HALIA AUTOVERIFICATIONAUTOMATED VERIFICATION OF LABORATORY RESULTS FOR A QUICK AND EFFICIENT TURN-AROUND-TIME

Today the Laboratory is required to become more optimized in terms of the

economic and human resources that it uses.

Furthermore, the health service structure must continue to support an

increase in the volume and variety of the tests that are required, ensuring

patient safety, quality of care and an adequate turn-around-time.

The Autoverifi cation provided by H A , the middleware Laboratory

solution by NoemaLife, allows Laboratory staff to devote themselves

to the critical cases and the problematic samples that require special

attention, thanks to an automated verifi cation of the results, using precise

rules and logical algorithms that are user defi ned.

THE AUTOVERIFICATION AND THE EXPERT SYSTEM is based on a powerful and flexible Expert System that

efficiently handles the entire workflow of the Laboratory, from

acceptance of the samples to their sorting and storage.

During this process, the Autoverification can be implemented in

HALIA by using the potential of the Expert System, whose rules are

fully configurable by the Laboratory.

COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE RULESNext to each Autoverifi cation rule, HALIA offers an integrated test

system that allows both the verifi cation and effectiveness of the

rule and to archive the test document.

For the confi guration of the rules, HALIA is able to use data linked to the

pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical phases of the sample.

Thanks to the completeness of such information HALIA can guarantee:

A Consistent Verifi cation Process for any outcome

Improved turn-around-times thanks to the Autoverifi cation of

the results that meet predefi ned criteria

Increased focus of the staff on samples which require special

attention

Improvement of the samples quality control

Entering a broader set of data in order to ensure the validation

of the results in a consistent, timely and accurate manner

Thanks to the Autoverifi cation processes, it is possible to reduce

the activities devoted to the results review by 40%, allowing a

greater attention to critical samples..

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HALIA MOVING AVERAGEPREVENTION AND ERRORS CONTROL

One of the critical aspects of the Laboratory processes is regarding the

measurement of errors and being able to identify deviations

from the expected results by an instrument.

To minimize the number of samples potentially affected by instrument

errors it is possible to resort to more frequent Quality Control tests,

though implying a signifi cant increase in costs to be incurred. In addition,

this choice does not fully exploit the continuity and monitoring of the

processes that the Autoverifi cation provides to the Laboratory.

A possible solution to this gap is the adoption of a Moving

Average control solution.

HALIA , the Laboratory middleware uses the Moving Average which

guarantees a constant monitoring of the quality results,

making it possible to identify deviations from the expected

result from an instrument in a timelier manner compared to

standard Quality Control methods.

INTEGRATION WITH QUALITY CONTROLHALIA Moving Averages are fully integrated in real time with the Quality

Control in order to exploit their full potential:

Moving Averages Calculation according to different types of

instruments, recorded data, tests, applied algorithms

Levey-Jennings real-time graphs, available online

Automatic application of Westgard rules

Setting-up of real-time alerts for all relevant user profi les

Integration with the Autoverifi cation process in order to

defi ne automatic responses to violations of the set rules

Integration with the samples routing process

The adoption of the HALIA Moving Average ensures the Laboratory

signifi cant cost savings compared to the use of frequent samples around

standard Quality Control methodology. Although the amount of cost savings

depends on the volumes and the methods subjected to controls, the use

of HALIA Moving Average ensures a rapid return on investment,

thanks to the direct applicability and the easy expansion of the solution.

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