5 Behavioral Health Trends for 2022
The general public is becoming more familiar with the benefits of behavioral health services. With celebrities openly talking about their need to participate in therapy and prioritize their own mental health, the stigma of seeking assistance may be eroding. That’s good news for providers, who can envision more patients coming for help with their mind and not just their body. [Read More]
Image Management and 6 Key Steps to a Successful Digital Transformation
To successfully perform a transformation of the Imaging Management area of the business to improve efficiency and effectiveness, there needs to be both a business and technology strategy that enables the process. There are six important steps that ResultWorks, an Astrix Business, follows in order to ensure our client’s success. [Read More]
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 20, Issue 17
April 27, 2022 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 20, Issue 17 In This Issue Featured Books LIMSjournal - Spring 2022 Featured Content 04/27/2022 - 5 Behavioral Health Trends for 2022The general public is becoming more familiar with the benefits of behavioral health services. With celebrities openly talking about their need to participate in therapy and prioritize their own mental health, the stigma of seeking assistance may be eroding. That’s good news for providers, who can envision more patients coming for help with their mind and not just their body. [Read More] 04/27/2022 - Image Management and 6 Key Steps…ISO Accreditation: Do I Need It?
Across industries, ISO accreditation is becoming a must-have for testing laboratories. Here’s what you need to know about ISO accreditation and how a LIMS makes all the difference. [Read More]
DigiPatICS: Digital pathology transformation of the Catalan Health Institute network of eight hospitals – Planning, implementation, and preliminary results
In this 2022 paper published in the journal Diagnostics, Temprana-Salvado et al. of the Catalan Health Institute present the initial results of their DigiPatICS program, implemented across eight hospitals in the network. DigiPatICS, a digital pathology implementation initiative, was initiated "to increase patient safety and quality of care, improving diagnosis and the efficiency of processes in pathological anatomy departments of the ICS using digital pathology and AI tools." However, it was not a straightforward process, requiring significant planning, After describing their planning steps, the project scope, and tender process, the authors describe multiple aspects of their approach, including the instruments, hardware, software, laboratory information system (LIS), networking, data centers, imaging standards, and AI components. After discussing the results of their implementation, the authors concluded though "[t]he digital transformation of a pathology department represented a technological, organizational, and functional challenge ... [it] provided an effective and safe diagnostic tool with clear benefits for diagnosis quality and patient safety."
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Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 20, Issue 16
April 20, 2022 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 20, Issue 16 In This Issue Featured Books Past, Present, and Future of Cannabis Laboratory Testing and Regulation in the United States Featured Content 04/19/2022 - How a Regulated Lab Ended Up Owning the Code of a Commercial LIMS A surprising number of labs today still use pen and paper to manage lab samples, analysis, and reporting. But for forward-looking labs, a laboratory information management system (LIMS) offers a way to work more effectively through standardized workflows, tests, and procedures. [Read More] 04/19/2022 - ELab for Cannabis: One LIMS for Multi-State…How a Regulated Lab Ended Up Owning the Code of a Commercial LIMS
A surprising number of labs today still use pen and paper to manage lab samples, analysis, and reporting. But for forward-looking labs, a laboratory information management system (LIMS) offers a way to work more effectively through standardized workflows, tests, and procedures.
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Icelandic Forensic Toxicology Laboratory Uses Matrix Gemini LIMS to Report on Drunk/Drug Driving and Uncover Criminal Activity
The Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology (RLE) configured the Matrix Gemini LIMS themselves, to meet their own unique needs. RLE is now using the LIMS to analyze drug and alcohol samples to support the police and the judiciary in Iceland. [Read More]
Cannabis sativa research trends, challenges, and new-age perspectives
In this 2021 journal article published in iScience, Hussain et al. of TU Dortmund University review more than two centuries of cannabis research and discuss its transition from herbal medicine to illegal drug, and back again. After a brief introduction, the authors lay out their review first by examining research trends dating back to 1783 and then discussing the modern understanding of Cannabis sativa L. in the scope of physiology and legal status. The authors then look at the genomic and transcriptomic analyses of the Cannabis plant and where that is pushing research and laboratory analysis. They also discuss therapeutic potentials revealed during COVID-19, as well as how some cannabis research has led to issues in the realm of patenting. They conclude that as research and testing trends continue to advance (e.g., as with AI-based genetic and molecular analysis), it will be "possible to obtain enhanced expression rates, which will lead to enhanced cannabinoid yields in an economically feasible manner," and pharmacological research advances will likely further highlight the "tremendous potential in drug discovery."
On Premises or Cloud Based: Which LIMS Model Is Right for Your Lab?
When you’re looking at what kind of Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to implement for your organization, one of the first decisions you need to make is the hosting situation; will your LIMS be hosted on-premises (pay per license; PPL) or cloud hosted—either as platform as a service (PaaS) or software as a service (SaaS). [Read More]
Imaging Management and Approaches to Consider When Developing a Coherent Roadmap
The challenges to creating a solution for enterprise-wide image management may be numerous but they are not insurmountable. The key to easily overcome the challenges is to create a coherent roadmap with the participation of stakeholders as well as system architects and administrators. [Read More]
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 20, Issue 15
April 13, 2022 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 20, Issue 15 In This Issue Featured Books LIMSjournal - Spring 2022 Featured Content 04/12/2022 - Is Your Forensic LIMS Ready to Adapt to New Technology Trends?Technological innovations are transforming forensic science, letting labs produce more objective, science-based analyses of evidence. However, a report from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) found that improving forensic capabilities stimulates more demand from requesting agencies. [Read More] 04/12/2022 - CliniSys acquires ApolloLIMS to grow community and public health diagnostics capabilityCliniSys today announced it has acquired ApolloLIMS, a leading provider of laboratory information management systems based…Is Your Forensic LIMS Ready to Adapt to New Technology Trends?
Technological innovations are transforming forensic science, letting labs produce more objective, science-based analyses of evidence. However, a report from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) found that improving forensic capabilities stimulates more demand from requesting agencies.
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CliniSys acquires ApolloLIMS to grow community and public health diagnostics capability
CliniSys today announced it has acquired ApolloLIMS, a leading provider of laboratory information management systems based in Nashville, Tennessee, and with specialist expertise in clinical, public health, toxicology and molecular diagnostics.
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Strateos Launches Rapid Idea-to-Data Solution for Small Molecule Discovery on its Cloud Lab Automation-as-a-Service Platform
Strateos, Inc., a pioneer in the development of remote access laboratories & lab automation software for life science research, announces the availability of an integrated solution for small molecule discovery programs seeking a faster, automated way to perform Design, Make, Test and Analyze (DMTA) cycles.
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Choosing a LIMS technology: Cloud-based or on-premises?
In a previous article[1], we discussed what a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is. In this piece, we’re going to look at two solution hosting methods: on-premises and cloud-based (also referred to as Software-as-a-Service, SaaS), and how they can benefit you and your lab’s operations.
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QLIMS as a Platform (2) – API Accessibility
For our second post in the QLIMS as a Platform series we will be discussing one of the core components, the Application Programming Interface (API). When we talk about APIs, we’re referring to interfaces that allow developers to access and modify the data and functions of the LIMS. [Read More]
Recommendations for Addressing Preclinical Staffing Challenges
Biopharmaceutical companies are under intense pressure to improve both the efficiency and effectiveness of their R&D processes in order to reduce costs and shorten drug development timelines. Towards this end, many sponsoring organizations have turned to outsourcing preclinical activities...
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