Tuesday 8 March 2011

Premier cancer centre selects lab informatics

LABVANTAGE Solutions Inc today announced that a premier centre of excellence in healthcare, biomedical research, and medical education (the Medical Center) has signed a major vendor agreement with LABVANTAGE. This agreement is valued at over one million dollars, confirming the Medical Center's commitment to achieving a greater level of efficiency for its mission-critical operations.

The Medical Center consists of a school of medicine, a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center (Comprehensive Cancer Center), a research centre, and three hospital facilities. "We are excited about this opportunity of working with the Medial Center to combine our laboratory informatics expertise with their critical industry insights," states Jeff Ferguson, Chief Executive Officer at LABVANTAGE.

"Working closely with the Medical Center, LABVANTAGE will continue to enhance the depth and breadth of our offerings and deliver the most complete and versatile solutions that address the diverse requirements of core-based medical centers and research institutes."

As a part of a multi-phase laboratory information management project, the Medical Center will deploy LABVANTAGE to its core facilities, introducing standard, efficient processes to support operations in service management, scheduling, invoicing and billing, as well as platform-specific workflow tracking. Moreover, LABVANTAGE will support the use of multiple client operating systems and their respective browsers, including Windows Internet Explorer and Apple's Mac Safari, combined with seamless integration to critical 3rd party systems.

"The Medical Center's selection of LABVANTAGE continues to substantiate that we are the partner of choice for leading scientific organizations looking to standardize on a best-in-class laboratory informatics solution," stresses Mr Ferguson.

LABVANTAGE Solutions Inc