Digital technology underpins modern laboratory medicine, yet many systems remain under-used or not well understood. This meeting will explore how laboratory IT supports clinical decision-making, demand optimisation and safe, effective service delivery and how systems can be configured to maximise clinical value.
Through expert-led talks and practical case studies, the programme will cover key pathology IT concepts, including implementation of national recommendations, electronic requesting and decision support, LIMS rules and workflows, reflex and reflective testing and Duty Biochemist processes. The day will also showcase locally developed digital innovations and highlight the work of the LabMed AI and Informatics Specialist Interest Group.
The meeting will help give attendees the knowledge and confidence to engage with current digital systems and future developments.
This meeting will help you:
- Better understand the role and configuration of key laboratory IT systems, including LIMS and electronic requesting platforms.
- Recognise how national guidance (e.g. GIRFT, minimum retesting intervals) can be implemented digitally to support demand optimisation.
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Understand core pathology IT terminology and data flows.
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Apply practical examples of electronic decision support, logic rules and workflow design to their own services.
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Appreciate how AI, informatics and locally developed tools can enhance quality, efficiency and clinical impact.
Target audience
This meeting is aimed at:
- Clinical scientists, consultant clinical scientists and chemical pathologists
- Duty biochemists and senior laboratory staff
- Pathology service leads and managers
- Laboratory professionals with an interest in IT, informatics, AI or digital innovation