Barts and The London NHS Trust, has selected Sysmed Solutions’ WinPath pathology laboratory information management system (LIMS) to support the modernisation of its pathology services. The new LIMS system supplied will initially link four pathology laboratories, within the Trust and at Newham and Homerton NHS hospitals. Barts and the London currently processes over two million pathology tests a year and is one of the UK’s largest teaching hospital trusts. The trust’s ongoing modernisation process is intended to deliver a state of the art automated pathology laboratory to increase sample throughput and handle the increasing levels of testing. WinPath will dovetail into this process of laboratory change and will also support the Trust in e-referrals and the seamless movement of samples between laboratories. “As clinical practice has become more complex and requirements for pathology testing from internal and external sources have increased, both in terms of numbers and types of tests, we recognised the need to replace our pathology LIMS,” said Professor Jo Martin, clinical director of pathology at the trust. “It is essential that we implement an IT system that has the functionality and flexibility to deliver our requirements now, as well as accommodate our changing future needs as we become a centre of excellence.” According to Sysmed WinPath will also improve communications both internally and externally to other hospitals and GP practices, enabling users to access to results through browser-based results reporting and order communications. The system will make increasing use of the developing NHSNet infrastructure as higher bandwidths become available. "We are extremely pleased to have been chosen as a key partner in Barts and The London’s pathology modernisation programme," said Fiona Pearson, CEO of Sysmed. “IT is a crucial part of the modernisation process providing a backbone by which all information can be seamlessly shared and transferred.”
