Instrument Manager is a stand-alone software application that provides connectivity between laboratory instruments and Laboratory Information Systems, aiding the flow of laboratory information, including test orders and results, specimen information, and patient information. Instrument Manager also provides data management functions that aid in the interpretation and management of laboratory results. Instrument Manager is a software package intended to be used by trained laboratory personnel as an aid in laboratory instrument interfacing and laboratory data management.
An application software program, routines, and/or algorithms used as or in an information system to electronically receive, collect, store, manage, assist in analysis of, display, output, and distribute data, within or between healthcare facilities, to support the administrative and clinical activities associated with clinical laboratory services and facilities. It is typically supplied for installation into a dedicated information system used in the clinical laboratory or existing mainframe or decentralized computers/networks.