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cord-310594-i0586vfw	Weemaes, Matthias	Laboratory information system requirements to manage the COVID-19 pandemic: a report from the Belgian national reference testing center	2020-04-29		.txt	text/plain	2537	136	34	OBJECTIVE: To describe the development, implementation and requirements of laboratory information system (LIS) functionality to manage test ordering, registration, sample flow, and result reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic. RESULTS: We outline the design, implementation and requirements of LIS functionality related to managing increased test demand during the COVID-19 crisis, including tools for test ordering, standardized order sets integrated into a computerized provider order entry module, notifications on shipping requirements, automated triaging based on digital metadata forms, and the establishment of databases with contact details of other laboratories and primary care physicians to enable automated reporting. DISCUSSION: Rapidly developed, agile extendable LIS functionality and its meaningful use alleviates the administrative burden on laboratory personnel and improves turn-around-time of SARS-CoV-2 testing. During the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, our laboratory was the only SARSNotably, the large majority of our expanded work force (30 of the 38 additional FTE) was assigned to help with administrative tasks (sample reception, triaging, patient registration, result validation and reporting, and epidemiological studies), and not directly involved in expanding analytical capacity (i.e. PCR analysis) ( Figure 2 ).	./cache/cord-310594-i0586vfw.txt	./txt/cord-310594-i0586vfw.txt