With the evolution and increasing adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMR), physician offices and diagnostics laboratories are faced with the challenge of integrating laboratory test results that integrate directly into their Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Systems. Group practices and hospitals are increasingly putting demand on laboratories, that they not only receive test results into their EMR(s) but also accept orders in electronic form, making EMR(s) the center point of clinical operations.
The biggest challenge in the industry is that a laboratory does not know if an installed interface at a physician office is running or stopped. Only when the physician calls and complains they’re not receiving results, the laboratory realizes there’s a problem. Also, laboratories have adopted various methods to handle the transfer of Orders and Results such as off-the-shelf FTP software. These types of applications are not built for the healthcare industry and they lack key features such as centralized management, secure transfer and HIPAA compliance.
Security for these “interfaces” is usually handled using software or expensive hardware VPN or with a combination without having an efficient standard that maximizes profitability for the laboratory. To top it all, managing the install base is a nightmare for most IT departments. Resources are drained on unnecessary maintenance of these “interfaces”.
LKTransfer is designed specifically for the laboratory industry to enable rapid and straightforward installation, configuration and interface management.
It provides a centralized dashboard to laboratories so they can proactively monitor results flowing in physician EMR. It allows identifying problems before they occur by alarming laboratory IT staff that a physician EMR interface might be down. At that time, IT staff can solve the problem before the physician looks for the results.
In comparison to conventional off-the-shelf software, LKTransfer is an all-in-one integrated solution which was developed for laboratories to transfer Orders and Results for physicians. It supports all protocols including Secure FTP, TCP/IP, File/Folder monitoring etc.
No need for expensive software or hardware VPN as LKTransfer uses SSL over HTTPS to transfer Orders and Results securely.
Managing the install-base is a breeze. LKTransfer allows laboratories to view all activities, filter them by dates, and drill-down into individual transactions. It also provides advanced searching capabilities where laboratories can search for specific data across multiple clinics. Laboratory IT can now stop an interface running at a physician office simply by clicking a button and start it when they are ready.
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