The third quarter of 2024 sky-rocketed new ways and updates to empower your lab for today and the future. While introducing AI-powered features assists manual work processes to elevate efficiency, toxicology workflow turned more powerful yet easy to operate with the new feature additions and enhancements.
Look at the amazing transformations we made to our products in the third quarter of 2024.
I. AI-Powered Features to Transform Your Workflow!
In the mid-year of 2024, CrelioHealth infused Artificial Intelligence (AI) into a lot of its product modules to eliminate redundant tasks. It also, includes tedious description typing, excessive evaluation, and study, while enabling laboratory staff to focus more on meaningful data and patient care.
The top AI-powered features & updates introduced this quarter are as follows.
1. The AI Order from TRF Feature Supported on the Android App
A) Importance Of The Feature
With the latest Crelio AI updates, the ordering process just got a whole lot easier! You can now take a picture of the Test Requisition Form (TRF) from your mobile and upload it, allowing our AI to automatically capture patient data and test details to create an order. This eliminates the need for manual entry, reducing the chances of errors and saving time for medical staff. Accurate data processing is crucial in medical labs, and these enhancements streamline laboratory workflow management by automating repetitive tasks.
Additionally, managing sample descriptions and promotional content becomes more efficient with AI-powered tools. The AI-powered Promotion Title and Description Generator help create attention-grabbing titles and descriptions quickly, while the Automated Sample Descriptions feature ensures detailed and accurate descriptions for each sample.
B) Key Takeaways & Benefits
- AI-Driven Order Creation: Simply snap a picture of the TRF. And, the AI captures patient and test details automatically, significantly reducing manual data entry and ensuring accuracy.
- Error Reduction: With AI double-checking everything, there’s minimal room for mistakes, enhancing data integrity.
- Time Savings: Automated processes mean faster order placement, allowing you to focus on other essential tasks.
- Enhanced Promotions: Use AI to generate creative and catchy promotional titles and descriptions with ease, helping you stand out.
- Detailed Sample Descriptions: Let AI generate sample descriptions, saving you time and ensuring all the necessary details are covered effortlessly.
These enhancements are designed to streamline operations, reduce errors, and free up valuable time for medical professionals.
2. AI-Powered Summaries For Lab Analytics
A) Importance Of The Feature
AI-powered summaries are now available to provide quick, concise insights across key areas. Such as, operations, TAT (Turnaround Time) analytics, and QC (Quality Control) dashboards. These summaries help lab managers and staff quickly identify trends, spot potential issues, and streamline decision-making. With AI automating the data analysis process, you can focus more on improving efficiency and less on manually sifting through reports. This feature is designed to enhance productivity and ensure you’re always up to date with critical information.
B) Key Takeaways & Benefits
- Instant Insights: Receive easy-to-read summaries on operations, TAT analytics, and QC dashboards without the need for manual review.
- Faster Issue Detection: AI helps identify problems quickly, allowing you to address issues before they impact performance.
- Streamlined Workflow: By handling data-heavy tasks, AI enables you to focus on optimizing lab operations and improving overall efficiency.
- Time-Saving Automation: Automated summaries reduce the time spent analyzing reports, freeing up more time for critical tasks.
These AI-powered summaries are a game-changer, helping you stay informed and efficient with minimal effort.
II. Features & Updates That Make Toxicology Lab Management Easier Than Ever
1. Toxicology Report Exports!
A) Importance Of The Feature
Managing toxicology reports is essential for maintaining accuracy and compliance in medical labs, especially when dealing with complex data sets. With the new toxicology report export feature, keeping track of report results has never been easier. This update allows users to export toxicology data efficiently, making it simpler to monitor and analyze results. Additionally, the new drug-wise report in financial reports helps users track inconsistencies in drug testing. Further, providing a clearer picture of drug testing in the workplace for both clinical and financial oversight.
B) Key Takeaways & Benefits
- Effortless Report Exporting: Export toxicology report results quickly, simplifying data management and allowing for better record-keeping.
- Inconsistent Drug Monitoring: The new drug-wise report under financial reports lets you track inconsistent drugs, helping you stay ahead of potential issues.
- Improved Organization: These features keep you organized, streamlining both clinical and financial monitoring processes.
- Enhanced Efficiency: Stay on top of toxicology data with faster and more accurate reporting, ensuring you remain proactive in managing results.
This update enhances reporting capabilities, making it easier to track critical toxicology data and stay organized in your lab operations.
2. Bulk Drug Uploads & Adding Drug Orders
A) Importance Of The Feature
Managing drug lists for toxicology testing can be time-consuming, especially when adding drugs one by one. To simplify this process, the new Bulk Drug Upload feature allows you to upload multiple custom drugs at once, significantly speeding up workflow. Additionally, the ability to place drug orders directly from Accession provides a convenient solution for those times when orders are accidentally missed. This ensures that your report status remains unaffected, allowing for seamless adjustments without disrupting operations.
B) Key Takeaways & Benefits
- Bulk Drug Upload: Easily upload all your custom drugs in one go, saving time and reducing manual entry errors.
- Streamlined Drug Ordering: Place missed drug orders directly from Accession without affecting the status of your reports, ensuring smooth workflow adjustments.
- Simple Process: Just download the template, fill it in, and upload—making it easier than ever to manage drug lists efficiently.
- Error Prevention: Avoid disruptions and ensure all necessary drugs are ordered, even if something is missed initially.
These features simplify toxicology testing management, boosting efficiency and providing quick fixes for common workflow challenges.
III. Other Prominent Features & Updates Launched
1. PACS Update: Dive into the 3D World!
A) Importance Of The Feature
The latest PACS update brings cutting-edge 3D viewing capabilities to radiology workflow studies, revolutionizing how you interpret imaging data. With 3D image support now integrated into the viewer, radiologists can explore scans with enhanced depth and detail, which is especially valuable for complex cases.
This feature offers a more comprehensive view of anatomical structures, improving the accuracy and confidence in diagnostic decisions. As medical imaging continues to evolve, having access to advanced visualization tools like 3D views is crucial for enhancing patient outcomes and streamlining clinical workflows.
B) Key Takeaways & Benefits
- 3D Image Support: The update allows users to view radiology studies in 3D, offering greater clarity and detail in imaging.
- Enhanced Diagnostic Accuracy: By providing a more in-depth view of complex anatomical structures, the 3D feature helps improve diagnostic precision.
- Streamlined Workflow: Accessing 3D views within the same platform simplifies the process, saving time and allowing for quicker, more reliable diagnoses.
- Improved Patient Care: With better visualization, healthcare professionals can make more informed decisions, leading to enhanced patient outcomes.
This upgrade is designed to provide radiologists with powerful new tools for more accurate and efficient diagnosis, all within an intuitive viewing experience.
2. Operations Dashboard Glow-Up!
A) Importance Of The Feature
We’ve given the Operations Dashboard a much-needed upgrade to enhance usability and streamline workflow. A well-organized dashboard is critical for monitoring key metrics, identifying exceptions, and keeping track of daily operations efficiently. Recent updates include color coordination for better clarity, a decluttered interface to reduce distractions, and a more visually appealing way to display exceptions. These improvements make it easier for users to navigate the dashboard, quickly grasp important data, and take action with greater confidence.
B) Key Takeaways & Benefits
- Color Coordination: The graph status colors now align with those in the waiting list, making it simpler to interpret report counts and statuses at a glance.
- Simplified Dashboard: With unnecessary sections removed, the dashboard is cleaner and more focused, allowing users to access relevant information more quickly.
- Enhanced Exception Reporting: The exceptions section now features graphical presentations, replacing boring tables and grids, making insights easier to understand and more visually engaging.
These updates make your dashboard not only more user-friendly but also a powerful tool for gaining insights and managing operations with greater ease.
3. Hover to Discover: Critical Callout Comments!
A) Importance Of The Feature
We understand the need for quick access to critical information, especially when time is of the essence. That’s why we’ve introduced the hover-to-discover feature for critical callout comments. Instead of navigating through multiple clicks, you can now simply hover over the “Callout done” tag on the waiting list to instantly view important comments.
This enhancement streamlines communication and ensures you stay informed without breaking your workflow. The feature is also available for B2B logins, allowing seamless access for all users.
B) Key Takeaways & Benefits
- Instant Access: View critical callout comments immediately by hovering over the “Callout done.” tag, eliminating the need for extra clicks.
- Improved Workflow: Quick access to essential information keeps you in the loop, helping you save time and maintain efficiency.
- Available for B2B Users: This feature is also extended to B2B logins, ensuring all users can benefit from faster, more accessible insights.
This update enhances convenience and keeps communication flowing effortlessly, allowing for more efficient decision-making.
4. QC Module with Five Levels of QC
A) Importance Of The Feature
Quality control (QC) is a cornerstone of accurate lab testing, ensuring the reliability of results. With the addition of Critical High and Critical Low levels in the QC Module, you now have a more comprehensive framework to monitor test accuracy. These new levels go beyond the standard Upper, Middle, and Lower limits, allowing for more precise detection of potential outliers and issues. By upgrading to a five-level QC configuration, labs can achieve a deeper level of control, ensuring even greater accuracy and consistency in test results.
B) Key Takeaways & Benefits
- Expanded QC Levels: Now featuring Critical High and Critical Low levels in addition to Upper, Middle, and Lower, offering a more detailed quality control system.
- Enhanced Precision: The five-level configuration allows for finer monitoring of test results, making it easier to catch critical deviations that could impact accuracy.
- Customizable Settings: Easily switch to the five-level QC configuration from the QC settings to optimize your quality control process.
- Improved Accuracy: This comprehensive approach to QC ensures better oversight, reducing the likelihood of errors and improving test reliability.
This update strengthens your lab’s quality control processes, helping you maintain the highest standards of accuracy and reliability.
IV. Enhancements
1. Audit Trail Enhancements
A) Functionalities Introduced
- Insurance Details Logging: Any updates made to insurance details are automatically recorded in the patient update audit trail. This ensures full visibility into the changes so you won’t miss any important updates.
- Toxicology Panels in Audit Trails: The audit trail now includes a clear log of toxicology panels added to your reports. This provides a comprehensive overview of which panels have been included for easy reference.
B) Added Benefits
- Enhanced Transparency: With insurance detail updates now logged, you can stay informed of every change, minimizing the risk of oversight.
- Improved Monitoring: Seeing toxicology panels directly in the audit trail streamlines the review process, making it easier to track and verify report content.
- Better Control: These enhancements allow you to stay on top of crucial updates and manage data with greater confidence, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks.
Stay informed, stay organized, and maintain full control over patient updates and toxicology reports with these audit trail improvements.
2. Mobile App Updates: Fresh Features for Your Fingertips!
A) Functionalities Introduced
- Smart Report Downloads for Android Patient App: Patients can now enjoy automatic report downloads when they’re ready, eliminating the need to manually search for reports.
- Dispatched Report Downloads by Date for Doctor Android App: Lab users can now filter and download dispatched reports based on selected dates, streamlining the process of accessing specific reports.
- Home Collection Auto-Reject for Phlebo App: Phlebotomists now have an auto-reject feature for home collections. If no action is taken within a set time frame before the visit, the trip will automatically be unassigned.
B) Added Benefits
- Convenience for Patients: Automatic report downloads save patients time and effort, making it easier to access results without any hassle.
- Targeted Report Access for Lab Users: Downloading dispatched reports by date ensures lab users can quickly retrieve the exact reports they need, improving efficiency.
- Increased Efficiency for Phlebotomists: The auto-reject feature prevents delays by unassigning trips that haven’t been acted upon, ensuring smoother scheduling and more efficient workflows.
These updates enhance convenience, improve accessibility, and boost operational efficiency for both patients and lab professionals.
The releases and updates we launched this quarter focused on enhancing the user experience along with adding the latest trends in the product. Further, these updates make lab and business management more effective enabling labs to align with their aspirations.
We would love to understand your feedback on the above changes and updates, which will help us further add more such amazing updates to our pipeline. Follow our Crelio Updates page if you have missed out on our previous releases.
CrelioHealth always appreciates your constant support!
