Lifepoint Informatics to Sponsor Pathology Informatics 2012 in Chicago
Glen Rock, NJ – September 12,
2012 – Lifepoint Informatics announced its Silver Level sponsorship in the upcoming
Pathology Informatics 2012 conference being held at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago from
October 9 through 12. Pathology Informatics 2012 (PI2012) is an annual educational conference
designed for world-wide collaboration, technology and learning to come together in
one meeting place. PI2012 offers direct interaction with physicians, researchers,
residents and graduate students, Industry-related developers, engineers, imaging informatics
professionals, vendor representatives and many others interested in how informatics
and imaging are transforming pathology, oncology and radiology.
PI2012 is designed to present
practical and emerging solutions for automated information and image
management in pathology and the clinical laboratories. Conference attendees will learn how
workflow in the clinical laboratories and pathology can be supported and enhanced by new software
and hardware solutions and will also have the opportunity to understand the various
software and hardware products available in the clinical laboratory and pathology market by
interacting with a large number of exhibitors. In addition, the conference will feature
information on new research in pathology informatics from submitted competitive scientific
abstracts.
PI2012 conference highlights
include three pre-conference workshops and three tracks to choose from over the course
of the four conference days; eminent faculty consisting of most of the national experts
in the field of pathology informatics in the country and from abroad; full day programming
over the course of four days including a gala welcoming reception on the first night
of the conference and formal lecture-demonstrations by a selection of exhibitors.
Lifepoint Informatics senior
and technical management will be on hand to provide information on its proven line
of laboratory connectivity, interoperability,
interface and data integration products that
includes EMRHub, LabHub, InfoHub, Outreach MD and the Lifepoint ONC-ATCB Certified
LPI Web Provider Portal. Lifepoint’s technical team possess extensive domain expertise in
clinical laboratory operations with a focus on electronic results delivery and is involved in
the ONC’s Office of Standards and Interoperability Lab Results Interface (LRI) pilot process,
testing LRI integration specifications for LIS to ambulatory primary care organization EHR
systems.
Lifepoint has developed
solutions that meet the connectivity and interoperability challenges facing labs
including Lifepoint’s vendor neutral EMRHub that provides
efficient and hassle free LIS to EMR
interfacing with any EMR or EHR and Lifepoint’s LabHub which is a powerful Software as a
Service (SaaS) based interface engine that enables EMRs to connect to multiple labs
through one easy connection.
Lifepoint’s ONC-ATCB Certified
LPI Web Provider Portal helps
labs, hospitals, and ACOs meet the demand for
connectivity with providers via browser-based, on-demand, superior portal solutions. LPI
Web Provider Portal enables access to the most current data anytime from anywhere to help
reduce turn-around-time and improve patient care. LPI Web Provider Portal works with
existing HIS and LIS systems to leverage existing infrastructureand optimize the current IT
investment.
For additional information
about Lifepoint Informatics and its full line of HIT products, please visit www.lifepoint.com. For more information
regarding PI2012 visit http://www.pathinformatics.pitt.edu.
Lifepoint Informatics is a
leader in healthcare IT serving the data connectivity, integration and communication needs of
clinical laboratories, hospitals and health networks. Lifepoint Informatics develops, sells
and supports healthcare information technology solutions nationwide to help healthcare
providers improve patient care and lower costs through the use of information technology.
Since 1999, Lifepoint Informatics has enabled over 200 hospitals, clinical labs and anatomic
pathology groups to grow their market share and extended their outreach programs through the
deployment of its ONC-ATCB Certified Web Provider Portal and its comprehensive
portfolio of ready-to-go EMR and EHR interfaces. For more information please visit www.lifepoint.com.
About PI2012
Pathology Informatics 2012 is
the product of more than 40 cumulative years of experience in providing continuing medical education
in pathology informatics. Its predecessor conferences were: (1) AIMCL, held in Ann
Arbor from 1983 to 2003; (2) APIII held in Pittsburgh from 1996 to 2009; and (3) Lab
InfoTech Summit, held in Las Vegas from 2004 to 2009. A decision was made in 2010 to
merge these events into a single, larger event, bringing together their directors and staffs
under the sponsorship of the Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, and
the Association for Pathology Informatics, API. This first merged conference, Pathology
Informatics 2010 was held in Boston, Massachusetts in September 2010 and the second
in Pittsburgh in October 2011. For additional information,visit http://www.pathinformatics.pitt.edu.
Source: Lifepoint Informatics
