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  • Insight

    COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing — Moving to the Point-of-Care: Part 2 in a Series

    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

  • Case study

    Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust improves patient care with ICE OpenNet

    QE Gateshead has been using ICE OpenNet since 2008 and connects nine northern trusts including Gateshead, Newcastle, Northumbria, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham, North Cumbria, North Tees and South Tees. Today, ICE OpenNet enables web connectivity to multiple diverse systems, giving clinicians seamless access to a consolidated view of patients’ diagnostic test results from all organisations.

  • Insight

    The Changing Landscape of COVID-19 — What’s Next? Part 1 in a Series

    The United States is reaching a transition point in the COVID-19 pandemic due to a rise in the SARS-CoV-2-immune population (via vaccination or infection) and the onset of warmer weather. As a result, the COVID-19 cases in the United States are expected to decrease over the next few months. However, this year’s autumn and winter […]

    9 June 2021

  • News

    CliniSys | MIPS launches GLIMS Genetics: an expert laboratory information system for human genetics

    GLIMS Genetics has been designed by MIPS to combine the power of a mature laboratory information system (LIS) for ‘traditional’ specialties with the specific needs of genetics, including those linked to more recent technologies such as Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS). The solution has already been successfully implemented in France’s university hospital of Poitiers, and will next be deployed in nine more genetics units in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

    30 April 2021

  • News

    CliniSys Group creates single brand for UK and Europe

    New identity for CliniSys and MIPS is launched with refreshed logo and updated website Move reflects 40-year history of delivering industry-leading, end-to-end solutions for customers paired with a commitment to future innovation.

    30 April 2021

  • Case study

    University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust moves to paper-light working with ICE

    University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust is leading a programme to create a single order communications and results reporting system for its staff and local GPs and to share results with its merger partner, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.

  • News

    CliniSys Group creates single brand for UK and Europe

    New identity for CliniSys and MIPS is launched with refreshed logo and updated website Move reflects 40-year history of delivering industry-leading, end-to-end solutions for customers paired with a commitment to future innovation.

    26 March 2021

  • Case study

    Black Country Pathology Services

    The aim of this consolidated service was to deliver an efficient, effective and sustainable pathology service in alignment with the pathology consolidation proposals of NHSI. The network has adopted a “hub and spoke” model which in addition to delivering the costs savings outlined in the NHSI proposals has also established Black Country Pathology Services as a showcase and exemplar network

  • Insight

    New look, same values, renewed commitment to innovation

    CliniSys Group has created a single brand for the UK and Europe, with a new website, colour palette and logo. What does it all mean for us, our customers and business partners? Michael Simpson, Group Chief Executive Officer explains. Hello and welcome to the new CliniSys | MIPS website! A single name brand for CliniSys […]

    18 March 2021

  • Insight

    A vision for diagnostic services across Scotland

    The Integrated Clinical Environment, or ICE, is used in seven out of the 14 health boards in Scotland for order communications and results reporting. Imagine if it was used across Scotland, as a single point of information about tests of all kinds… At a recent webinar, CliniSys | MIPS outlined the art of the possible. […]

    9 March 2021

  • Insight

    What Labs Need to Know about the Biden COVID-19 Response Plan

    In February, the Biden administration released its National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness, which outlines seven goals that address a domestic response and global response to the current COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future health-related threats. Foundationally, the plan’s goals revolve around establishing a science-based approach to countermeasures against the COVID-19 pandemic that […]

    9 March 2021

  • Insight

    Day in the life – Richard Mertens

    We caught up with one of our GLIMS Project Managers, Richard Mertens, to find out more about his work at CliniSys | MIPS and what he most enjoys about his role.

    2 March 2021