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    Technology is having a significant impact on clinical laboratories in three key ways: 1) Electronic medical records allow multiple healthcare providers to track patient information over time, improving care quality and transparency. 2) Automation of analytical systems is reducing labor costs while maintaining quality by processing high workloads with minimal human involvement. 3) Innovations are enabling laboratories to provide better patient care and improve global healthcare through expanded quality, accessibility and timely diagnosis.

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    Technology is having a significant impact on clinical laboratories in three key ways: 1) Electronic medical records allow multiple healthcare providers to track patient information over time, improving care quality and transparency. 2) Automation of analytical systems is reducing labor costs while maintaining quality by processing high workloads with minimal human involvement. 3) Innovations are enabling laboratories to provide better patient care and improve global healthcare through expanded quality, accessibility and timely diagnosis.

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    Technology is having a significant impact on clinical laboratories in three key ways: 1) Electronic medical records allow multiple healthcare providers to track patient information over time, improving care quality and transparency. 2) Automation of analytical systems is reducing labor costs while maintaining quality by processing high workloads with minimal human involvement. 3) Innovations are enabling laboratories to provide better patient care and improve global healthcare through expanded quality, accessibility and timely diagnosis.

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    “Impact of technology in Clinical laboratory”

    Nishihara, Miki

    Section 20

    According to M. Desmond Burke, MD (2000), The 21st century will witness changes within
    the environment of health care, within the nature of medical practice, within
    the advancement of modern innovation, and within the practice of laboratory medicine.
    Consequently, there are indeed significant development and progressive technological changes
    that we cannot unseen in every field, including the clinical laboratory. The
    Clinical Laboratory Science is experiencing a “technological explosion” which result to
    a critical and significant impact on how clinical laboratories of today and tomorrow are and will be
    staffed, prepared, and operated. Innovative advancements within the clinical
    laboratory proceed to supply professionals with better approaches to advance the quality of
    care conveyed to their patients and improve the state of worldwide healthcare (Healthcare
    Business & Technology, 2019). The impact of a technology to clinical laboratory observed in
    numerous way; one of these are the “Electronic medical records” and “automation”.

    In Clinical laboratory the laboratory personnel is obligated to collect and encode the
    information of the patients in either written lag-book or Electronic medical record for future
    reference. Electronic medical records are detailed clinical records that are generated, stored,
    and accessed on electronic media at the area of patient care (Jason Y Park, 2017). According to
    USF Health (2019), Multiple healthcare providers can track patient information over an extended
    period of time by adopting EMR. It is intended to assist organizations in providing effective and
    accurate care. In the United States, the past decade has been a period of rapid expansion of
    electronic patient records. In 2008, only 9% of clinics and 17% of doctors had electronic health
    records. As of 2015, 96% of clinics and 78% of physicians utilized electronic health records.
    Simple may it seem but this technology contribute to the quality healthcare of the organization
    and does have an huge impact to the clinical laboratory due to its
    expanded transparency, portability and availability features that increment the ease with which
    they can be accessed by healthcare experts.

    In the present day, A technology proceeds to have an effect on


    the laboratory, particularly with the approach of
    the completely automated analytical systems that are having such a significant impact on how
    the research facility is staffed, prepared, organized, and worked. According to Vijay Kumar and
    Kiran Dip Gill (2018), With a minimum involvement of manpower, the automated instrument are
    able to process great workload and it minimizes the chances of variability of results and errors
    that generally can occur during manual analysis. The implementation of automation has resulted
    in a slight rise in the cost of machinery, which is extremely compensated by a significant reduction
    in the cost of employees. As a result, overall expenses fell by 12.55 percent (J Public Health,
    2017). Hence, this not only impacted the quality of health care service they can offer but also the
    financial section of the organization by cutting a cost without downgrading the quality of service.

    Those were the few factors that showcase the impacts of technology in clinical laboratory.
    Nevertheless, there is always a two side of a coin; positive or negative. What I have mentioned is
    all a positive side, however by knowing its benefits and detriments helps us to utilize the
    technology properly. Because currently, technology is crucial in clinical laboratory for the quality
    health services and timely diagnosis for the patients. Through the union of health care
    professionals, and innovative technologies and services in clinical laboratory, it will be able to
    deliver a quality and optimum diagnosis result; and this means maximizing the potential of the
    technology for the betterment of majority.
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