The Orchard Harvest LIS Anatomic Pathology (AP) module is fully integrated into the award-winning Harvest LIS. It provides direct access to cytology, pathology, and clinical laboratory results, including all historical results. The fully integrated system uses a common database, so a single mouse-click gives the pathologist immediate access to the patient’s entire clinical history, saving time and streamlining diagnosis. This direct integration and linking provides the tools for the smoother flow of data between the clinical and AP departments. The Harvest LIS AP module is designed to simplify case management. It employs a worksheet screen with templates that can be customized to follow specific laboratory procedures or any standardized protocol. Screen prompts ensure that all required information is included, and shortcuts permit the easy addition of free-form or preformatted text, new procedures, or any number of other important actions. The AP module’s multilevel sign-out procedures allow cases to be forwarded for review and final approval. The robust rules-based decision-making power in Orchard’s Harvest LIS is available throughout the AP module, and result-evaluation rules customize workflow scenarios to the individual pathologist’s needs. As an example, send-out tests and correlations can be automatically reflex-ordered according to interpretation/results, and rules can be set up to present technical instructions automatically. The Harvest LIS AP module’s image-management tools permit users to link gross and/or microscopic images to the case worksheet and patient report. The software supports a number of common image formats and allows pertinent comments to be associated with each image. With the Harvest LIS AP module, evaluations, correlation/discrepancy studies, and many other management reports can be created without the need for special programming skills. Users may perform searches by specimen, diagnosis, test result, or case number using the system’s powerful data-mining capabilities. The completed reports can be printed on demand or scheduled to print automatically.

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