Orchard Harvest™ LIS Version 6.0 Press Release
Harvest LIS version 6.0 is largest release to date, incorporating hundreds of customer feature requests.
Friday, May 21, 2004. Carmel, IN
Orchard Software's recent release of Harvest LIS version 6.0 continues to improve one of the top Laboratory Information Systems in the industry.
"One of the most rewarding aspects of developing software is creating a product users will be excited to use. We try to understand our clients' needs and translate that into a rich feature set which will improve efficiency in the lab," says Debbie Schilling, Director of Software Engineering at Orchard Software.
Building on the comprehensive feature set of previous versions, Orchard Software's latest release of Harvest LIS, version 6.0, adds advanced levels of process automation to address both the workflow and compliance issues facing today's laboratorian.
In a recent email to Orchards' user groups, Jeffrey Kain , Executive Vice President at Orchard summarized, "Harvest 6.0 is our largest release to date, as 214 Requests for Modifications were addressed in this release." Jeffrey continued, "I want to reiterate to all of you how important your continued feedback is to us. You've heard us repeat this over and over, but it's absolutely true: we read each and every request you submit to us, and these suggestions represent the majority of new development in each release of Harvest."
Orchard Software's President, Rob Bush , stated, "The laboratory environment is constantly evolving and regular upgrades, based on the input of our clients, improve our LIS and help us keep our products at the top of the class."
Some of the enhancements to Harvest LIS 6.0 are presented below:
Quality Control Improvements
The Quality Control module was significantly enhanced. New features include rules that require QC to be approved before patient results can be approved, enhanced support for qualitative and text-based controls, expanded commenting and Westgard features, and a new QC log that makes it easy to document the work.
Enhancements to Change Log
Compliance efforts are kept on track with the new Change Log feature of Harvest LIS 6.0. The Change Log will record all modifications to patient records and orders, as well as changes made to locations, personnel, order choices, lab tests, and formulas. An enhanced Result Origin field tracks the instrument, formula, or technologist that creates or edits every test result in the system.
All-New Label Printing Options
Harvest LIS 6.0 supports many new models of label printers with the addition of TCP/IP network support, as well as support for the complete line of Zebra ZPL-II printers. Mix and match multiple label printers from a single print server, distribute them throughout your network, or add label printers directly to your network anywhere you like, even if there is not a computer nearby. This is very useful for STAT printing or using color-coded labels.
Microbiology improvements
The Microbiology department's workflow has been simplified by the ability to enter multiple results at once and create dozens of reports in a single step. Enhancements to label and worksheet printing also improve the efficiency of the microbiologist.
Enhanced Reporting
Patient reports gain new customization features in 6.0. Mix and match report styles by provider; create useful cumulative reports with many new options; organize tests inside order choices with new break control, headers, and shading; print form letters for the patients created automatically from result evaluation rules; and create detailed summary reports with our enhanced data browsers, including an all-new Patient Browser. Get even more control over the browsers with AND/OR logic and multiple levels of precedence within queries, which allow many new types of advanced reports. An enhanced Draw List report will help organize hospital or nursing home collection rounds, and this report is also available in Harvest Webstation for remote users.
Data Entry Enhancements
With Harvest LIS 6.0, mandatory fields for data entry when creating patients, as well as orders, can be defined. New rules help ensure that entered dates fall within appropriate limits, and a calendar pop-up for date fields makes entry of dates a breeze. Prior diagnosis codes for a patient are available with a single click in a drop-down list. Harvest Webstation now has full support for creating, editing, and viewing comments. A customizable spelling checker with multiple-dictionary support will keep reports looking professional.
New Rules
Enhancements to CPT code rules make light work of tricky billing scenarios. New options in result delivery rules allow PDF report generation, and faxing enhancements allow more options for scheduling faxes and faxing multiple copies of reports to specific locations.
Orchard Software Corporation (Carmel IN ) was founded in 1993. Orchard HarvestT LIS, is installed in over 450 laboratories across the United States - including all sizes of multi-site and multi-specialty clinics, hospitals, and regional reference labs. To enhance laboratory outreach, Orchard HarvestT Webstation provides outside users - physicians, clinics, and collection stations - online order entry and results retrieval. To address the challenges of the integration and outreach of multiple labs, Orchard HarvestT CT and Orchard CopiaT unite lab networks under a single web-based lab order management and results delivery system.
For further information regarding Orchard Harvest LIS 6.0 or Orchard Software, contact Kerry Foster at (800) 571-5835 or email kfoster@orchardsoft.com. You may also complete our online Request for Information Form.