December 30, 2014 - Top 10 Benefits for taking a Pittcon 2015 Short Course
These are great talking points to present to your manager to support your participation at a Pittcon short course.December 23, 2014 - How Much Does a LIMS Cost?
If your laboratory organization has ever discussed the possibility of putting in a LIMS, you will likely have been asked by management “How much does a LIMS cost?” This is a very good question and while coming up with the answer is more complicated than people think; we have broken down the costs for a LIMS below.December 10, 2014 - North Pole Lab Selects Omega 11
When exploring the gorgeous landscape of interior Alaska, one would never expect that in a nondescript building in a suburb of Fairbanks is a thriving environmental laboratory. Kelley Lovejoy, the Laboratory Director, has successfully built Alaska Analytical Laboratory (AAL) from the ground up to cater to a variety of clientele with a multitude of needs.November 20, 2014 - Reigning in your scattered Lab Data & Information
New Technology and Instruments have presented us with a plethora of data and information, both a blessing and a challenge at the same time: they are invaluable and overflowing. What’s worse is it’s scattered across various computers, instruments, labs, and sites and combining data from multiple disparate systems can be problematic.October 29, 2014 - The Key to Interfacing Lab Instruments to LIMS or ELN
No matter what changes are made over time, the tool, style, or data format standard used to create or facilitate instrument interfacing is not the true critical success factor for interfacing instruments.October 27, 2014 - Innovate or die!: Genomic data and the electronic health record (EHR)
The sharing of patient data, such as test results, is important for appropriately treating patients. Inclusion of this data allows for clinical error prevention, particularly if a new clinician becomes involved. If genetic information, including family history or genetic test results, is not accessible to treating physicians, care may suffer. Innovation is needed to address the problem of lack of access to important data, such as genomic test results, not structured to fit into an EHR.September 17, 2014 - SAP QM vs LIMS
Which is better, SAP QM or LIMS - a question we've all heard many times before and some are dealing with it as a current issue. It’s a question that has persisted for so long in the informatics world. But why is this and what's the answer?August 6, 2014 - Introducing the 2014 Edition of the Complete Guide to LIMS & Laboratory Informatics
Introducing the 2014 Edition of:
The Complete Guide to LIMS & Laboratory Informatics
The Laboratory Informatics Institute is pleased to announce the 2014 release of the new, Complete Guide to LIMS and Laboratory Informatics. This reference guide is unique in the LIMS industry by providing a side-by-side comparison of the most popular LIMS products on the market along with complete pricing information and now, we have provided links to demonstrations of the various listed products. Also, we have updated the guide to be completely available on-line and kept up-to-date daily as new information becomes available along with critical information you need to help you document your LIMS requirements.
July 3, 2014 - What Happened to Phase 2 of your LIMS Implementation?
It’s a funny thing but if you ask anyone who has been involved in the LIMS industry for any length of time, they will uniformly agree that Phase 2 of LIMS implementation projects rarely, if ever, come to fruition. Is this because breaking a LIMS implementation into multiple phases is wrong? Not really. There are perfectly good reasons to do so like:May 14, 2014 - Automated Level IV Data Packages for Environmental Data Reporting
Adopting modern LIMS systems that can provide insurance for environmental laboratories. Nobody likes to pay for certain types of insurance until they need it – especially home, auto, life etc. But in the environmental sector, there is a type of insurance that is often utilized and is valuable even if the results aren’t being legally or scientifically challenged.April 22, 2014 - Professional advice to manage the efficiency of your lab
If you will sit and start making a list of things which are keeping your lab from being productive the list will go quite a long. There are so many electronic deliverable which can manage the data of your lab to make it more productive.April 9, 2014 - Productivity Is A Must When Managing The Efficiency Of Your Lab
Think of all the features and characteristics that may be keeping your lab from being as productive as possible. The list could be extremely long. In today’s lab environment these aren’t roadblocks but are merely challenges. At the highest level, what you are likely faced with is too much manual work for your staff and some operational processes that are inefficient or time consuming.March 26, 2014 - Report Designs in LIMS do matter in today’s “visible” world
Most of us are not accomplished graphic designers - or photographers for that matter. But our clients still expect that we will produce easy-to-follow reports that can help them to communicate with other stakeholders how your laboratory is performing. One of the best ways to ensure that your reports have the information and look you want is to utilize the features inherent with report templates within a LIMS. You should have the choice to customize the look and feel that meet your needs and answer any questions your customers have.March 11, 2014 - Common Pain Points when Finding a LIMS
A Laboratory Information Management System can be a lifesaver for a lab that does not have one. Properly implemented, a LIMS can increase productivity and efficiency almost immediately after installation as well as automate data management.February 20, 2014 - What is a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)?
A Laboratory Information Management System, more commonly referred to as a LIMS, is a software system designed to help manage the workflow and daily operations in a laboratory. Although each LIMS provider designs their software a bit differently, at its core, the system focuses on data management in regards to specimen testing and results reporting.September 11, 2013 - All new LIMS Book & Buyer's Guide released on-line for 2013/14
The
new on-line edition of the LIMS Book & Buyer's Guide (http://www.limsbook.com)
has just been released today with over double the number of listed vendor
products from the 2012 edition.
The
guide provides a catalog of the industry's top tier vendors with product pricing
information and technical details to allow you to compare LIMS/LIS and ELN
products. The guide also contains a LIMSpec on each listed product with even
more technical details as well as product demonstration videos.
