A sophisticated reporting function was built into Labyrinth from the start.
This has two purposes. Firstly, to produce information for audit purposes and secondly to analyse utilisation of the labs, in order to pinpoint the causes of cancellations or delays.
This in turn enables the team to improve processes and then test how well those improvements are working in practise.
All data is recorded in real time, as the staff go about their normal work - and this brings three major benefits.
- There is little chance of data being lost
- The information available is always up to date
- There is no time spent manually inputting data for audit purposes.
These benefits have been proven to save the Head of Radiology around 3 days of time per month in reporting effort alone.
Patients on research trials are clearly identified and their treatments can be audited separately. Labyrinth records dosage entered by the Radiographer, collating it in the Reporting module. This makes it easier to monitor current practice and agree Local Dose Reference Levels, complying with Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations.
It can take the Radiology team up to two weeks every three months to collate this data by hand.
