Open APIs & Vendor Lock-In: Why LIS Integration Freedom Matters
Last time we were at ADLM, we met several lab directors and stakeholders, and they’ve all shared the same terrible dream. They woke up in a fright, remembering that they had dreamed their current lab information system (LIS) was failing and that they had tried to implement a new one. But then, in the middle […]
How to Eliminate Surgical Pathology TAT with LIS Automation
Friend, colleagues, distinguished guests… The clock is ticking; surgeons wait on results. Patients wait for a diagnosis. Oncologists hold a treatment plan. They are all waiting because of the surgical pathology turnaround time. It’s like a mini, quiet, laboratory-oriented epidemic, and in too many labs, the bottleneck is not the pathologist but rather the manual […]
Automating Lab QC in Your LIS: From Westgard Rules to Autoverification
Quality control. We all know the term, and we all think we know what it means. Moreover, we’re all completely, 100%, sure we know what it means for a clinical lab and its lab information system (LIS). After all, QC done by hand is slow, tedious, and strangely easy to get wrong. A lab tech […]
How to Build a Lab KPI Dashboard (With the Metrics That Matter)
Labs measure things. A lot of things. From the levels of various cells, chemicals, proteins, and substances in the human body, through samples like blood or urine, and up to infectious diseases and more. But you already know that, because you’re running a clinical lab. However, even though you have a good laboratory information system […]
When Lab Automation Reshapes Staff and Why Your Lab Needs it
What if we could free the human lab professional from manual (and tedious) routines? What if we could redirect said professional to higher-value work? Sounds like a dream, right? Sounds like our lab won’t need that lab information system (LIS) upgrade after all, right? Well, experience tells a different story: rather than simply replacing roles, […]
Legacy LIS Platform and Cloud – Why Your Lab Needs to Choose Between Them
Despite all the buzz in recent years, it seems that the Lab Information System (LIS) market isn’t converging toward a single solution. Instead, the market is forming two distinct lanes, each addressing different needs for an LIS platform: On the one hand, we’ve got large academic centers and high-volume reference labs that continue to rely […]
AI in Clinical Labs: Faster Results, Bigger Questions
Let’s be honest – when we started talking seriously about integrating AI into our laboratory information system (LIS) platforms, we were all quite skeptical, right? After all, we’ve all seen our share of revolutionary tools fizzle out after the marketing hype fades. It’s not anti-technology, it’s common sense. However, a few years into the AI […]
How to Enter the Future: Action Items for Your Medical Lab’s LIS
It is not only common but also highly reasonable to think that Laboratory Information System (LIS) platforms were designed to handle orders, track samples, and issue reports. Nowadays, however, they’re being asked to do much more: manage growing test volumes, adapt to new diagnostic technologies, and provide actionable insights at speed. In simple terms – […]
Why Modern Laboratories Can’t Afford Ignoring the Legacy System Questions
We all know by now that in modern medical laboratories, the Laboratory Information System (LIS) is what holds together almost every process. However, so many labs still operate on outdated systems that were never designed for today’s complexity, precision requirements, or data volume. If you’ve been following our blog, you probably noticed by now that […]
Why the LIS & LIMS Market Still Relies on Live Events to Move Healthcare Forward
The future is here, AI is threatening to rule us all, and Terminator 2 seems like a reality about to happen, but on the upside… Healthcare technology has become increasingly digital – which is, essentially, a good thing. However, despite every technological advancement, the LIS & LIMS market continues to thrive in physical spaces. Across […]