For more
than a decade, the names RALS and RALS-Plus have
been synonymous with point-of-care information
management and has now become The Power of One:
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ONE Partner;
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ONE Data Manager;
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ONE Program to Learn;
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ONE
System for All Devices;
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ONE Source for Operator
Management;
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ONE Reporting Source and Format;
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ONE
Call for Support
Common
Look and Feel Across
All POC Tests Simplifies Training
If
your facility employs multiple data management programs, your
staff might be spending more time learning about software than
about the needs of their patients. As a vendor-independent
solution, RALS-Plus manages the data from multiple vendor
devices using the same menus, tables and databases. Simply
put, once you are trained on managing results from one device,
you’re pretty much trained on all of them. RALS-Plus is
divided into two operating sections:
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System
Management, which enables users to view and edit devices and
tests throughout the RALS-Plus network, and;
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Device
Management which enables users to select an individual
device and view specific information.
Transfers
All Test Results to the Laboratory Information System
Studies
have indicated that nearly 60% of all POC tests never make it to
the patient record*. Tests that a doctor is never aware of and
tests that the hospital never accounts for. RALS-Plus
enables all tests to be recorded on the patient’s electronic
record, optimizing the POC program’s efficiency and offering
the potential to turn the program from a cost center into a
profit center if the institution bills for POCT. RALS-Plus
takes test data and transfers Patient ID, Operator ID, Device
ID, Test Date and Time, Test Type, Test Value, Units of
Measurement, and Comment Codes as needed in the individual site.
Optimizes
Patient
Verification Data
The
RALS-Plus ADT interface optimizes the verification of patient
POC data by monitoring the HIS to gather demographic and visit
information. RALS-Plus also verifies patient ID by device
assigned location, or download location versus patient location
at the time of the test, and enables specific information such
as account numbers to be transferred.
Captures Every
Test, Every Time, Everywhere
RALS-Plus is the leading vendor-independent connectivity
system for POCT and provides you with total control of your
program. At the click of an icon you can view all results
that have been downloaded, display all results that have been
flagged based on setup criteria, electronically manage all
system operators - by device, email weekly and monthly reports
and so much more.
Includes a Wide
Range of Report Options and
Data Transfer Choices:
RALS-Plus
enables users to view the status and progress of their POC
program by providing a number of standard and custom reports.
Transfer data using RALS Remote Connect
software, preconfigured dataports or Dawning® PDI
connectivity boxes. For device-specific data
transfer choices
contact your RALS
representative.
As a result, RALS now
has a larger menu of POC devices,
and a menu that’s
growing every day.
Click here
for our device interface list.
Used by more
Hospitals than any other Data Manager
Today, more
than 1,600 hospitals throughout the country
manage their programs with
RALS-Plus at sites
ranging from the largest IHN’s to the smallest
clinics, as well as a vast majority of VA
hospitals. And
when it comes
to POC devices,
RALS-Plus is
connected to industry leaders,
click here.
Interfaced
to Wide Range of
POC Device Leaders
RALS-Plus is designed
to grow your POC program when you’re ready to grow it. The
system’s modular design enables you to begin with one device
interface and add as your needs demand. Even if you choose to
change a device from one vendor to another, the transition with
RALS-Plus can be a seamless one.
Today, more POC device vendors
like Bayer, Biosite, HemoCue, Instrumentation Laboratory,
i-STAT,
ITC, Lifescan and Roche Diagnostics, as well as institutions
throughout the United States and Canada, trust their results to
RALS-Plus. Click here
for our device interface list.
*Source: Enterprise
Analysis Corporation 2001 POCT
Survey.
