New process improvement solution combats biopsy switching errors in medical laboratories – creating a big shift in the quality, quantity and accuracy of specimen reporting
INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Bostech announced its new solution to combat lab errors and increase lab productivity leveraging the know error® system. Powered by ChainBuilder® Labs, Bostech’s solution is aimed at combating the nearly 3 million lab specimens misidentified a year in the U.S. that lead to more than 160,000 adverse patient events (College of American Pathologists).
Unveiled at the Executive War College conference in New Orleans today, Bostech and know error® unite to offer a new process enhancement solution designed to help labs automate the process of sample accessioning and analysis and significantly decrease switching errors.
ChainBuilder® Labs, Bostech’s lab-specific workflow improvement solution, delivers faster, more accurate results directly to a patient’s electronic medical record (EMR). Combined with the know error® system, which decreases the risk of biopsy switching errors through bar code technology and DNA-based specimen verification, the solution optimizes connectivity between lab processes, providing seamless workflow integration and real-time reporting in a browser-based interface.
“The risk of patients receiving the wrong lab results due to switching errors is a major issue facing labs and healthcare providers,” said Brad Bostic, CEO of Bostech Corporation. “By coupling the know error® system with our ChainBuilder® Labs solution, we can help to ensure the delivery of accurate lab results by eliminating switching errors while delivering results more quickly.”
Bostech’s ChainBuilder® Labs automates manual processes on-demand throughout the sample processing flow in labs, creating workflow that delivers results faster with a higher degree of quality. ChainBuilder® Labs eliminates data re-entry and connects lab information systems (LIS) to physician EMR’s, resulting in optimal report delivery and visibility capabilities.
The know error® system prevents misidentification errors in the biopsy evaluation process. It employs patient-specific bar coding for the purpose of reducing errors, and forensic DNA testing that prevents errors from resulting in adverse patient outcomes.
"Together with ChainBuilder Labs®, we can seamlessly connect our DNA confirmation process to our customers' lab systems," said Ken Cerney, President of Diagnostic ID, LLC, makers of the know error® system. "Using this combined system, our customers can interact with us more efficiently, monitoring activity and results via the web-based interface. This connectivity streamlines otherwise time-consuming reporting and processing operations.”
About Bostech
Bostech Corporation provides labs and healthcare providers with performance improvement solutions powered by ChainBuilder®. Bostech’s ChainBuilder Labs solution delivers optimized workflow and real-time analytics on demand for medical labs. Bostech is focused on increasing productivity and profits for anatomical and molecular labs through browser based workflows and visual reports that seamlessly connect to underlying business systems. World leading companies such as GE Healthcare, McKesson RelayHealth, and the know error system depend on Bostech’s solutions to drive improved productivity and profitability while reducing errors. Visit www.bostechcorp.com to learn more about Bostech’s performance improvement solutions.
About the know error® system
Introduced by Diagnostic ID, LLC in 2009, the know error® system represents the new standard of patient safety in the biopsy evaluation process. It is the only system to offer a comprehensive defense against adverse patient outcomes due to biopsy switching errors, and when added as the final step to current biopsy protocol, further enhances patient safety and diagnostic accuracy. Visit online at www.knowerror.com.
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