Information systems, usually computer-assisted, designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling administrative and clinical activities associated with the provision and utilization of clinical laboratory services.
Laboratories, Hospital
Hospital facilities equipped to carry out investigative procedures.
Laboratories
Facilities equipped to carry out investigative procedures.
Chemistry, Clinical
The specialty of ANALYTIC CHEMISTRY applied to assays of physiologically important substances found in blood, urine, tissues, and other biological fluids for the purpose of aiding the physician in making a diagnosis or following therapy.
Pathology, Clinical
A subspecialty of pathology applied to the solution of clinical problems, especially the use of laboratory methods in clinical diagnosis. (Dorland, 28th ed.)
Management Information Systems
Systems designed to provide information primarily concerned with the administrative functions associated with the provision and utilization of services; also includes program planning, etc.
Information Systems
Integrated set of files, procedures, and equipment for the storage, manipulation, and retrieval of information.
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Techniques used to carry out clinical investigative procedures in the diagnosis and therapy of disease.
Information Management
Management of the acquisition, organization, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information. (From Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, 1994)
Database Management Systems
Software designed to store, manipulate, manage, and control data for specific uses.
Hospital Information Systems
Integrated, computer-assisted systems designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information concerned with the administrative and clinical aspects of providing medical services within the hospital.
User-Computer Interface
The portion of an interactive computer program that issues messages to and receives commands from a user.
Geographic Information Systems
Computer systems capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information, i.e. data identified according to their locations.
Systems Integration
The procedures involved in combining separately developed modules, components, or subsystems so that they work together as a complete system. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Computer Communication Networks
A system containing any combination of computers, computer terminals, printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones interconnected by telecommunications equipment or cables: used to transmit or receive information. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
Pathology, Surgical
A field of anatomical pathology in which living tissue is surgically removed for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment.
Medical Records Systems, Computerized
Computer-based systems for input, storage, display, retrieval, and printing of information contained in a patient's medical record.
Software
Sequential operating programs and data which instruct the functioning of a digital computer.
Quality Control
A system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in a product or process by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
Information Storage and Retrieval
Organized activities related to the storage, location, search, and retrieval of information.