A day book is ideal as it has the necessary ruled lines. In

your record put the date, reference number, patient’s

name, name of the referring doctor, investigations asked

for, reports given and payment status (if privately owned

laboratory).

Laboratory Reporter

An ideal laboratory computer program helps in reporting

and recording diagnostic center, pathology lab and other

diagnostic imaging fields. The program should also keep

history records of the patients. It must have facilities of

making and reporting profiles, e.g. lipid, renal, cardiac,

hepatic and diabetic profile. A program can be called ideal if:

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It Reduces Overload

¾ Avoids manual operations by printing booking slips,

receipts, bills, envelopes, etc.

¾ Prints daily register of patients

¾ Prints rate lists

¾ Reports only the tests required and not the whole group

of tests

¾ A comprehensive reporting option for day end

operations including daily collection report and doctor

wise daily collection.

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¾ Prints graphs, e.g. GTT for to the point reporting

¾ Can make/design your own graphs

¾ Can see the graph on screen as well as print.

Accounts

¾ Maintains your bank, cash accounts

¾ Provides all ledgers

¾ Makes trial balance for final accounts.

Address Manager

¾ A mail list program, keeps address details.

¾ Provides easy working on the basis of name

¾ Keeps addresses for Labmate program of referencing

doctors, patients and reporting doctors

¾ Prints address directory with telephone numbers, etc.

¾ Prints labels for sticking on your mail

¾ Can group your addresses as per nature of address such

as friend, relative, doctor, patient, etc.

The features given above are complete. All records

can be retrieved date wise or name wise. Any program

that provides the above-mentioned capabilities can be

considered as an ideal laboratory reporter.

Caution: All medical electronic diagnostic devices need a

stable constant voltage, therefore, proper protective cover

must be provided. CVT (constant voltage transformer),

servo stabilizers, and UPS (uninterrupted power supply)

should be installed in the mainline or with specific

instruments.

¾ It helps referencing doctor

¾ Provides clear reports with normal values

¾ Abnormal values are underlined or highlighted

automatically

¾ Prints history reports of the patients.

It Makes Working Easy

¾ Reports as per your own method of grouping of tests,

profiles, etc.

¾ Automatic calculation of charges

¾ Keeps list of referencing doctors

¾ Maintains daily collection on referencing doctor/

institution

¾ Provides workload report.

The Computerized System is Easy to Operate

¾ Simple menu-based operations and does not require

any detailed knowledge of computers

¾ Help facility at every stage of working for beginners

¾ Can find a patient detail based on of reference number,

name, date and referencing doctor.

Features and Provisions

¾ Keeps the results for as long as you want

¾ Keeps normal values for male/female and adult/child

for all tests

¾ Can change any normal value as per your equipment,

techniques and methods

¾ Provision for reporting by different doctors

¾ Reports can be printed on simple paper or on preprinted

letter heads (computer stationery).

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