Soft Computer Consultants, Inc. (doing business as SCC Soft Computer) develops and distributes clinical laboratory informatics software solutions.
History
Soft Computer Consultants was founded in 1979.[1]
In the third quarter of 2019, SCC introduced its new suite of applications for laboratory researchers, including a cloud-based laboratory information management system (LIMS) called SoftLIMS.[2]
Technology and products
Solutions
SCC Soft Computer offers nearly 30 different software solutions, more than can be listed here. SCC organizes those solutions into different categories: laboratory, genetics, pathology, radiology, outreach, blood services, and research.[3] Key among its offerings is their laboratory information system (LIS) suite, which includes SoftLab, SoftMic, and SoftTotalQC, "designed to address your laboratory’s every need."[4] SoftLab focuses on the clinical side, while SoftMic focuses on microbiology. SoftTotalQC is a clinical quality control and inventory control solution that integrates with SoftLab, SoftMic, and several of SCC's other solutions.[4]
SCC also offers an anatomical pathology LIS, SoftPathDx, described as "the only AP-LIS on the market with available, integrated, dedicated modules for your genetics laboratories and technologies."[5]
One of SCC's major offerings in its genetics suite of applications is SoftMolecular, a LIS-like informatics system designed to allow "pathologists, geneticists, and forensic scientists to manage data and analysis stemming from current molecular testing methods in order to generate accurate interpretations and meaningful reports."[6] The suite also has solutions for genomics, cytogenetics, immunogenetics, and biochemistry, among others.
More recently, SCC began offering a research information systems suite, which includes its key offering SoftLIMS, a cloud-based LIMS "designed to provide software support for day-to-day operational automation in clinical, environmental, research, biobanking, and other environments."[2]
SCC states that all of its offerings are available in the cloud as software as a service (SaaS) solutions.[7]
Features
Product: Laboratory Information
Systems Suite
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| Experiment, patient, and data management |
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| Sample login and management? | Y[8] | | Sample tracking? | Y[8] | | Sample and/or result batching? | Y[9] | | Task and event scheduling? | Y[9] | | Option for manual result entry? | | | Multiple data viewing methods? | | | Configurable templates and forms? | | | Data and trend analysis? | | | Data and equipment sharing? | | | Data mining? | | | Customizable fields and/or interface? | | | Query capability? | Y[10] | | Import data? | | | Internal file or data linking? | | | External file or data linking? | | | ELN support or integration? | | | Export data to MS Excel? | | | Raw data management? | | | Data warehouse? | | | Project and/or task management? | | | Test, experiment, and/or trial management? | Y[9] | | Inventory management? | Y[11] | | Document and/or image management? | Y[10] | | Patient and case management? | Y[8] | | Workflow management? | Y[9] | | Specification management? | | | Customer and physician management? | Y[8] | | Billing and revenue management? | Y[8] | | Quality, security, and compliance |
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| Regulatory compliance? | Y[10] | | QA / QC functions? | Y[9] | | Performance evaluation? | | | Audit trail? | | | Chain of custody? | | | Configurable roles and security? | | | Data normalization? | | | Data validation? | Y[8] | | Data encryption? | | | Version control? | | | Automatic data backup? | | | Environmental monitoring? | | | Reporting, barcoding, and printing |
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| Custom reporting? | Y[8] | | Synoptic reporting? | | | Report printing? | Y[10] | | Label support? | | | Barcode and/or RFID support? | | | Export to PDF? | | | Export to MS Word? | | | Export to HTML and/or XML? | | | Fax integration? | | | Email integration? | | | Base functionality |
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| Administrator management? | Y[8] | | Modular? | Y[10] | | Instrument interfacing and management? | Y[8] | | Mobile device integration? | | | Third-party software integration? | Y[8] | | Alarms and/or alerts? | Y[8] | | Work-related time tracking? | | | Voice recognition system? | Y[10] | | External monitoring? | | | Messaging? | | | Commenting? | | | Multilingual? | | | Network-capable? | Y[8] | | Web client or portal? | | | Online or integrated help? | | | Software as a service delivery model? | Y[7] | | Usage-based cost? | | | Industries served |
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| clinical, microbiology, pathology |
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Product: Research Information
Systems Suite (SoftLIMS)
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| Sample, inventory, and data management |
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| Sample login and management? | Y[2] | | Sample tracking? | Y[2] | | Sample and/or result batching? | | | Task and event scheduling? | Y[2] | | Option for manual result entry? | | | Multiple data viewing methods? | | | Data and trend analysis? | Y[2] | | Data and equipment sharing? | Y[12] | | Customizable fields and/or interface? | Y[2] | | Query capability? | | | Import data? | | | Internal file or data linking? | | | External file or data linking? | | | ELN support or integration? | | | Export data to MS Excel? | | | Raw data management? | | | Data warehouse? | | | Deadline control? | | | Production control? | | | Project and/or task management? | | | Inventory management? | | | Document creation and/or management? | | | Case management? | | | Workflow management? | Y[12] | | Specification management? | | | Customer and supplier management? | | | Billing management? | | | Quality, security, and compliance |
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| Regulatory compliance? | | | QA / QC functions? | Y[2] | | Performance evaluation? | | | Audit trail? | | | Chain of custody? | | | Configurable roles and security? | | | Data normalization? | | | Data validation? | | | Data encryption? | | | Version control? | | | Automatic data backup? | | | Environmental monitoring? | | | Reporting, barcoding, and printing |
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| Custom reporting? | Y[2] | | Report printing? | Y[2] | | Label support? | | | Barcode support? | Y[2] | | Export to PDF? | | | Export to MS Word? | | | Export to HTML and/or XML? | | | Fax integration? | | | Email integration? | | | Base functionality |
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| Administrator management? | Y[2] | | Modular? | | | Instrument interfacing and management? | Y[2] | | Mobile device integration? | | | Alarms and/or alerts? | | | Work-related time tracking? | | | Voice recognition system? | | | External monitoring? | | | Messaging? | | | Multilingual? | | | Network-capable? | | | Web client or portal? | | | Online or integrated help? | | | Software as a service delivery model? | Y[7] | | Usage-based cost? | | | Industries served |
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| biobanking, clinical research, environmental, general, high-throughput sequencing, manufacturing and R&D, pharmaceutical |
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