Laboratory Management

From order to verified result

A test catalogue with prices, barcoded specimens, and a result pipeline with proper verification, so results go out checked, billed and on time.

Dashlead laboratory dashboard with order pipeline and turnaround statistics
What you get

Everything this module covers

  • Priced test catalogue with specimen types and reference ranges
  • Orders from the ward or walk-in, charged to the patient account
  • Barcoded samples generated per specimen
  • Result entry with a verify-then-release workflow
  • Analyzer result ingestion over HL7
  • Patients notified when reports are released
  • Quality-control logs
  • Turnaround-time analytics per test
01 Test Catalogue

Every test, priced and defined

Codes, specimen types, prices and reference ranges in one catalogue, so ordering is a click and billing is automatic.

Test Catalogue

What this does for you

Codes, specimen types, prices and reference ranges in one catalogue, so ordering is a click and billing is automatic.

Test Catalogue in detail

  • Test code, name and category
  • Specimen type per test
  • Reference ranges and units
  • Price used for automatic billing
  • Active and inactive tests
Dashlead laboratory test catalogue with specimen types, prices and reference ranges

The catalogue

Specimen type, price and reference range on every test, the lab's single source of truth.

Dashlead add lab test modal with code, specimen type, price and reference range

Defining a test

Code, specimen, price and reference range, set once and used by every order thereafter.

02 Specimen Tracking

Specimens that identify themselves

Each specimen gets a barcoded accession number at collection. Scan it anywhere in the lab and the order, the patient and the tests come up.

Specimen Tracking

What this does for you

Each specimen gets a barcoded accession number at collection. Scan it anywhere in the lab and the order, the patient and the tests come up.

Specimen Tracking in detail

  • Barcoded accession number per specimen
  • One sample per specimen type, generated from the order
  • Pipeline: awaiting collection, collected, received
  • Rejections recorded with a reason
  • Patient and requested tests on every sample
Dashlead laboratory specimens with barcoded accession numbers across collection statuses

The specimen pipeline

Pending, collected, received and rejected in one view, rejections carry their reason.

Dashlead laboratory specimens awaiting collection from the ward

What still needs collecting

The awaiting-collection tab is the phlebotomist's worklist for the ward round.

03 Results & Verification

No result leaves unchecked

Results are entered, verified by an authorised person, then released, and the patient hears about it automatically.

Results & Verification

What this does for you

Results are entered, verified by an authorised person, then released, and the patient hears about it automatically.

Results & Verification in detail

  • Orders move ordered to processing to resulted to verified to released
  • Results checked against reference ranges
  • Release restricted by role
  • Analyzer results ingested over HL7
  • Patients notified when a report is released
Dashlead laboratory orders moving through ordered, processing, resulted, verified and released

The order pipeline

Every requisition and exactly where it has reached, nothing sits unnoticed.

Dashlead new lab order modal with patient, priority and test selection

Ordering tests

Pick the patient, set priority and select tests, the charge and specimens follow automatically.

Dashlead lab result entry queue awaiting verification and release

The verification queue

What is waiting to be checked and released, so reports do not sit on a bench.

Dashlead verified laboratory results awaiting release to the patient

Verified and ready to release

Checked results wait on their own tab until an authorised person signs them out.

04 Quality Control

Proof your lab is in control

Control runs recorded per analyte with their expected range and outcome, the evidence an accreditation assessor asks to see.

Quality Control

What this does for you

Control runs recorded per analyte with their expected range and outcome, the evidence an accreditation assessor asks to see.

Quality Control in detail

  • Control runs recorded per test
  • Expected range against observed value
  • Pass and fail outcomes
  • Operator and date on every run
  • History retained for assessment
Dashlead laboratory quality control log with control runs and pass or fail outcomes

The QC log

Every control run with its outcome, the record that turns "we do QC" into something you can show.

Questions

Frequently asked

Can analyzers send results directly?
Yes. Dashlead accepts HL7 ORU result messages matched by specimen accession number, so supported analyzers post results without re-typing.
Who can release a result?
Results follow an ordered pipeline, entered, verified, released. Release rights are role-based, so only authorised staff can sign a report out.
Do patients get their results?
When a report is released, the patient is notified by email or WhatsApp and can read it in the patient portal.

See Laboratory Management in a working hospital

The live demo is a fully loaded facility, open it and click through every screen on this page.