Why You Should Interface Your Instruments to LIMS

In the years since this blog was first authored, not only have the number of instrument types increased, but also the number of options for interfacing. And yet, the more things change, the more they stay the same. It’s still shocking when reviewing laboratory information management system (LIMS) survey results to find that some implementations go live without interfacing all the lab instruments with the system.

Instrument integration remains one of the biggest sources of unrealized efficiency gains in the field of laboratory informatics. Why is it not a priority?