LIS purchase contracts: a bore you can’t ignoreLis Purchase Contract • October 26th, 2021
Admit it: even the mere thought of reading a purchase contract for a laboratory information system makes your eyes glaze over. Turgid legalese aside, the sheer length and level of detail of the document makes the process painful, said Alexis B. Carter, MD, director of pathology informatics in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University Hospital System, Atlanta. Nevertheless, she said, “With contracts, the devil really is in the details, and I can’t stress enough that if you’re not going to read it yourself, you need to have someone do it who understands your day-to-day needs.” And that someone, she added, should provide feedback to the attorney who will represent the pathology department in negotiations with the vendor.
