Efficiency is one of the most important elements of any specimen handling facility’s workflow. This efficiency is best achieved when tasks can be completed quickly and with the least possible potential for errors. One of the many ways BSI facilitates this is by providing users with various editing tools which allow them to easily and effectively enter new specimen data, apply stored data to new specimens, alter existing specimen data, and even check that entered data is free of errors. BSI makes these tools available throughout BSI, in any data editor.
One of the most powerful of these tools is Specify Rows. When adding or changing data associated with a subset of specimens in a larger group, it can be tedious to sort through each entry, selecting only the desired specimens as you go. The select rows tool provides users with an array of options for highlighting all desired specimens at once. Users can choose among options such as selecting a particular number of specimens in a user-specified grouping, selecting the inverse of the collection currently selected, selecting a random percentage of specimens available, or even selecting the specimens that meet a user defined set of criteria.
Users can also utilize BSI’s Mass Change tool. This tool allows users to select a particular field in a data editor and apply a set value to all specimens in the group. Alternately, the Mass Change tool can be used to apply a value that increments over all specimens in the group. This tool lets the user apply values to every entry automatically, which can save a great deal of time in an editor containing a large number of specimens. Additionally, since users do not need to manually enter each value, the potential for submitting erroneous values is greatly decreased.
BSI editor tools such as Assign BSI IDs and Generate Subject IDs can be used to automatically populate system-generated values to certain fields, while tools like Find Subject IDs can be used to apply data that’s already stored in the system to new specimen entries.
BSI understands and anticipates points in a user’s workflow, such as during data entry, where efficiency may be reduced, and the incidence of errors may be increased. The tools available in the BSI data editors are designed to overcome these obstacles, providing the user with more time and less frustration.
Check out next week’s Feature Focus for more on BSI’s time-saving editing tools!