News, insight, events and case studies
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Insight
Bridging the Lab Staffing Gap: How LIS Technology Supports Leaner Teams
Kim Futrell, MLS(ASCP), MSHI Lab Administration Clinical laboratories across the country are facing a persistent challenge: staffing shortages. Whether due to retirements, burnout, or a lack of new graduates, the pressure on lab teams continues to mount. But while the qualified candidate pipeline may be shrinking, the demand for accurate, timely diagnostics is growing. To […]
23 July 2025
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Unlocking Personalized Medicine: The Promise of Pharmacogenetics
Kim Futrell, MT(ASCP), MSHI Industry, Molecular Imagine a world where your medications are tailored precisely to your genetic makeup—where adverse drug reactions are minimized and treatment outcomes are optimized. This is the promise of pharmacogenetics, a rapidly evolving field at the intersection of genetics and pharmacology. What Is Pharmacogenetics? Pharmacogenetics is the study of how […]
30 June 2025
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The Digital Pathology Revolution: Transforming Labs for the Future
Kim Futrell, MLS(ASCP), MSHI Digital Pathology As the healthcare landscape evolves, pathology labs are embracing digital transformation to enhance diagnostic precision, streamline workflows, and improve patient outcomes. Digital pathology—once a futuristic concept—is now a practical reality, steadily gaining traction across laboratories. As Jill German, Head of Pathology Lab for Roche Diagnostics, puts it: “Primary diagnosis […]
18 June 2025
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Informatics Solutions to Help Contract Laboratories Thrive Under Pressure
Contract research and testing laboratories are under constant pressure to meet client expectations while also keeping up to date on regulatory changes and managing multiple projects and costs. A robust laboratory information management system (LIMS) is essential to effectively manage contract testing, whether in-house or outsourced.
11 December 2024
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A day in the life of Blanca Rodriguez
In January 2023 Blanca Rodriguez joined Clinisys as Project Engineer. Find out what Blanca loves about her job and how it has evolved from the start until now.
18 November 2024
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Harnessing Data From Informatics Platforms To Boost Quality Management
Quality management is essential for food and beverage labs to deliver high-quality results and comply with the latest regulatory standards. Food safety testing is crucial to safeguarding public health, minimizing economic losses, and ensuring a sustainable and safe food supply.
29 October 2024
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A Day in the Life – Seetabai Shastri
Meet Seeta Shastri, Director of Product Development at Clinisys. Seeta is one of the prominent technology leaders in the organization. We had a quick chat with Seeta to know about how she has been able to curve out fulfilling technology career in the laboratory informatics.
16 September 2024
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Quality Assurance in the Lab
Kim Futrell, MT(ASCP), MSHI Industry, Lab Administration, Leadership One of the most important aspects of laboratory oversight is having a robust quality assurance (QA) program. A strong QA program that encompasses a culture of continuous quality improvement (CQI) is the cornerstone of an efficient, highly functioning laboratory. QA Defined QA encompasses the entire testing process—from […]
9 July 2024
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Live from the European Society of Human Genetics congress in Berlin
Live from the European Society of Human Genetics congress in Berlin! Our teams had the chance to participate in this unmissable genetics event last June.
4 July 2024
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How more testing labs than just food safety can reduce risk by adopting HACCP principles and risk-based thinking
Beyond food safety testing, laboratories of all types should consider using FDA HACCP approaches and risk-based thinking in daily operations to better mitigate risk and to comply with ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
18 June 2024
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Day in the life with Jay Mudbidri, Associate Quality Engineer
Meet Jay Mudbidri, Associate Quality engineer at Clinisys. Jay’s journey with Clinisys started in May 2022, as the world was recovering from the covid pandemic times. While recalling about his initial days with Clinisys, Jay can’t help but think about how pandemic impacted jobs, business, and life overall. Today he is thankful to come out of that instability in career and start a more purposeful professional journey with Clinisys.
31 May 2024