I've encountered many pathology information systems in my travels, and have yet to see one anybody liked very much. I'd note:
Many stand-alone pathology information systems can be interfaced with laboratory information systems (LIS) through a standard interface such as HL7, but be very dubious about such claims - ask a customer. I never saw a system that was pathologist-centric. (I've seen one that didn't have a text editor - no way to generate a surgical pathology report.) I don't know who-centric they are - perhaps transcriptionist-centric. In most systems I've seen, either a senior transcriptionist or the laboratory computer guru spent endless hours on the phone with customer support. - I'd visit a lab that had the system and ask what everybody who uses it has to say. Ask what happens to all the pathology records if management at some time in the future decides to change to a different system. In addition to the brand names mentioned, I'd look at WindoPath - cheap and easily interfaced. I used it briefly once and liked it, though I am hardly an experienced user. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Knoxville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet