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1) What is the product name of your company’s LIS? 2) How many live systems are installed worldwide (with multisite installations counted as one system)? 3) When did your first installed LIS go live? What was the date of your most recent installation? 4) Does your LIS handle: - bar coding/label printing - charge capture/billing - cumulative reporting across facility encounters - image display within reports - integrated chemistry, hematology, and microbiology reporting - inventory - management/quality reporting - multisite blood banking - multisite inventory - multisite testing - online test-utilization guidelines - outreach client services - patient scheduling - preauthorization/coding validation - remote physician ordering - remote results reporting - scanned entry of paper-based external results - specimen storage - telepathology - trending of patient results - voice recognition - work flow/staff scheduling 5) Which LIS functions are accessible via Web browser? 6) What internal modules (not interfaces) are available for, or included in, your LIS? - blood banking - chemistry/hematology - cytology - microbiology - molecular diagnostics - pathology - other specialized applications 7) Have you installed LIS interfaces with: - bedside/handheld ID devices - central data repositories - electronic medical records - hospital information systems - laboratory automation systems - microbiology systems - pharmacy systems - physician office management systems - point-of-care testing instruments - public health surveillance systems/registries - reference laboratories - single automated instruments 8) What is the operating system for your LIS (Unix, Windows, etc)? 9) What is your LIS pricing structure? - hardware and software purchase/license with ongoing maintenance fees - software purchase/license with ongoing maintenance fees - flat-fee application service provider - per-transaction application service provider - other 10) Is your company ISO 9001:2000 certified? 11) In brief, how does your LIS (not your company) differ most from competing products? LabDAQ 2,074 1991 November 26, 2007 X X X X X O X O O X O X O X X X X O O X X X All O X O X O O X O X X X X X O X X X X X Windows X X O O - No While the LabDAQ system is a powerful, full-featured Windows-based system, it is also very intuitive and user friendly. The Oracle database ensures data security and integrity. Oracle is the most scalable database in the world, so your LIS can be expanded as your laboratory grows. Archiving is not required with LabDAQ. Antek HealthWare LLC Contact person: Paul Taylor E-mail address: [email protected] Phone: (800) 359-0911, ext 3 Address: 228 Business Center Dr Reisterstown, MD 21136 Web site: www.antekhealthware.com CyberLAB 145 1982 September 2007 X X X X X O X X O X X X O X X X O X O X O O All O X X X O X X X X X X X X O X X X X X Windows or Linux X X O O O Pending 2008 CyberLAB sets itself apart with flexible rules-based functions and alerts (ie, autoverification), management tools (with Oracle and MS SQL database options) and technology (platform independence, mobile devices, automation interfaces, etc) that allows the system to be tailored and utilized to the needs and goals of each laboratory. Aspyra Inc Contact person: Jay Abrajano. product manager E-mail address: [email protected] Phone: (800) 437-9000 Address: 26115-A Mureau Rd Calabasas, CA 91302 Web site: www.aspyra.com Cerner Millennium ® PathNet ® 466 Cerner Classic 1981 Cerner Millennium 1997 October 22, 2007 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X O X O O Some: registration, order entry, and results viewing X X X X X X 0 X X X X X X X X X X X X Windows O X O O O Yes Cerner Millennium PathNet is the only portfolio of laboratory solutions built on a unified architecture. All clinical data resides in a single shared database, one that eliminates the need for interfacing with other Cerner Millennium solutions— both within the laboratory and throughout a given health care organization. Cerner Contact person: Jared Blankenship E-mail address: [email protected] Phone: (816) 201-0696 Address: 2800 Rockcreek Pkwy Kansas City, MO 64117 Web site: www.cerner.com/laboratory For more questions and answers, go online to www.clpmag.com. For more questions and answers, go online to www.clpmag.com. COMPANIES SURVEY SURVEY COMPANIES 18 January 2008 | clpmag.com 18-29_LIS_Survey.qxd 1/7/08 8:11 AM Page 18

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1) What is the product name of your company’s LIS?

2) How many live systems are installed worldwide (with multisite installations counted as one system)?

3) When did your first installed LIS go live?What was the date of your most recent installation?

4) Does your LIS handle:- bar coding/label printing- charge capture/billing- cumulative reporting across facility encounters- image display within reports- integrated chemistry, hematology, and microbiology reporting- inventory- management/quality reporting- multisite blood banking- multisite inventory- multisite testing- online test-utilization guidelines- outreach client services- patient scheduling- preauthorization/coding validation- remote physician ordering- remote results reporting- scanned entry of paper-based external results- specimen storage - telepathology- trending of patient results- voice recognition- work flow/staff scheduling

5) Which LIS functions are accessible via Web browser?

6) What internal modules (not interfaces) are available for, orincluded in, your LIS?- blood banking- chemistry/hematology- cytology- microbiology- molecular diagnostics - pathology- other specialized applications

7) Have you installed LIS interfaces with:- bedside/handheld ID devices- central data repositories- electronic medical records- hospital information systems- laboratory automation systems- microbiology systems- pharmacy systems - physician office management systems- point-of-care testing instruments- public health surveillance systems/registries- reference laboratories- single automated instruments

8) What is the operating system for your LIS (Unix, Windows, etc)?9) What is your LIS pricing structure?

- hardware and software purchase/license with ongoing maintenance fees

- software purchase/license with ongoing maintenance fees- flat-fee application service provider- per-transaction application service provider- other

10) Is your company ISO 9001:2000 certified?

11) In brief, how does your LIS (not your company) differ mostfrom competing products?

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1) What is the product name of your company’s LIS?

2) How many live systems are installed worldwide (with multisite installations counted as one system)?

3) When did your first installed LIS go live?What was the date of your most recent installation?

4) Does your LIS handle:- bar coding/label printing- charge capture/billing- cumulative reporting across facility encounters- image display within reports- integrated chemistry, hematology, and microbiology reporting- inventory- management/quality reporting- multisite blood banking- multisite inventory- multisite testing- online test-utilization guidelines- outreach client services- patient scheduling- preauthorization/coding validation- remote physician ordering- remote results reporting- scanned entry of paper-based external results- specimen storage - telepathology- trending of patient results- voice recognition- work flow/staff scheduling

5) Which LIS functions are accessible via Web browser?

6) What internal modules (not interfaces) are available for, orincluded in, your LIS?- blood banking- chemistry/hematology- cytology- microbiology- molecular diagnostics - pathology- other specialized applications

7) Have you installed LIS interfaces with:- bedside/handheld ID devices- central data repositories- electronic medical records- hospital information systems- laboratory automation systems- microbiology systems- pharmacy systems - physician office management systems- point-of-care testing instruments- public health surveillance systems/registries- reference laboratories- single automated instruments

8) What is the operating system for your LIS (Unix, Windows, etc)?9) What is your LIS pricing structure?

- hardware and software purchase/license with ongoing maintenance fees

- software purchase/license with ongoing maintenance fees- flat-fee application service provider- per-transaction application service provider- other

10) Is your company ISO 9001:2000 certified?

11) In brief, how does your LIS (not your company) differ mostfrom competing products?

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CSS provides comprehensive LIS,billing, and secured Web reporting andordering systems. The Web products arebrowser based, allowing the laboratoryto provide secure access, reporting, andordering tolls without the need to pro-vide or maintain hardware or applicationsoftware at the physician/client’s facility.

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The software is table driven, allowing forinstallation variation from small labs tolarge hospitals. User-customizablereports and generation. Statistics genera-tion, automatic fax and report routing tounlimited devices, Web order entry withorder history, and viewing results withcumulative graphing. Integration withQuickbooks and Microsoft Office prod-ucts. Tested and Installed HL7 Interfacesto more than 20 different EMR systemsand reference laboratories.

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1) What is the product name of your company’s LIS?

2) How many live systems are installed worldwide (with multisite installations counted as one system)?

3) When did your first installed LIS go live?What was the date of your most recent installation?

4) Does your LIS handle:- bar coding/label printing- charge capture/billing- cumulative reporting across facility encounters- image display within reports- integrated chemistry, hematology, and microbiology reporting- inventory- management/quality reporting- multisite blood banking- multisite inventory- multisite testing- online test-utilization guidelines- outreach client services- patient scheduling- preauthorization/coding validation- remote physician ordering- remote results reporting- scanned entry of paper-based external results- specimen storage - telepathology- trending of patient results- voice recognition- work flow/staff scheduling

5) Which LIS functions are accessible via Web browser?

6) What internal modules (not interfaces) are available for, orincluded in, your LIS?- blood banking- chemistry/hematology- cytology- microbiology- molecular diagnostics - pathology- other specialized applications

7) Have you installed LIS interfaces with:- bedside/handheld ID devices- central data repositories- electronic medical records- hospital information systems- laboratory automation systems- microbiology systems- pharmacy systems - physician office management systems- point-of-care testing instruments- public health surveillance systems/registries- reference laboratories- single automated instruments

8) What is the operating system for your LIS (Unix, Windows, etc)?9) What is your LIS pricing structure?

- hardware and software purchase/license with ongoing maintenance fees

- software purchase/license with ongoing maintenance fees- flat-fee application service provider- per-transaction application service provider- other

10) Is your company ISO 9001:2000 certified?

11) In brief, how does your LIS (not your company) differ mostfrom competing products?

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1) What is the product name of your company’s LIS?

2) How many live systems are installed worldwide (with multisite installations counted as one system)?

3) When did your first installed LIS go live?What was the date of your most recent installation?

4) Does your LIS handle:- bar coding/label printing- charge capture/billing- cumulative reporting across facility encounters- image display within reports- integrated chemistry, hematology, and microbiology reporting- inventory- management/quality reporting- multisite blood banking- multisite inventory- multisite testing- online test-utilization guidelines- outreach client services- patient scheduling- preauthorization/coding validation- remote physician ordering- remote results reporting- scanned entry of paper-based external results- specimen storage - telepathology- trending of patient results- voice recognition- work flow/staff scheduling

5) Which LIS functions are accessible via Web browser?

6) What internal modules (not interfaces) are available for, orincluded in, your LIS?- blood banking- chemistry/hematology- cytology- microbiology- molecular diagnostics - pathology- other specialized applications

7) Have you installed LIS interfaces with:- bedside/handheld ID devices- central data repositories- electronic medical records- hospital information systems- laboratory automation systems- microbiology systems- pharmacy systems - physician office management systems- point-of-care testing instruments- public health surveillance systems/registries- reference laboratories- single automated instruments

8) What is the operating system for your LIS (Unix, Windows, etc)?9) What is your LIS pricing structure?

- hardware and software purchase/license with ongoing maintenance fees

- software purchase/license with ongoing maintenance fees- flat-fee application service provider- per-transaction application service provider- other

10) Is your company ISO 9001:2000 certified?

11) In brief, how does your LIS (not your company) differ mostfrom competing products?

For more questions andanswers, go online towww.clpmag.com.

For more questions andanswers, go online towww.clpmag.com.

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1996 September 2007

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The Unique Logic Laboratory (ULL)approach, which is based on the flexibleinterpretation of any actual process, aswell as characterized by one singlestructure serving all the facilities affer-ent to Healthcare Institution’s’ network.A single DB hosted on a single server isone of DNLab features, which concurs tothe application of the ULL model, guar-anteeing a centralized system able toallow for maximum autonomy to everysingle laboratory of the network inrespect of its own operations flow. As amatter of fact, to date DNLab is able tomanage in one single system a networkof 13 labs spread territorially over 10hospitals, and performing 30 milliontests per year.

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1) What is the product name of your company’s LIS?

2) How many live systems are installed worldwide (with multisite installations counted as one system)?

3) When did your first installed LIS go live?What was the date of your most recent installation?

4) Does your LIS handle:- bar coding/label printing- charge capture/billing- cumulative reporting across facility encounters- image display within reports- integrated chemistry, hematology, and microbiology reporting- inventory- management/quality reporting- multisite blood banking- multisite inventory- multisite testing- online test-utilization guidelines- outreach client services- patient scheduling- preauthorization/coding validation- remote physician ordering- remote results reporting- scanned entry of paper-based external results- specimen storage - telepathology- trending of patient results- voice recognition- work flow/staff scheduling

5) Which LIS functions are accessible via Web browser?

6) What internal modules (not interfaces) are available for, orincluded in, your LIS?- blood banking- chemistry/hematology- cytology- microbiology- molecular diagnostics - pathology- other specialized applications

7) Have you installed LIS interfaces with:- bedside/handheld ID devices- central data repositories- electronic medical records- hospital information systems- laboratory automation systems- microbiology systems- pharmacy systems - physician office management systems- point-of-care testing instruments- public health surveillance systems/registries- reference laboratories- single automated instruments

8) What is the operating system for your LIS (Unix, Windows, etc)?9) What is your LIS pricing structure?

- hardware and software purchase/license with ongoing maintenance fees

- software purchase/license with ongoing maintenance fees- flat-fee application service provider- per-transaction application service provider- other

10) Is your company ISO 9001:2000 certified?

11) In brief, how does your LIS (not your company) differ mostfrom competing products?

For more questions andanswers, go online towww.clpmag.com.

For more questions andanswers, go online towww.clpmag.com.

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17 in clinical applications; over 500total across multiple industries

2001November 2007

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STARLIMS delivers powerful laboratoryknowledge-management capability bycombining the benefits of Web-basedsystems (easy deployment, full globalaccess to authorized users) with theclinical functionalities of a traditional LIS,biospecimen management tools, andthe flexibility and comprehensive man-agement support of a full-fledged LIMS.

Soft Lab

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SoftLab LIS suite is the most compre-hensive integrated LIS with total solu-tions for all departments,commercial/outreach, and genetics.The system architecture is moreadvanced than others and continuallyevolves without system sunset. Our out-reach solution allows for analytic rulesand automation capability and LIS-driv-en robotics, with SCC’s products nomiddleware is needed.

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ClinLab Inc: Clinlab LIS p20

Fletcher-Flora Health Care Systems Inc: FFlex eSuite™ LIS p22

GE Healthcare: Centricity Laboratory p22

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NOVIUS Lab provides the tools and func-tionality for workflow optimization acrossmultientity settings. Search sets providethe ability for laboratory staff to tailortheir workflow to their work environment.Testing can be completed and availableto the clinician as quickly as possiblethrough sample tracking. In addition,NOVIUS Lab interfaces with referencelaboratories, point-of-care data man-agers, instruments, lab automation sys-tems, clinical repositories, and financialsystems, providing information at thepoint of need. NOVIUS Lab offers thescalability to support a range of dailyresults volumes. With the ability to pro-vide results anywhere, anytime, your lab-oratory will be able to be competitiveoutside the acute care environment.

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1) What is the product name of your company’s LIS?

2) How many live systems are installed worldwide (with multisite installations counted as one system)?

3) When did your first installed LIS go live?What was the date of your most recent installation?

4) Does your LIS handle:- bar coding/label printing- charge capture/billing- cumulative reporting across facility encounters- image display within reports- integrated chemistry, hematology, and microbiology reporting- inventory- management/quality reporting- multisite blood banking- multisite inventory- multisite testing- online test-utilization guidelines- outreach client services- patient scheduling- preauthorization/coding validation- remote physician ordering- remote results reporting- scanned entry of paper-based external results- specimen storage - telepathology- trending of patient results- voice recognition- work flow/staff scheduling

5) Which LIS functions are accessible via Web browser?

6) What internal modules (not interfaces) are available for, orincluded in, your LIS?- blood banking- chemistry/hematology- cytology- microbiology- molecular diagnostics - pathology- other specialized applications

7) Have you installed LIS interfaces with:- bedside/handheld ID devices- central data repositories- electronic medical records- hospital information systems- laboratory automation systems- microbiology systems- pharmacy systems - physician office management systems- point-of-care testing instruments- public health surveillance systems/registries- reference laboratories- single automated instruments

8) What is the operating system for your LIS (Unix, Windows, etc)?9) What is your LIS pricing structure?

- hardware and software purchase/license with ongoing maintenance fees

- software purchase/license with ongoing maintenance fees- flat-fee application service provider- per-transaction application service provider- other

10) Is your company ISO 9001:2000 certified?

11) In brief, how does your LIS (not your company) differ mostfrom competing products?

For more questions andanswers, go online towww.clpmag.com.

For more questions andanswers, go online towww.clpmag.com.

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LaboratoryInformationSystem CompanyScreenshots:ClinLab IncCustom Software Systems IncFletcher-Flora Health Care Systems IncGE HealthcareLabSoft IncMediSolutionNovovision IncOrchard SoftwarePsyche Systems CorpSTARLIMSSiemens Medical Solutions USA Inc

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LabSoft Inc: LabNet p23

MediSolution: TDSynergy p24

Novovision Inc: NovoPath™ p24

Orchard Software: Orchard Harvest LIS v7.5 p26

Psyche Systems Corp: LabWeb p26

STARLIMS: STARLIMS p26Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc: NOVIUS® Lab p28

Custom Software Systems Inc: StarLab p21

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