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Lattice is hiring!
Lattice is hiring and we’re looking for Application Support Specialists! If you have a background in supporting Windows-based software and want to operate in a dynamic organization where you’re always working in new areas, Lattice is a good fit. Our preference is...
Use mobility with specimen collection to increase patient safety
A critical component in patient safety is mobility. When you can complete tasks, like specimen labeling, at the point of care, you dramatically reduce the risk of errors. The traceability afforded by barcoding at the time a specimen is drawn presents the best defense...
Nurse or juggler? How many mobile devices does a caregiver need?
Nurses as the Childrens Medical Center in Dallas frequently carry as many as five different mobile devices: a company-issued phone, a pager, a barcode scanner, a specimen labeler, and their personal smartphone. They need a variety of functions: access to electronic...
Prevent lost specimens that result from label mistakes
A lost lab sample can result in anything from an inconvenience for the patient to a devastating diagnosis. It’s easy to see how these mistakes happen. The label falls off the sample. The handwriting is read incorrectly. There’s a shift change and the sample somehow...
Track AP Specimens with Greater Accuracy
Approximately 70% of medical decisions are influenced by lab results. With patient safety at the top of the list of healthcare initiatives, protecting the integrity of specimens, from collection through processing, is a critical objective. In addition to the health...
Software Executive Magazine
Lattice and its president, Brian Schwarz, are profiled in the in the July/August edition of Software Executive Magazine. The Q&A format of the interview discusses the state of healthcare software in the current marketplace, challenges to independent software...
Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2017, according to ECRI – Healthcare IT News
(By Mike Miliard, Healthcare It News) Health information technology holds enormous potential for improving patient safety, but only when implemented and used correctly. A new study from ECRI Institute spotlights EHR information management practices and clinical...
Best Practices for Extra Containers
For customers using the “New…” item to add extra containers to be collected, a challenge exists if they are not specifying tests along with the containers. The system requires the user pick a container from a drop-down list, and prompts the user to confirm that no...
Book Surveys Patient Safety from AP, CP Standpoint- CAP Press
(By CAP Today) June 2017—CAP Press released in May Patient Safety in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology Laboratories. Editor Deborah Sesok-Pizzini, MD, MBA, and 11 additional contributors cover handoff communications, technology, tools and methods, human factors, a...