Posted on January 31, 2017
By CSols Inc.
Blog
The difficulty and complexity of the LIMS interface can be so overwhelming that a user never gets to realize the amazing things a LIMS can do to make their work life easier.
Posted on January 25, 2017
By LabLynx
Blog
In this short paper published in December 2016, Hiner et al. of the University of Wisconsin at Madison demonstrate their open-source library SCIFIO (SCientific Image Format Input and Output). Built on inspiration from the Bio-Formats library for microscopy image data, SCIFIO attempts to act as “a domain-independent image I/O framework enabling seamless and extensible translation between image metadata models.” Rather than fight with the difficulties of repeating experiments based on data in proprietary formats, SCIFIO’s open-source nature help with reproducibility of research results and proves “capable of adapting to the demands of scientific imaging analysis.”
Posted on January 25, 2017
By Corinne Jones
Newsletter
January 25, 2017 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 15, Issue 4 In This Issue Event Focus FEBRUARY 19 - 24, 2017: Molecular Med Tri-Con Why is the Tri-Conference the Premier Event on Molecular Medicine & Diagnostics? If you are working in diagnostics and drug discovery, this is the must attend event of the year. Attracting over 3,500 drug discovery and development professionals from over 40 countries in 2016, the Tri-Conference has grown into a diverse event, focusing on Molecular Medicine, specifically on Discovery, Genomics, Diagnostics and Information Technology. Why attend the Tri-Conference? HEAR over 500 speakers from across all industries,…
Posted on January 24, 2017
By John Jones
Journal articles
In this short paper published in December 2016, Hiner
et al. of the University of Wisconsin at Madison demonstrate their open-source library SCIFIO (SCientific Image Format Input and Output). Built on inspiration from the Bio-Formats library for microscopy image data, SCIFIO attempts to act as "a domain-independent image I/O framework enabling seamless and extensible translation between image metadata models." Rather than fight with the difficulties of repeating experiments based on data in proprietary formats, SCIFIO's open-source nature help with reproducibility of research results and proves "capable of adapting to the demands of scientific imaging analysis."
Posted on January 18, 2017
By Corinne Jones
Newsletter
January 18, 2017 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 15, Issue 3 In This Issue Webcast Focus JANUARY 18, 2017, 2:00 EST: Get the Most from your LabWare LIMS™ Solution In one hour we will explore how to get more value for your organization through optimizing, expanding, and upgrading your LabWare LIMS™. Articles Reducing the Unknowns: The Value of Lab Informatics Project Managers On every project there are things that we know and things that we don’t know. It is the project manager’s responsibility to plan for and manage both the knowns and the unknowns in order to deliver the project…
Posted on January 17, 2017
By John Jones
Journal articles
As technology progresses, it allows bioinformaticians to improve the efficiency of their data processing tools and provide better solutions for patient care. As this December 2016 paper by Schulz
et al. points out, one way in which dramatic change can potentially occur in science's big data management is through the use of application virtualization. The researchers, based out of Yale, attempt to "demonstrate the potential benefits of containerized applications and application workflows for computational genomics research." They conclude this technology has the potential to "improve pipeline and experimental reproducibility since preconfigured applications can be readily deployed to nearly any host system."
Posted on January 12, 2017
By John Jones
Journal articles, Uncategorized
This brief non-peer-reviewed article by Sanjay Joshi, Isilon CTO of Healthcare and Life Sciences at the Dell EMC Emerging Technologies Team, looks at the global state of imaging in oncology clinical trials. His message? "[C]linical trials need to scale this critical imaging infrastructure component (the VNA) globally as a value-add and integrate it with clinical trials standards like the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) along with the large ecosystem of applications that manage trials." In other words, standards, security, and scale are as important as ever in dealing with data, and clinical imaging is no exception.
Posted on January 12, 2017
By CSols Inc.
Blog
On every project there are things that we know and things that we don’t know. It is the project manager’s responsibility to plan for and manage both the knowns and the unknowns in order to deliver the project on-time, within budget, and meeting specifications.
Posted on January 11, 2017
By John Jones
Journal articles
In this 2017 paper published in
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, Carney and Shea of the Gillings School of Global Public Health at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill take a closer look at what drives intelligent public health system characteristics, and they provide insights into measures and capabilities vital to the public health informatician. They conclude that "[a] common set of analytic measures and capabilities that can drive efficiency and viable models can demonstrate how incremental changes in smartness generate corresponding changes in public health performance." This work builds on existing literature and seeks "to establish standardized measures for smart, learning, and adaptive public health systems."
Posted on January 11, 2017
By Corinne Jones
Newsletter
January 11, 2017 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 15, Issue 2 In This Issue Webcast Focus JANUARY 18, 2017, 2:00 EST: Get the Most from your LabWare LIMS™ Solution In one hour we will explore how to get more value for your organization through optimizing, expanding, and upgrading your LabWare LIMS™. Event Focus FEBRUARY 19 - 24, 2017: Molecular Med Tri-Con Why is the Tri-Conference the Premier Event on Molecular Medicine & Diagnostics? If you are working in diagnostics and drug discovery, this is the must attend event of the year. Attracting over 3,500 drug discovery and development professionals from…
Posted on January 4, 2017
By John Jones
Journal articles
Hartzband and Jacobs of the RCHN Community Health Foundation, a U.S. non-profit dedicated to support the operations of community health centers (CHCs), provide the results of their data analysis of CHCs and EHR data in this 2016 paper published in the
Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. Hoping "[t]o better understand existing capacity and help organizations plan for the strategic and expanded uses of data" for the support of operations and clinical practice, the researchers looked at CHCs' EHR-derived and stack analytic results. The concluded that "[d]ata awareness ... needs to be prioritized and developed by health centers and other healthcare organizations if analytics are to be used in an effective manner to support strategic objectives."
Posted on January 4, 2017
By Corinne Jones
Newsletter
January 04, 2017 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 15, Issue 1 In This Issue Event Focus FEBRUARY 19 - 24, 2017: Molecular Med Tri-Con Why is the Tri-Conference the Premier Event on Molecular Medicine & Diagnostics? If you are working in diagnostics and drug discovery, this is the must attend event of the year. Attracting over 3,500 drug discovery and development professionals from over 40 countries in 2016, the Tri-Conference has grown into a diverse event, focusing on Molecular Medicine, specifically on Discovery, Genomics, Diagnostics and Information Technology. Why attend the Tri-Conference? HEAR over 500 speakers from across all industries,…
