CompuNet Clinical Laboratories Case Study
Achieving 98.6% Autoverification Levels in Chemistry and Immunochemisty
CompuNet Clinical Laboratories needed a way to maintain quality while meeting customer demands in light of a shrinking supply of qualified laboratory personnel. Data Innovations provided a solution using Instrument ManagerTM for autoverification that resulted in consistency of result production, improved quality and made more efficient use of the staff’s time. This allowed CompuNet to offer additional tests in house and significantly improve turnaround time for routine work.
Implementing Autoverification using Data Innovations middleware resulted in:
- 45% reduction in the steps required to perform results review
- 98.6% reduction in the number of samples requiring staff review
- Reduction in tech time by 4 hours per day per instrument group per site
... and we are just getting started.
The Profile
Type
Hospitals, Specialty Practices, Reference Laboratory
Specialties
- 14 Testing Labs
- 1 Reference Lab
- 2 Hospitals
- 13 Oncology Practices
Discipline
Chemistry / Immunochemistry
Volume
11M Chemistry / 20M Immunochemistry
LIS
4 LIS Systems Including Sunquest Laboratory and Quest QLS
Key Takeaways
- Autoverification: 98.6%
- Daily average to review from 2011 to 2013
- Saving by more than 4 hours per day
- 45% Reduction in Steps to Review
- 28 out of 51 steps eliminated
- Integrated with Bio-Rad Unity Real Time
- Rules:
- Organization, Ward, Practice, Specialties and Patient-level
- Instrument Change: 1 to 2 days to change rules
- Expanded to other work-areas
- All core disciplines