News, insight, events and case studies

We consider some of the big developments in pathology and how technology will help laboratories to confront current challenges while preparing for the future of personalised medicine.

16 August 2022

Wayne Tainton is a solutions manager at CliniSys; but until the summer of 2022 he was a pathology IT manager in Bristol. His move underlines CliniSys’ commitment to working with its customers and to using their experience to make sure that its systems address the challenges they are facing.

2 August 2022

The labor shortages still sweeping the US and other parts of the world extend to the laboratory space as well. The laboratory industry was already short on qualified people to fill the key roles. On top of that, pre-existing worker shortage, the laboratory testing industry has demanded a lot of its personnel over the last […]

24 June 2022

One of the arguments that is often put forward to support the formation of a pathology network is that laboratories will be able to transfer work from one site to another if there is a crisis. The blood transfusion service for a hospital in the West Midlands found that was true when a routine IT upgrade took down a critical server array. Mike Herbert, Blood Transfusion lead at Black Country Pathology Services, explains.

31 March 2022

As the rapid pace of development in human genetics and molecular diagnostics continues unabated, it's worth asking whether traditional laboratory information systems (LIS) are still capable of meeting current requirements in these fields

20 January 2022

As we reflect on 2021, the ApolloLIMS team has noticed some interesting developments in the diagnostics space. The combination of the COVID-19 pandemic along with some other general developments within the biotech sector overall have combined to impact the diagnostic space for the better. The last year has been an exciting time to partner with […]

14 December 2021

We review 2021 and considers how the ongoing impact of Covid-19 and the rapid formation of pathology networks will impact the company in 2022. He also pauses to unwrap a ‘Christmas present’; the VUE diagnostic console that enables clinicians to report and view test results alongside many other sources of patient information.

9 December 2021

The Value of Coordinated Orders and Results Management for Outreach & Ambulatory Laboratory Testing. Extending lab reach beyond hospital walls works best with the integration of specialized surrounding solutions.

11 October 2021

In 2019, CliniSys | MIPS launched its Genetics LIS, with a successful phase of development and deployment in Europe. Now, it has launched a clinical counterpart to the system. Stéphane Decap and Emma Huntridge outline the benefits of GLIMS Genetics Counselling to clinicians, laboratories, patients and their families.

28 September 2021

Last year, CliniSys brought its genomics LIMS to the UK, following a successful phase of development and deployment on the continent. Now, it has launched a clinical counterpart to the system. Stéphane Decap and Emma Huntridge outline the benefits of GLIMS Genomics Clinical to clinicians, laboratories, patients and their families

16 August 2021

We explain how regional diagnostics hubs that give clinicians access to test results of all kinds, no matter where they are carried out, could help the NHS to address some of the big challenges facing it – while improving services for patients.

11 August 2021

In our Part 1 of this blog series, we discussed the changes we are anticipating in the centralized testing model for COVID-19. There are some changes in store for the COVID-19 diagnostics market driven by the increase in the number of recent authorizations by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for point-of-care (and point of need) […]

17 June 2021