Clinical Pathology Laboratories Using New Technologies to Go Paperless and Capture All Data for Digital Storage in Laboratory Information Systems

Optical character recognition is improving, making it easier for medical laboratories to scan paper documents and convert that data into digital information Endless flows of paper are the curse of clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups everywhere. Few medical laboratory organizations in the United States have successfully transitioned to a fully paperless environment. But there is good news for pathologists and clinical lab managers who feel overwhelmed by the daily flood of paper...
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