A Framework of Software Assessment in Medical Laboratory System

Abstract

The modern medical lab management system (MLMS) exists in an environment that produces a large amount of data with the advent of new technologies, both the quality and quantity of information are increasing exponentially. And he needs to use the best software and‏ motivate the Health institutions to use the software to make it necessary to‏ solve the problem of the buying decision for software of medical lab management system (MLMS). Health institutions are usually facing some problems with software vendors‏ due to lack of knowledge on how to choose suitable software and‏ owners often withhold important information, this leads to a misfit between the software and the owners. Proposed framework examines the different solutions to assess the software selection by Study MLMS available in the Sudanese market especially in Khartoum state, Select a long list of vendor and then flow up the assessment process, a select short list of the vendor, compare the short list of vendor finally select the best vendor & negotiate offer submitted. After using the framework and measuring the implications of its application in several aspects it was found that it helped to make it easier to choose between MLMS, make the assessment independent, Encourage use by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and creating a base for market place for research software. Develops this framework in the future to assess the hospital management system and ERP system in the Sudanese market and put it in the national information center as a tool to assess the software‏ of MLMS. This study shows the importance of developing a systematic approach to the buying decision for software of MLMS and fill gaps between owners and vendors.