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Clinisys completes integration of companies under its brand

Clinisys has completed the process of combining Sunquest Information Systems, Horizon Lab Systems, and ApolloLIMS under its brand.

“We are consolidating behind the Clinisys brand to signal our expanded support for a much wider range of industries and sectors, as well as global operations,” said Clinisys CEO Michael Simpson, in a company press statement. “As we look to the future, we will continue to invest in our core products and solutions from each of the combined businesses as part of our long-term integrated Clinisys Laboratory platform strategy.”

Clinisys, 520-570-2000

Gestalt Diagnostics and mTuitive collaborate

Gestalt Diagnostics and mTuitive have entered a strategic partnership to interface Gestalt’s PathFlow solution with mTuitive’s CAP eFRM electronic forms and reporting module, developed in partnership with the College of American Pathologists.

PathFlow is a cloud-based digital pathology platform that is made up of professional, educational, and research modules. CAP eFRM captures diagnostic data in the CAP cancer protocols via the electronic cancer checklists to support CAP and American College of Surgeons accreditation requirements.

“The newly created interface between the two will create a seamless workflow that utilizes the key data captured in both mTuitive solutions as well as Gestalt Diagnostics’ solutions,” according to a Gestalt press release.

Gestalt Diagnostics, 509-492-4912

NovoPath offers new version of lab system

NovoPath has added capabilities to its NovoPath 360 cloud-based laboratory information systems via its winter 2022 release.

Users of NovoPath 360 can now add ancillary molecular tests to any surgical workflow linked to a patient case and produce one report for all tests. Furthermore, the system provides automatic continuous reporting.

Additional features available with the winter release include:

• out-of-the-box preconfigured workflows.
• role-based permissions that control access to the LIS based on a user’s authorization level.
• customization features that allow laboratory administrators to add, edit, rename, reorder, and delete fields within the application and configure reports or views to reflect the lab’s workflow.

NovoPath, 732-329-3209

GoMeyra adds test panels to LIMS

The cloud-based software-as-a-service company GoMeyra has expanded its GoMeyra laboratory information management system to encompass monkeypox, urinary tract infections, and sexually-transmitted infections.

The customizable LIMS uses digital scanning to process test samples. It includes functionality for sample storage, testing, reporting, and archiving.

GoMeyra, 702-846-3962

Proscia updates digital pathology platform

Proscia has introduced a new version of its Concentriq Dx digital pathology platform for primary diagnostic workflows.

The latest release of Concentriq Dx supports peer reviews, conferencing, consults, and tumor boards. It enhances live collaboration among remote teams by allowing participants to make annotations, communicate via chat capability, and take control of the viewer via fellow mode.

The platform also contains an enterprise administration module that puts control of roles and permissions, as well as site-specific settings, in the hands of lab administrators.

Concentriq Dx is CE-marked under the European In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation. It is available for primary diagnosis in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic under an FDA emergency use authorization.

Proscia, 215-608-5411

Indica Labs and Hamamatsu extend relationship

Indica Labs and Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. have announced an agreement to maintain long-term interoperability between Indica’s Halo AP anatomic pathology software and Hamamatsu’s NanoZoomer family of high-speed, high-resolution scanners.

“This agreement is an important reassurance to our mutual customers that both companies are committed to working together on technical, regulatory, and commercial fronts,” said Indica Labs CEO Steven Hashagen, in a company press release.

HALO AP is CE-IVD marked for use in primary diagnosis in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It is available for research use only in the United States.

Indica Labs, 505-492-0979

Labgnostic contracts with TriCore and Arkana labs

Labgnostic has contracted for its Labgnostic data- and systems-agnostic connectivity hub with TriCore clinical laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, and Arkana Laboratories, Little Rock, Ark.

Laboratories linked to the Labgnostic hub can send diagnostic test referrals and results to others participating in the network via a single interface and track specimens exchanged with participating laboratories.

Labgnostic, 424-367-8081

Dr. Aller practices clinical informatics in Southern California. He can be reached at raller@usc.edu. Dennis Winsten is founder of Dennis Winsten & Associates, Healthcare Systems Consultants. He can be reached at dwinsten.az@gmail.com.