The National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS)(South Africa), incorporates the laboratories of the South African Institute for Medical Research, the state owned laboratories, the National Institute of Occupational Health and the National Institute of Communicable Diseases.

NHLS selected HST when they embarked on a project that encompasses the implementation of the TrakCare Lab LIS System into all 322 laboratories throughout the nine provinces of the country.

The project includes configuration of the system to meet the client’s business needs, undertaking software development by a team of highly skilled developers. Improved work processes are translated into Standard Operating Procedures in the laboratories, resulting in better patient care. Skills development and knowledge transfer are key to the success of the project. Interfacing of all instruments and analysers in the various laboratories to the LIS system also forms part of the implementation.

All projects are executed on a methodology designed around the natural life cycle of the project, and is based on international standards as defined in the PMBOK methodology. This includes initiation, planning, execution, control and closure of all projects. The focus is on managing Scope, Cost and Time. A fully fledged project office, resourced by project managers certified by the Project Management Institute, as well as strong, experienced administration personnel, ensures delivery of successful projects that meet international benchmarks.

Strict adherence to the methodology and disciplines enables a concise audit trail of the project. Detailed project plans are essential, with specific deliverables, milestones, timelines and costs included in the project plan. Resource planning is the norm, and regular progress reports and feedback to stakeholders are essential. A formal process is also followed to monitor Risks and Issues, and Change Requests are processed through an established Change Management Forum.

A detailed training plan is in place, and at the end of the project, over 4,700 end users will have been trained on the new system. Training is conducted by highly qualified trainers, all with the relevant health-industry background.

This implementation is the largest LIS implementation in the world, and is receiving international interest throughout the healthcare industry.  

ExaroHST is also providing the comprehensive Skylims laboratory management solution developed by Mukon as an affordable but still powerfull solution for smaller laboratories.

This solution include functionalities such as:

• Log in from anywhere;
• Efficiently link multiple sites anywhere in the world to a central LIMS server;
• Patient linking designed into workflow to prevent duplicate patient records;
• Data integrity protection with input validation, flagging, blocking and reviews;
• Central quality control management via dashboard with intralab comparisons;
• Analyzer interfaces improve lab automation and help eliminate human error;
• Mobile access for your clients to realtime results with the Skylims Web Portal, as well as native iOS and Android apps;
• SMS your doctors with the latest critical results according to their preferences;
• Report generation and printing/emailing is done in the background, no report preview required and therefor no waiting;
• Print from any PC to any printer and monitor all printing centrally;
• Analyze your financial performance and support base with financial management reports;
• Manage your staff with the built-in clocking functionality and logger performance statistics;
• Use built-in fail-over connectivity to sidestep link failure and keep your system online when your competitors' systems go down;
• Innovative reporting e.g. cumulative reports and graphics to give your lab the competitive edge;
• Interface service to facilitate electronic data exchange with various systems.

TrakCare Lab has been deployed in diverse languages and medical cultures in 14 countries and in more than 400 installations, with projects ranging in size from a single lab to the laboratory network of an entire nation.

The demands placed on medical laboratories are growing larger every day. Clinicians are demanding more tailored reporting of results, and integration of results into electronic medical record (EMR) systems. Public health agencies are demanding information for bio-surveillance and a proactive approach to disease prevention. The mountain of complex data that labs now manage is stretching most laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to their limits. InterSystems TrakCare Lab, is an advanced and proven LIMS that enables you to meet all of these new demands. With sophisticated functionality for all of the specialised departments within a lab (including Hematology, Biochemistry, Blood Transfusion, Endocrinology, Microbiology, Cytology, Immunology, Histopathology, Serology, Virology, and Toxicology), TrakCare Lab delivers the benefits you would expect from a best-in-class LIMS: accurate results reporting, improved laboratory efficiency, better business management, and greater customer satisfaction.