We have had CoPath for 10 years and this letter amazed me. We have been very
satisfied with the system and the support we receive from the company. It has
enabled us to go paperless, has increased charge capture approximately 10% by
automating this process, and, as the A.P. manager, has made my life MUCH easier
by the data I am able to collect and the reports I can produce.

What I did find out, it was news to me, was that DHT, the parent company of
CoPath, did not install this site. When DHT purchased CoMed, the original
company, they made an agreement with Sunquest to allow them to install CoPath
systems. This is because CoPath is, by far, the most complete A.P. system
available and they (Sunquest) saw this as a means to increase their sales by
offering a complete lab system. What this means is support, or lack of
evidently, for the Sunquest installed systems comes from Sunquest, not DHT. I
cannot offer a solution for you, Laurie, for the Sunquest issues, but feel free
to call me and maybe I can help, since we are neighbors. DHT is unable to help
since you contracted with Sunquest.

I hope this clears up some questions as to the capabilities and abilities of
CoPath. In my humble opinion, it far exceeds anything else available for A.P.

"Colbert, Laurie" wrote:

> We have CoPath for a year and it has done nothing for us in Histology as far
> as cutting down on paperwork.  We thought we would be able to get a lot of
> our workload reports, but we have not been able to figure out one report.  I
> am not a very computer-oriented person, but our experts here have not been
> able to work out anything for us, either.  I do not recommend CoPath.
>
> Laurie Colbert
> SJMC
> Burbank, CA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Weems, Joyce [mailto:JWEEMS@sjha.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 2:47 PM
> To: 'Paivi Parkkisenniemi'; 'histonet'
> Subject: RE: Windows programs in pathology lab
>
> I believe CoPath is a good choice. We have Cerner and find that it is not
> geared to Anatomic Pathology as well as it is to the Clinical lab. Good
> luck! j
> Joyce Weems
> Pathology Manager
> Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Paivi Parkkisenniemi [SMTP:paivi.parkkisenniemi@lshp.fi]
>         Sent:   Tuesday, March 28, 2000 3:32 AM
>         To:     'histonet'
>         Subject:        Windows programs in pathology lab
>
>                Dear histonetters,
>                     We are going to change the Windows program we use in our
>
>         histology + sytology lab.Therefore would be very interested in what
> kind of
>         programs do you use in your labs ? Have anyone used for example
> CoPath Plus
>         system ?,
>         or what kind of experiences do you have about other programs ?
>
>              With the best wishes to all,
>
>               Paivi Parkkisenniemi
>               Lapin keskussairaala/ Patologian osasto
>               Rovaniemi
>               Finland
>
>