Case Study
Positioning the Health System toWeather the Storm of COVID-19 ThroughBest-of-Breed Laboratory Technology
Positioning the Health System toWeather the Storm of COVID-19 ThroughBest-of-Breed Laboratory Technology
Introduction As health systems work to recover from revenue declines, furloughs, and layoffs brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, and simultaneously try to maintain readiness for more outbreaks, system leaders are more likely to scrutinize spending for fiscal responsibility. If your organization is considering investing in laboratory information systems, now is a good time to weigh the costs and benefits associated with a purchase from an enterprise-wide solution vendor, such as an EHR manufacturer, versus a specialized solution vendor that focuses solely on the domain of the medical lab. An enterprise-wide solution vendor may at first seem like the simpler choice, but upon closer examination is anything but. This is because an enterprise-wide vendor’s bread and butter is its