# 4. Objectives
The Malawi LIMS aims to achieve the following objectives.
**4.1 Digitize Laboratory Workflows**
To replace manual laboratory processes with standardized electronic workflows covering the laboratory testing lifecycle.
**4.2 Improve Turnaround Time**
To reduce the time required to process samples and make laboratory results available to clinicians and other authorized users.
**4.3 Eliminate or Reduce Transcription Errors**
To minimize manual transcription by using electronic workflows, barcode identification and analyzer interfaces.
**4.4 Improve Laboratory Quality**
To strengthen laboratory quality management through result verification, authorization, quality control, and auditability.
**4.5 Interface Laboratory Analyzers**
To connect laboratory analyzers to LIMS so that laboratory results can be electronically transferred into the system.
The current implementation has interfaced more than 80% of supported laboratory analyzers.
**4.6 Integrate with National Health Systems**
To enable laboratory information to be electronically exchanged with systems such as ART/EMR and NLIMS.
**4.7 Improve Stock Management**
To support laboratory inventory management through stock receiving, issuing, consumption monitoring, and reorder alerts.
**4.8 Support Disease Surveillance**
To provide reliable laboratory information that can contribute to disease surveillance, program monitoring, and public health decision-making.
**4.9 Provide National Laboratory Analytics**
To aggregate laboratory information and provide national-level reporting, dashboards, and analytics.
**4.10 Improve Patient Management**
To ensure that laboratory results are available electronically and efficiently to support appropriate patient management.