What can the mobilising genomics laboratory hubs learn from the more advanced pathology networks? CliniSys marketing manager Matthew Fouracre put the question to programme manager Tony Oliver and genomics consultant Steve Abbs, who agreed the first lesson would be: implement a single laboratory information system to drive standardisation.
One of the major drivers for forming genomic laboratory hubs is to ensure quality at scale and equitable testing, by encouraging greater standardisation. However, CliniSys genomics consultant Steve Abbs argues that hubs in themselves will struggle to achieve this, and other drivers and facilitators are needed – not least a single LIMS.
If you are about to embark on going out to tender to find a CellPath LIMS supplier, what are the criteria you should consider in choosing a vendor? Sam Grobler, CliniSys product manager, offers some key recommendations.
CliniSys is set to play a major role in supporting England’s primary HPV screening service, after securing contracts to provide its requesting and reporting software to seven out of eight new laboratory hubs. The company is now getting ready to deploy CliniSys ICE to support GP practices and laboratory services across the seven areas of […]
In the backdrop of the NHSI published plans to create 29 pathology networks across England and consolidate pathology services in a bid to save £200m, Barts Health NHS Trust is leading the way. Barts Health NHS Trust, the largest NHS Trust in the UK, provides a huge range of clinical services to people in east […]
Following formal sign off by the joint Trusts board of the business case, the next stage of integration of Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust’s pathology service with Surrey Pathology Services (SPS) has been given the go ahead. This newly formed joint venture will be known as Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS). The complete service […]
The Integrated Laboratory Services for Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust announced today that they will be replacing their Laboratory Information Management system (LIMS) with CliniSys’ WinPath Enterprise system. The WinPath system (v5) has been live and servicing the two trusts well since 2009. However, the 6 year term of […]
Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust and Newham University Hospital NHS Trust merged with Barts and The London NHS Trust on 1st April 2012 to form Barts Health NHS Trust, the largest NHS trust in the UK servicing a diverse and immediate population of 2.5 million and with a tertiary service covering a region in […]
Empath, the stand-alone organisation established by Nottingham University Hospitals and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS trusts to provide pathology services to the Trusts has appointed CliniSys and Capita Healthcare Decisions to deliver a Blood Transfusion system to the sites served by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust; namely Leicester General, Leicester Royal and Glenfield Hospitals. […]
The Pathology Partnership has awarded Capita Healthcare Decisions a seven year, £9.7m contract to provide laboratory information systems, and the platform to host it, to the hospitals in its shared service arrangement. Capita will work with partner CliniSys to deliver the solution. Combining the pathology laboratories of Cambridge, Ipswich, Hinchingbrooke Colchester, and West Suffolk hospitals, […]
