Section 4 Intelligent Management Systems of Medical Laboratories

The development of medical laboratory management systems has progressed from the earliest manual workshop-style testing, to automated laboratories, then to informatized laboratories, and has now reached a new milestone for laboratories—the intelligent laboratory.

I. Intelligent Management Process

Fig. 3-47 Schematic diagram of the intelligent management process

II. Intelligent Management Requirements

1. Pre-analytical Phase

1.1 Assisting Clinical Orders with Intelligent Test-Item Recommendation

Fig. 3-48 Schematic diagram of intelligent test items

Fig. 3-49 Schematic diagram of intelligent test items

1.2 Integrated Specimen-Flow Automation, Effectively Shortening TAT
  1. Intelligent blood collection, helping reduce the occurrence of errors
  2. Dedicated automated specimen transport, significantly shortening TAT
  3. Flexible and rich automation interfaces that can connect directly to sorting machines and track automation to build "one-touch automation"
  4. First in, first out, with specimen-flow management precise down to the individual specimen

Fig. 3-50 Schematic diagram of specimen-flow automation Fig. 3-51 Intelligent monitoring diagram of specimen transport

2. Analytical Phase

2.1 Intelligent Specimen Management

Fig. 3-52 Intelligent specimen management diagram

2.2 Quality Management (Achieving an Unmanned Laboratory with Intelligent Control)

Fig. 3-53 Quality management diagram

2.3 Equipment Management

Laboratory testing personnel

Fig. 3-54 Equipment management diagram

2.4 Consumables Management

Laboratory testing personnel

Fig. 3-55 Consumables management diagram

2.5 Financial Management

Laboratory testing personnel

Fig. 3-56 Financial management diagram

2.6 Remote Control

Fig. 3-57 Schematic diagram of remote control

3. Post-analytical Phase

3.1 Intelligent Result Management

Fig. 3-58 Schematic diagram of intelligent result management

3.2 Clinical Decision Support

Laboratory testing personnel: Based on the clinician's preliminary diagnosis and the operating status of the instruments, the "expert system" of the middleware software flags items whose test results are inconsistent with the clinical diagnosis, reviews the results, and decides whether to issue the test report.

Fig. 3-59 Schematic diagram of clinical decision support

3.3 Internet + Expert System

Fig. 3-60 Schematic diagram of intelligent laboratory monitoring