Connected laboratory prescribing: a cornerstone of safe, high-quality care

Laboratory test prescribing is far from a purely administrative step—it is a decisive moment in the patient journey. It shapes diagnostic accuracy, care quality, and the speed of clinical decisions. As healthcare pathways become more complex and operational pressures increase, connected laboratory prescribing is now a strategic priority for healthcare organizations.

Well beyond a digital upgrade, connected prescribing sits at the intersection of Laboratory Information System (LIS) transformation and evolving clinical practices, addressing key challenges around safety, coordination, and performance.

Reducing risk, improving reliability

By replacing handwritten orders and multiple manual re-entries, connected prescribing dramatically reduces errors, strengthens data reliability, and ensures full traceability of laboratory requests.

It also enables more context-aware prescriptions, aligned with clinical guidelines and tailored to real-world patient situations.

Streamlining workflows and collaboration

Centralized, structured laboratory orders improve communication between prescribers, laboratories, and care teams.

Real-time data exchange and automated workflows shorten turnaround times, improve prioritization, and significantly reduce administrative burden for clinicians.

Strengthening care continuity

A shared, secure view of laboratory orders and results supports better longitudinal patient follow-up and faster, more coordinated clinical decision-making.

In complex care pathways, where information availability and reliability are critical, connected prescribing becomes a key enabler of care quality.

What makes it successful?

Successful deployment relies on:

• strong interoperability with hospital, EHR, and laboratory systems,
• user-friendly design aligned with clinical realities,
• uncompromising standards for data security and compliance.

First and foremost, an organizational transformation

Ultimately, connected laboratory prescribing is less about technology than about organizational maturity and continuous improvement in patient safety and quality of care.

From your perspective, what are the biggest challenges—and the strongest success factors—for adopting connected laboratory prescribing in healthcare organizations today?