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Laboratory Information Management System
Disa*Lab is the basic laboratory module. Editions are available for Standard, Enterprise, Xpress and Point of Care sites.
Disa*Lab is a role based, multi-disciplinary system allowing testing of samples for any combination of Clinical (Biochemistry, Haematology, Microbiology, Cytology, Histology (Anatomical and Cellular Pathology), Virology, Serology, Immunology, Toxicology and TB ) along with Environmental/Public health, Clinical Trials and External Quality Assurance (EQA) samples. All versions comply fully with ISO 15189 and ISO 17025 requirements and include support for ICD10, LOINC and other international laboratory coding standards.
Built-in Internal Quality Control is available for both manual tests and interfaced analysers providing Westgard-rules and Levi-Jennings control charts which includes the monitoring of reagent batches/lots and expiry dates. Samples can be tracked from source and are managed using 1D and 2D barcodes as they move through the lab to storage and disposal. Short term storage areas are automatically assigned and long term sample storage management is provided for bio-banking. TAT time alerts and full audit trails are available for all activities and all stages of the process .
Disa*Lab includes a powerful Rules-Engine that automatically evaluates lab data (e.g., test results, sample metadata, QC metrics) and applies conditional logic based on clinical guidelines, SOPs, or regulatory standards to trigger automated actions such as rejections, alerts, reflex testing, result interpretation, comments and workflow routing.
Disa*Lab reports can be distributed on paper, electronically as e-Mail or SMS, or transmitted to Electronic Health Records using HL7 and other electronic messaging standards. Laboratory Management reports, Audit-ready reports and data extractions are available in spreadsheet (XLSX) format for Excel and OpenOffice.
Disa*Lab Versions
Standard laboratory edition
This version is for labs that have in-house IT experts. You can use the extensive configuration tools to customise your lab to meet your own specific requirements. You control your own test methods and orders, design custom worksheets and set up batch registration screen layouts. You can also write sophisticated rules to automate well-defined tasks and actions, such as reflex testing and expert system commenting. Rules fire automatically on test requests, result entry and result reviewing. System configuration settings allow the style of the screen layouts and reports to be tailored for different types of labs, such as Clinical, Pathology, EQA, TB, Environmental-health, Veterinary and Clinical Trials. The type of reports sent can be selected per doctor or facility. For example, a doctor may want hardcopy to his office, e-mails to his practice, and panic alerts or histology summaries to his smartphone via SMS.
Multi-site Enterprise edition
In addition to the standard DisaLab features, this version allows for electronic referrals between your sites. It also allows integration with a data repository which acts as both a centralised site for data mining, billing and a web results portal (WWDisa) as well as a disaster recovery site. The central data repository provides for centralised management of enterprise-wide setup tables, epidemiological surveillance, research and management and statistical reports and can provide a central point to interface to Electronic Health Record systems for test ordering and results. .
Xpress Small laboratory edition
These versions come with a pre-configured MS-SQL database containing all the test setups needed. Your Xrpess lab doesn't need extensive training on how to set up the system and, with minimal user training, can be up and running in a matter of days. The pre-configured test setups use international (SI) units of measure and age and sex-specific normal ranges from widely accepted authorities such as Dacey&Lewis, Soldin and Teits. As part of the annual license fee, we continue to manage your lab configurations and update them as your repertoire of tests changes and grows. All that your lab needs to do is to add its lists of the facilities serviced, the doctors that request tests, the medical funders, and the personnel authorised to work in the lab.
PointOfCare edition
These versions are available to enterprise and standard edition laboratories that service point of care sites at hospitals and clinics. Since they share configurations of the tests done on site with the enterprise laboratories, your point of care site or lab doesn't need extensive training on how to set up the system and can be up and running in a matter of days. Point of care sites can also electronically refer their tests to the other DisaLab laboratories, with the system automatically splitting the requests between local and remote.
(Pre-configured) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Register Specimens | |||
| Register Specimens in Batch | |||
| Register Referrals From Other Labs | |||
| Register Referrals from Disa*Link | |||
| Refer 1 or More Tests to Another Lab | |||
| Receive Specimens in Workarea | |||
| Laboratory Workload Monitoring | |||
| Create Worksheets | |||
| User Defined Worksheets/Wordkcards | |||
| Enter Results | |||
| Enter Results in Batch | |||
| Review Results | |||
| Review Results From the Worksheet | |||
| Review Results in Batch | |||
| Dispose Specimens | |||
| Exchange Data with Data Repository | |||
| Maintain Own Doctors Users and Facilities | |||
| Maintain all Dictionaries | |||
| Canned Text | |||
| QC Charts | |||
| Standard Printed Reports | |||
| Cumulative Reports | |||
| Emailed Reports | |||
| SMS Key Results | |||
| XL Reports | |||
| Background Print/SMS/Email Reports | |||
| Customisation - Lab Reports and Reg Screen |
Optional modules
Instrument-Interfaces (Disa*Interface)
This module provides interfaces to analysers and other lab automation equipment/robotics. Standard bi-directional interfaces are available for instruments and robotics from all major suppliers including Roche, Siemens, Beckman-Coulter, Sysmex, Bayer, Abbott, BD, Bio Merieux, DadeBehring and many others. We provide example setups for all standard analysers. Custom interfaces can be developed on request. Suppliers can contact us directly to develop interfaces for their products, which are then available for free to all our customers. Included with this module are Quality Control and Levy Jennings charts with multiple Westgard rules. On-site implementation and sign-off is required for all new interfaces.
Web Results Portal (WWDISA)
This module provides a web portal for patient results which allows searching and secure access over the internet. Hospitals can use WWDisa on a local intranet to view reports for wards and clinics.
Clinic/Depot link to laboratories (Disa*Link)
This module allows facilities that see patients, to pre-register details and test requests and to create barcode labels for tubes, containers and request forms. Information is transferred electronically to Disa*Lab laboratories and when the samples arrive at the laboratory, the labels are scanned to confirm arrival and autoregister the sample. The Disa*Link facility can track the progress of their specimens through the laboratory. When results become available they are returned electronically to the Disa*Link facility where they can be viewed or printed. Since the information is stored in their local database, the facility can search and access results when the patient returns. without referring back to the testing laboratory. This allows a longitudinal patient record to be constructed locally. The facility can also act as a "regional hub" to collect samples and distribute reports. Disa*Link is available FREE to any facility referring work to a laboratory running the standard version of Disa*Lab.
HL7 interface (Disa*HL7)
This module allows Disa*Lab to interface with Electronic Health Records (EHR) and hospital and other healthcare systems. With the HL7 interface your laboratory can receive patient demographics and test orders electronically, and send back test results (observations). On-site implementation is required as part of the sign-off process for all new HL7 interfaces.
Billing and Accounts Receivable (Disa*Bar)
This module is available for commercial laboratories running standard and enterprise editions. Billing is automatically generated from the tests performed. This module provides full support for accounts receivable including automated reminders and user-defined actions. On-site user training is required to implement this module.
Consumable Stock/Inventory Management (Disa*Stock)
This module is available to all labs wishing to manage their consumables. It provides batch/lot and expiry date control - which is a critical requirement for reagents and similar stock items. Included are functions for shift usage, stock-receiving, stock transfers, stock-ordering and stock-take.
Centralised Data Repository (CDR)
This module is available to all labs wishing to run the Web-Based results portal(WWDISA), or centralised Billing (DisaBAR), or centralised HL7 interfaces (DisaHL7).