DisaLab (Laboratory Information Management System)
Origin language: English
Country
Zambia
Coverage
National
Nb of implementation sites
86
Lead organization
Implementation partners
Health Focus Area
Primary Health Care
Others
Emergencies
Health promotion
Maternal and child health
Environmental health
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
Other chronic conditions and disabilities
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Skin diseases
Communicable diseases
Services
Others
Health logistics
Emergency preparedness and response
Electronic medical record
Diagnostics
Administrative
Public health and disease surveillance
Learning and training
Enabling technologies
N/A
Standards
ATNA - Audit Trail and Node Authentication
PII
UCUM
ICD-10
LOINC
HL7 v2
Tools
N/A
Funding sources
Donors
Government funds
Business model
Others
Funders
Summary
Disalab is a comprehensive Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) designed to handle all phases of laboratory operations, including pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical processes. It facilitates both manual and electronic order entries from various integrated systems such as SmartCare, eIDSR, and eLabs. The analytical phase benefits from medical device integration, which enhances data quality and reduces turnaround times. In the post-analytical phase, Disalab offers diverse result dissemination options including web access, email/SMS, PDF exports, and printouts. Additionally, it manages various functions like billing, stock management, reporting, inter-laboratory specimen referrals, and environmental sample processing. Currently in use across 85 higher-level laboratories, Disalab significantly boosts efficiency and data accuracy within Zambia's healthcare system, focusing on areas such as maternal and child health, health promotion, skin diseases, emergencies, sexual and reproductive health, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and communicable diseases.
Keywords
Clinical decision support algorithm combined with point of care diagnostic tests
Laboratory
Clinical data management
Clinical Decision Support Systems CDSS CoP
Data integration and management
Publications
Zambia's National LIS Advances Laboratory Efficiency, Data AvailabilityInsights - Lessons learnt
Challenges
N/A
Recommendations
N/A
Recommendations
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iDHA (Project ID)
sgdcnd
Project links
https://disalab.com/Origin of information
Project stakeholder
Data source link
N/AAdded to the platform on
2025-02-11
Project editors
Last update by
Kasimona Sichela on 2025-03-18
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