automatically segregate procedures requiring unique handling from a consolidated order. Users define rules based on procedure types such as microbiology and hematology, sample types, storage temperatures, testing locations or order locations of the procedures within the order. When a defined rule is triggered, Harvest LIS 5.5 splits the consolidated order into multiple, separate orders, maintaining original order entry data with each separate order to help reduce errors and minimize additional collections. The system also offers lab-defined CPT calculation rules to automate the process of modifying billing procedures based on conditions specified by insurance and Medicare. Orchard Software Corp., Carmel, Ind. www.rsleads.com/401ht-185

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