Finding and implementing the ideal LIMS is not as straight forward as other software purchases. It requires in-depth research, planning, communication and knowledge. Given how much information the lab has to arm itself with to make the best decision on the ideal LIMS, this process can leave many labs frustrated before even getting started. We want to help alleviate some of the frustration. The Ideal LIMS for Clinical Diagnostics: A Practical Buyer’s Guide eBook helps jumpstart the information gathering your lab will need when purchasing a LIMS, and it assists you with brainstorming the questions you should come prepared with when evaluating LIMS vendors. Download your complimentary copy of the book today, and start mapping the journey to your ideal LIMS.  [Read More]

Astrix, the market leader in professional and staffing services for life science and other science-based organizations, recently enhanced their service offerings to include Pharmacovigilance. With this area Astrix will now provide strategic consulting services that enable the success of end-to-end Pharmacovigilance (“PV”) planning, design, and implementation as part of our comprehensive suite of services. Astrix can now assist clients across their PV landscape t in solving their strategic challenges and throughout their requirement, design, implementation, testing and go-live phases of SDLC. [Read More]

One of the major advantages to implementing a LabWare LIMS™ is the increase in lab productivity and scientist effectiveness it can yield. In this paper, you will be introduced to 5 ways that LabWare LIMS can improve productivity in a laboratory environment. Although we only mention 5, there are many, many ways in which a LabWare LIMS can improve productivity, but let’s start with these... [Read More]

The staffing agency model has become an increasingly popular way for companies to gain a competitive edge in the life science labor market. By partnering with a staffing agency that specializes in the scientific industry, companies can access a larger and more qualified talent pool, allowing them to fill critical positions quickly and easily. This article will identify five key benefits of using scientific staffing agencies to make the most informed decision about your workforce management strategy.  [Read More]

After asking how much does a LIMS cost, the next most pressing question that potential clients have is, how long will a LIMS implementation take? The short answer is that a laboratory information management system (LIMS) implementation can take anywhere from a couple of months to a year or more. The long answer, considering your individual situation, is in this blog post. There are approaches that any lab or organization can take to help a LIMS implementation be successful and stick to a defined schedule. [Read More]

In this 2022 paper published in the journal Information, Sachdeva and Bhalla of the National Institute of Technology Delhi examine electronic health records (EHRs) and their requirement for interoperability from a semantic and archetype point of view. After providing an overview of EHRs and their standards for semantic interoperability, the authors discuss how to better achieve more secure and more accurate data interoperability through the use of semantic-based archetypes. They then discuss knowledge representation and the five most common approaches to it, addressing specifically ADL, XML, OWL, and other formalisms. They then evaluated some of the best approaches and discussed their strengths and drawbacks. After brief discussion, the authors conclude that while semantic interoperability is essential to "evidence-based healthcare across heterogeneous EHR systems," areas of study are still lacking in regards to "direct support for mapping to formal ontologies." They suggest that ADL and OWL have their own strengths, compared to XML that has more weaknesses despite being a more global standard.