[Histonet] Fwd: [PPMA] Barcoding in Boston!

[Victor Tobias]

For any of you in the Boston area, my boss will be speaking on barcoding.

Victor

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Subject: 	[PPMA] Barcoding in Boston!
Date: 	Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:34:31 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
From: 	Rodney Schmidt <schmidtr <@t> u.washington.edu>
Reply-To: 	A mutual assistance forum for PowerPath users 
<ppma <@t> u.washington.edu>
To: 	PowerPath Mutual Assistance <ppma <@t> u.washington.edu>



The topic of barcoding in pathology has suddenly gotten extremely popular.
Just about all the hardware and LIS exhibitors at the recent USCAP meeting
featured their capabilities.  Not all solutions are equal but it takes a
knowledgeable user to tell the difference between the solutions that are
good for users vs the ones that are good for the vendors.

Most of you know that the University of Washington has built out a
complete, sophisticated, and highly user-friendly barcoding and
workflow-driving system that handles all pathology materials (OmniTrax).
It's being used at multiple academic and private practices (PowerPath
sites) and has recently been revised so that it can work with any LIS.

Our experience with OmniTrax has let us understand deeply exactly what
makes a barcoding system successful from a user's perspective, including
likely benefits to labs in terms of cost savings and error reduction.  In
the last year, I've been invited to give talks about this at APIII, USCAP,
NSH, and AAPA meetings, as well as at other sites.

Thermo Scientific has asked me to speak on this topic next Wednesday in
Boston.  If you're interested and in the area, please contact your Thermo
rep for information.


Rod

Rodney A. Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
Director of Medical Informatics
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
(206) 598-6462
(206) 344-0532 (pager)
(206) 598-3803 (fax)

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