Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 9, Issue 21

May 25, 2011      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 9, Issue 21   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 05/17/2011 - Call for Tenders - City of Montreal - Supply and configuration of a data management software for the laboratories of the City of Montreal Call for Tenders - CITY OF MONTREAL - Supply and configuration of a data management software for the laboratories of the City of Montreal 05/13/2011 - Request for Information (RFI) for Oregon Department of Agriculture LIMS The Oregon Dept. of Agriculture is requesting information for a LIMS for the Food Safety, Animal Health, and…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 9, Issue 20

May 18, 2011      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 9, Issue 20   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 05/17/2011 - Call for Tenders - City of Montreal - Supply and configuration of a data management software for the laboratories of the City of Montreal Call for Tenders - CITY OF MONTREAL - Supply and configuration of a data management software for the laboratories of the City of Montreal 05/13/2011 - Request for Information (RFI) for Oregon Department of Agriculture LIMS The Oregon Dept. of Agriculture is requesting information for a LIMS for the Food Safety, Animal Health, and…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 9, Issue 19

May 11, 2011      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 9, Issue 19   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 05/05/2011 - Laboratory Information System (LIS) for Selected Public Health Laboratories in Guyana The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is managing this project through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Global AIDS Program (GAP) in support of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). A complete description of PEPFAR can be found at http://www.pepfar.gov/about/. 04/20/2011 - Laboratory Information System (LIS) for Selected Public Health Laboratories in Swaziland The Association of…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 9, Issue 18

May 04, 2011      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 9, Issue 18   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 04/20/2011 - Laboratory Information System (LIS) for Selected Public Health Laboratories in Swaziland The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is pleased to announce a new bid opportunity to strengthen laboratory information systems (LIS) at select public health laboratories in the country of Swaziland. 04/18/2011 - Call for Tender - LIMS & System Integrator The Australian Red Cross Blood Service invites LIMS and/or Systems Integrators to a call for tender which closes 2pm (GMT+10) 10th June 2011. 04/15/2011 - Request…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 9, Issue 17

April 27, 2011      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 9, Issue 17   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 04/20/2011 - Laboratory Information System (LIS) for Selected Public Health Laboratories in Swaziland The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is pleased to announce a new bid opportunity to strengthen laboratory information systems (LIS) at select public health laboratories in the country of Swaziland. 04/18/2011 - Call for Tender - LIMS & System Integrator The Australian Red Cross Blood Service invites LIMS and/or Systems Integrators to a call for tender which closes 2pm (GMT+10) 10th June 2011. 04/15/2011 - Request…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 9, Issue 16

April 20, 2011      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 9, Issue 16   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 04/20/2011 - Laboratory Information System (LIS) for Selected Public Health Laboratories in Swaziland The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is pleased to announce a new bid opportunity to strengthen laboratory information systems (LIS) at select public health laboratories in the country of Swaziland. 04/18/2011 - Call for Tender - LIMS & System Integrator The Australian Red Cross Blood Service invites LIMS and/or Systems Integrators to a call for tender which closes 2pm (GMT+10) 10th June 2011. 04/15/2011 - Request…

What is the best acronym to describe a comprehensive Laboratory Informatics System?

Recently there has been a very active discussion on the LIMSforum concerning the potential need for a term or acronym that describes a comprehensive, functional Laboratory Informatics System that manages all aspects of Laboratory Information.  There is a growing trend in the LIMS industry to have a comprehensive, full featured LIMS that provides for traditional LIMS functionality as well as functionality for Electronic Laboratory Notebooks, Enterprise Content Management (ECM) or Scientific Data Management System (SDMS) along with a host of other functionality such as ERP/accounting integration, HR integration, CDS (Chromatography Data Systems), Chemical Inventory, Batch Record Management, analyst workflow management and the list goes on and on.

Please take a moment to give your opinion as to what term works best if any:

Best Practices in Cross-LIMS Data Migration on Vantage Point

You may remember from your primary school days those puzzles that were used to stimulate the learning process by adding amusement to the teaching of subjects that required a certain degree of memorization, like geography for instance. I recall a battery-powered interactive map showing marks of a certain geographical area with all names removed and haphazardly displayed in one side, little metal rods to connect each mark on the map to the right name in the list, closing the electrical circuit and switching a lamp or a buzzer on. I actually remember even building one featuring a map of Italy with regions and main cities for a lab assignment.

Cloud Computing for the Enterprise: An Interview with Henry Fastert of SHI on Vantage Point

Members of the LABVANTAGE Strategic Solutions team spent a couple days with SHI’s Enterprise Solution Services team at their cloud data center in Somerset, NJ discussing how LABVANTAGE plans to leverage virtualization & cloud to meet the needs our of laboratory informatics customers. SHI’s IaaS cloud has been specifically designed to meet the needs of enterprise-class customers and SaaS application providers, and Managing Partner Henry Fastert tells Brian Potter, VP of Strategic Solutions at LABVANTAGE, how and why in this interview from April 1, 2011.

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 9, Issue 15

April 13, 2011      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 9, Issue 15   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 04/01/2011 - Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System - Pima County, Arizona Provide Pima County, Arizona Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department (PCRWRD) with a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to include implementation and support. 03/29/2011 - Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) webbased, off-the-shelf Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) with comprehensive public health reporting, surveillance and networking capabilities, in compliance with the terms, conditions, and specifications stated in this solicitation, for the Oklahoma State Department of…

LiMSuniversity.com, the on-line, Open Access, Virtual Learning Center for Laboratory Informatics users and professionals

Atlanta, GA – April 4, 2011 – The Laboratory Informatics Institute, Inc. has established an on-line, Open Access University for Laboratory, Scientific and Health Informatics. 

limsuniversityThe Laboratory Informatics Institute is pleased to provide the LIMSUniversity.com site as a free and open access learning and teaching resource for all stakeholders in the laboratory, scientific and health informatics industries.

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 9, Issue 14

April 06, 2011      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 9, Issue 14   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 04/01/2011 - Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System - Pima County, Arizona Provide Pima County, Arizona Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department (PCRWRD) with a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to include implementation and support. 03/29/2011 - Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) webbased, off-the-shelf Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) with comprehensive public health reporting, surveillance and networking capabilities, in compliance with the terms, conditions, and specifications stated in this solicitation, for the Oklahoma State Department of…