Aspyra scores Illinois LIS install

Aspyra has entered into an agreement with Springfield Clinic in Springfield, Ill., a multi-specialty physicians group, to upgrade the laboratory's existing laboratory information system (LIS) to Aspyra's CyberLAB LIS, version 7.2.

CyberLAB LIS is a scalable LIS for hospital, clinic and reference laboratory settings, according to the Calabasas, Calif.-based Aspyra. The clinic will implement CyberLAB 7.2 on a Windows platform, utilizing a MS SQL database structure. CyberLAB LIS features decision support tools with auto-verification, automated clinical reporting and multisite management

Springfield Clinic has been an Aspyra LIS customer since 1996. The clinic's laboratory network, which is Commission of Office Laboratory Accreditation (COLA), and College of American Pathologists (CAP) accredited, is comprised of 20 locations servicing nearly 200 physicians in 40 specialties.

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