News, insight, events and case studies
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Insight
Ready to support, always innovating: The Clinisys Customer Summit, Ireland, 2025
One of the themes of this year’s Clinisys Customer Summit, Ireland, was that this is a challenging time to be investing in or deploying a major IT system. However, the 4th annual conference in Dublin’s Docklands heard that Clinisys is responding by continuing to support its Irish customers, while investing in partnerships and innovation.
29 October 2025
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Modernising Worcester LIMS
The recent go-live at Worcester marked a significant milestone in modernising their laboratory information management system (LIMS). This project aimed to future-proof their services by upgrading from WinPath version 5 to a more modern platform, ensuring better compatibility with new equipment and improved infrastructure resilience.
8 September 2025
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Clinisys Quarterly Go-Live 2025
The first half of 2025 has been a remarkable journey for Clinisys™. Our teams have achieved incredible milestones in the past six months, delivering numerous go-lives to new and existing Clinisys™ WinPath and ICE customers across the UK and Ireland. These accomplishments are a testament to the relentless hard work and dedication of our customers and delivery teams.
14 August 2025
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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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Advancements in Laboratory Operations Powering the Shift to Data-Centricity
No longer is LIMS data viewed as merely a by-product of laboratory operations, instead it is seen as a powerful asset, that can enable the identification of opportunities for improvement, pinpoint bottlenecks and even help build a business case for new resources. Discover what else data can do for your lab.
11 June 2025
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Five Ways Toxicology Laboratories Can Leverage Analytics in a LIMS
In toxicology labs, effective data integration and resource optimization are crucial for operational efficiency and accuracy. Without a LIMS with built-in analytics, labs often face challenges in consolidating data from various sources, leading to data silos and fragmented information. Here are five ways toxicology laboratories can use LIMS analytics to streamline operations, enhance client satisfaction and drive growth.
11 June 2025
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Preparing Your Laboratory for the Food Traceability Final Rule
The final rule is anticipated to be enforced by January 20, 2026, when any entity that manufactures, processes, packs or holds a food product on the Food Traceability List (FTL) must have a traceability plan in place. The impact on food safety laboratories that support the food supply chain are extensive, particularly regarding compliance and response to foodborne illness outbreaks.
11 June 2025
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Eliminating siloes of diagnostic data
A recent webinar explored how North East and North Cumbria is implementing a ‘global ICE’ using Clinisys ICE Network, and the benefits that regions, clinicians and – most importantly – patients can expect from moving towards an integrated diagnostic data strategy.
28 May 2025
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More than an upgrade: Kent private hospital deploys the latest versions of the latest Clinisys software
The Kent Institute of Medicine and Surgery needed to upgrade its laboratory software. In doing so, it skipped at least 15 officially released versions of its laboratory information management system and is now running the most up to date suite of Clinisys products, anywhere. Adam Chapman and Frank Lockwood explain.
6 May 2025
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Addressing Resource and Technology Challenges in Food Safety Laboratories
Increased regulatory requirements, together with demands for greater scale and speed of operations, create a challenging environment for food producers and the food testing industry who are tasked with guaranteeing the safe supply of food, from farm to fork.
13 March 2025
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Maximize Output; Minimize Costs: Value Based LIMS for Modern Toxicology Laboratories
Laboratories must navigate a number of challenges to running a successful operation - regulatory compliance, data security and privacy, workforce shortages, low reimbursement rates, to name a few - but what’s likely keeping most toxicology lab operators up at night is how to keep operating costs low all while maintaining high growth opportunities. Here’s why. .
13 March 2025