Orchard is now Clinisys
Flexible laboratory solutions
Orchard Software is now Clinisys, the number one provider of clinical laboratory information systems across the globe(1). Read more.
Clinisys brings together laboratory information system (LIS) expertise offering flexible laboratory solutions across healthcare, public health, toxicology, environment, water, crop sciences, food and beverage, pharma, and biotech.
Related products
Orchard Software solutions, which are now branded with the Clinisys name, will continue to be available and supported. They provide robust, affordable, data-centric capabilities for multiple lab workflows including Orchard Harvest and Orchard Enterprise.
Shaping your laboratory
Clinisys™ Laboratory Solution is a configurable SaaS laboratory information management system (LIMS) that drives digital transformation in the lab and unlocks the power of data.
Delivering efficiency, scalability, and heightened analytical insights to future-proof your informatics investment while reducing total cost of ownership.
Laboratory information management system (LIMS) or a laboratory information system (LIS) capabilities
Configurable digital workflows
Configure custom workflows, quickly add new capabilities, and customize the external web portal for client self-service account management.
Unlimited connectivity to protect your investment
Create bi-directional instrument integrations, with any third-party database or registry, and use or share the fully documented orders and results API.
Data-centric structures for real-time reporting and analytics
Access data, track business metrics, and empower end users with advanced reports, dashboards, and queries.
Quality first
Align workflows and processes to support quality control while protecting the integrity of your data and remaining compliant across every aspect of laboratory operations.
ONC Health IT Certification
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC-HIT) certifies HIT based on specific requirements. ONC-HIT began certifying HIT as part of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, often referred to as Meaningful Use (MU), administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Clinisys continues to maintain product compliance with current certification standards and updates are made as the criteria advances. The document below defines the specific Clinisys products and versions and their certification statuses.
Product Name and Version: Orchard Harvest 15
Health IT Developer Name: Clinisys, Inc
Date Certified: 01/01/2025
Updated: 09/15/2025
Unique Certification Number: 15.07.09.2825.OR02.15.03.0.250101
Certification Criteria:
170.315(b)(10) Electronic Health Information (EHI) Export
Supports patients’ access to their electronic data as well as providing all the EHI from the Clinisys certified Health IT product for export to another health IT system.
170.315(d)(1) Authentication, Access Control, Authorization
Promotes the identification of unique users and controls the access of the user based upon defined security settings.
170.315(d)(2)
Auditable Events and Tamper-Resistance
Promotes the identification of events related to disclosure of PHI to authorized individuals and creates logs of those events. Microsoft® Excel is required to display the log.
170.315(d)(3)
Audit Report(s)
Promotes the creation of reports of the auditable events logged in 170.315(d)(2). Microsoft® Excel is required to display and sort the reports.
170.315(d)(7)
End-user Device Encryption
Prevents persistent storage of PHI processed in the laboratory application locally to end user devices.
170.315(f)(3) Transmission to Public Health Agencies — Reportable Laboratory Tests and Value/Results
Allows identification and transmission of laboratory results in HL7 2.5.1 standards for external reporting to public health agencies.
Additional Software Required for Use: None
Additional Costs/Fees: Annual support contract fee, additional per interface fee if certified interfaces were not implemented during original installation/implementation of LIS.
Product Name and Version: Orchard Harvest 14
Health IT Developer Name: Clinisys, Inc
Date Certified: 05/18/2023
Updated: 09/15/2025
Unique Certification Number: 15.07.09.2825.OR02.14.02.0.230518
Certification Criteria:
170.315(b)(10) Electronic Health Information (EHI) Export
Supports patients’ access to their electronic data as well as providing all the EHI from the Clinisys certified Health IT product for export to another health IT system.
170.315(d)(1) Authentication, Access Control, Authorization
Promotes the identification of unique users and controls the access of the user based upon defined security settings.
170.315(d)(2)
Auditable Events and Tamper-Resistance
Promotes the identification of events related to disclosure of PHI to authorized individuals and creates logs of those events. Microsoft® Excel is required to display the log.
170.315(d)(3)
Audit Report(s)
Promotes the creation of reports of the auditable events logged in 170.315(d)(2). Microsoft® Excel is required to display and sort the reports.
170.315(d)(7)
End-user Device Encryption
Prevents persistent storage of PHI processed in the laboratory application locally to end user devices.
170.315(f)(3) Transmission to Public Health Agencies — Reportable Laboratory Tests and Value/Results
Allows identification and transmission of laboratory results in HL7 2.5.1 standards for external reporting to public health agencies.
Additional Software Required for Use: None
Additional Costs/Fees: Annual support contract fee, additional per interface fee if certified interfaces were not implemented during original installation/implementation of LIS.
Product Name and Version: Orchard Enterprise Lab 12
Health IT Developer Name: Clinisys, Inc
Date Certified: 05/13/2025
Updated: 09/15/2025
Unique Certification Number: 15.11.09.2825.ENLB.12.01.0.250513
Certification Criteria:
170.315(b)(10) Electronic Health Information (EHI) Export
Supports patients’ access to their electronic data as well as providing all the EHI from the Clinisys certified Health IT product for export to another health IT system.
170.315(d)(1) Authentication, Access Control, Authorization
Promotes the identification of unique users and controls the access of the user based upon defined security settings.
170.315(d)(2)
Auditable Events and Tamper-Resistance
Promotes the identification of events related to disclosure of PHI to authorized individuals and creates logs of those events. Microsoft® Excel is required to display the log.
170.315(d)(3)
Audit Report(s)
Promotes the creation of reports of the auditable events logged in 170.315(d)(2). Microsoft® Excel is required to display and sort the reports.
170.315(d)(7)
End-user Device Encryption
Prevents persistent storage of PHI processed in the laboratory application locally to end user devices.
170.315(f)(3) Transmission to Public Health Agencies — Reportable Laboratory Tests and Value/Results
Allows identification and transmission of laboratory results in HL7 2.5.1 standards for external reporting to public health agencies.
Additional Software Required for Use: None
Additional Costs/Fees: Annual support contract fee, additional per interface fee if certified interfaces were not implemented during original installation/implementation of LIS.
Product Name and Version: Orchard Enterprise Lab 11
Health IT Developer Name: Clinisys, Inc
Date Certified: 06/18/2024
Updated: 09/15/2025
Unique Certification Number: 15.11.09.2825.ENLB.11.00.0.240618
Certification Criteria:
170.315(b)(10) Electronic Health Information (EHI) Export
Supports patients’ access to their electronic data as well as providing all the EHI from the Clinisys certified Health IT product for export to another health IT system.
170.315(d)(1) Authentication, Access Control, Authorization
Promotes the identification of unique users and controls the access of the user based upon defined security settings.
170.315(d)(2)
Auditable Events and Tamper-Resistance
Promotes the identification of events related to disclosure of PHI to authorized individuals and creates logs of those events. Microsoft® Excel is required to display the log.
170.315(d)(3)
Audit Report(s)
Promotes the creation of reports of the auditable events logged in 170.315(d)(2). Microsoft® Excel is required to display and sort the reports.
170.315(d)(7)
End-user Device Encryption
Prevents persistent storage of PHI processed in the laboratory application locally to end user devices.
170.315(f)(3) Transmission to Public Health Agencies — Reportable Laboratory Tests and Value/Results
Allows identification and transmission of laboratory results in HL7 2.5.1 standards for external reporting to public health agencies.
Additional Software Required for Use: None
Additional Costs/Fees: Annual support contract fee, additional per interface fee if certified interfaces were not implemented during original installation/implementation of LIS.
2023 Real World Testing Plan & Results
2024 Real World Testing Plan & Results
2025 Real World Testing Plan & Results
Compliance with Multi-factor authentication 170.315(d)(13)
This Health IT Module supports multi-factor authentication in which a computer user is granted access only after successfully presenting two or more pieces of evidence (or factors) to an authentication mechanism: knowledge (something the user and only the user knows), possession (something the user and only the user has), and inherence (something the user and only the user is).
