HIMS for diagnostic centres runs the front desk, the laboratory from order to verified result, imaging through the built-in AuraPACS and GST billing as one system, so a patient who has a blood test and a CT in the same visit gets one bill and one set of reports.
Diagnostic centre management software has to do three things at once: register and bill patients at the front desk, run the laboratory from order to verified result, and handle imaging from the modality to the reported study. Most centres run these on three systems. HIMS runs them on one record, with the laboratory module (LIMS) and the AuraPACS imaging platform built in and GST billing shared by both.
The difference shows on a combined visit. A patient referred for a blood panel and an ultrasound is registered once, billed once, and their lab report and imaging report are both on the same record and both shareable to the patient and the referring doctor by WhatsApp link. For imaging-heavy centres, the AuraPACS diagnostic centre page covers the PACS side in depth.
Each side works. The seams between them are where the patient waits and the money leaks.
The lab software and the scan register each have their own patient entry and their own receipt.
The patient waits for a printed lab report at one counter and a film or CD at another.
The referring doctor calls to ask whether the report is ready because nothing is sent to them.
Without a verification step, a result reaches the patient before a pathologist has looked at it.
The radiologist reports on a workstation that the front desk cannot see, so the report is typed again for the patient.
Patient and referrer recorded; lab and imaging billed on one GST invoice.
Tests appear on the laboratory worklist; sample collected and tracked.
The study appears on the modality via the worklist; no retyping at the machine.
Images arrive automatically in AuraPACS from the scanner.
Lab results verified and released; the radiologist reports in the browser viewer.
Reports on the record, sent to the patient and referrer by secure WhatsApp link.
Workflow: Blood panel, ECG and ultrasound on one registration and one bill; lab results verify through the day, the scan is reported in the viewer, and one link goes to the patient.
Result: One visit, one bill, one set of reports.
Workflow: The referrer is recorded at registration and receives the report by secure link when it is released.
Result: No phone call asking whether it is ready.
Workflow: The evening's CT studies are read in the browser from home and reported to PDF on the record.
Result: Reports go out the same evening.
Workflow: The on-premise AuraPACS node keeps receiving and displaying studies on the local network.
Result: Reporting continues; the cloud layer syncs when the line returns.
One record instead of a second system.
LIMS on the platform the PACS already runs on.
Lab, imaging, front desk and billing together.
Verified release and remote reading.
Central reading, encrypted backup.
No. AuraPACS is built into HIMS, so the imaging side and the laboratory side share the front desk, the patient record and billing. A centre that only does imaging can start with AuraPACS alone; see diagnostic centre PACS.
AuraPACS receives DICOM from CT, MR, X-ray (CR and DR), ultrasound, mammography and more. Studies land automatically from the machine, and the modality worklist means the study is scheduled once and appears on the scanner.
Lab and imaging reports sit on the patient record and can be sent by a secure WhatsApp link that opens without a login. The patient portal also shows reports.
No. AuraPACS stores, displays and shares imaging; it is not a diagnostic device. Your radiologist reads the study in the browser viewer and finalises the structured report to PDF. See laboratory management for the pathology side.
Yes. AuraPACS is hybrid: an on-premise node on your network receives and displays studies without internet, and a thin cloud layer handles remote viewing and encrypted offsite backup when the connection is available.
Billing is GST-native, with one invoice covering lab and imaging services and tax applied where your accountant says it applies. Configuration is done during setup; this is a billing feature, not tax advice.
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