Pathology
Request Image Capture System - Benefits by Feature
The RICS solution is state of the art imaging and workflow solution. Currently at version 2 the RICS solution has the potential for significant improvement to further reduce data entry costs and improve productivity.
| Feature | Benefit | RICS |
| Quality Images Exceptionally High quality images of 8bit Grayscale quality (~7MB uncompressed {256 shades} yet compressed to around 1bit size ~120kb |
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Yes |
| Automatic Barcode recognition achieved at collection centre |
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Yes |
| Case priority assigned at point of capture (Urgent) |
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Yes |
| Ordered Work-lists Using Priority, estimated arrival times based on collection centre and actual specimen arrival times |
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Yes |
| Queue counts for each stage of data entry |
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Yes |
| Staff Performance Monitoring Track who performed each operation from scanning right through data entry |
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Yes |
| User performance reports Shows staff throughput and error rates |
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Yes |
| Centre reports Shows up to the minute counts of requests scanned today and in the last 1 and 2 hours |
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Yes |
| Batch validation at the collection centre |
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Yes |
| Full security and centralized administration. Encrypted, secure system |
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Yes |
| Internet based with low deployment costs |
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Yes |
| Updateable solution Enable future enhancements in the areas of OMR for specimens or barcode of additional information. |
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Possible |