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Clinisys completes combination of Sunquest, HORIZON and ApolloLIMS businesses
The new global brand, known as Clinisys, serves over 3,000 customers in 34 countries Clinisys today announces it has completed the combination of Sunquest Information Systems, HORIZON Lab Systems, and Apollo LIMS under its singular brand. The completion marks a new chapter for Clinisys, expanding its global presence and breadth of expertise to enable healthier […]
4 October 2022
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Three ways Horizon improves public health efforts
Earlier this year, HORIZON Lab Systems and ApolloLIMS were acquired by the Clinisys Group to grow the organization’s community and public health diagnostics capability. HORIZON specialized in laboratory information management systems across several verticals including clinical, toxicology and environmental. Based on these verticals, it was our overall expertise in public health that acted as the […]
21 September 2022
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The growing importance of wastewater surveillance
With increased focus on laboratory testing of wastewater samples for communicable diseases like monkeypox, COVID-19, cholera, and polio, LIMS data will be more valuable to epidemiologists for biosurveillance monitoring.
7 September 2022
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Managing Monkeypox Testing in a Post-Pandemic World
Straight on the heels of a COVID resurgence this summer, US laboratories are bracing for yet another swing in their seemingly ever-changing staffing and resource needs to address new clinical and wastewater testing for human monkeypox virus (hMPXV). “The unexpectedly quick spread of monkeypox likely means our lab clients may have to invest in new testing,” […]
18 August 2022
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The Power Of Horizon LIMS Backed By The Clinisys Group
Earlier this year, HORIZON Lab Systems and ApolloLIMS and were acquired by Clinisys Group, growing the organization’s community and public health diagnostics capability. Clinisys is one of the largest providers of laboratory information systems (LIS), order entry and result consultation, and public health solutions in disease surveillance and outbreak management across the United Kingdom, Europe, and United States. The […]
16 August 2022
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COVID Infections Surge While Laboratory Testing Wanes
COVID cases have re-surged this summer in many regions of the US. New omicron variants are largely the cause of new waves of infection, fueled by increased summer travel and relaxed mask requirements. “Customers are telling us they’ve been ramping back up since May 2022 to handle more COVID testing,” says Robert Benz, marketing manager for HORIZON, […]
27 July 2022
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How Your Laboratory Can Overcome Labor Shortages
The labor shortages still sweeping the US and other parts of the world extend to the laboratory space as well. The laboratory industry was already short on qualified people to fill the key roles. On top of that, pre-existing worker shortage, the laboratory testing industry has demanded a lot of its personnel over the last […]
24 June 2022
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CliniSys acquires ApolloLIMS to grow community and public health diagnostics capability
CliniSys Group has acquired ApolloLIMS, a leading provider of laboratory information management systems based in Nashville, Tennessee, and with specialist expertise in clinical, public health, toxicology and molecular diagnostics.
12 April 2022
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Demystifying the Next-Generation Sequencing Workflow: Part 2
Clinical diagnostic laboratories have specific requirements to maintain chain of custody of all samples and data generated across the testing workflow, and this requirement is especially challenging for NGS-based tests, where many daughter samples are generated across the multi-day workflow. Clinical diagnostic labs also must retain patient data for at least 2 years after the test […]
19 March 2022
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Demystifying the Next-Generation Sequencing Workflow: Part 1
NGS Workflow Overview The NGS workflow is a multi-step process that creates some challenges for the diagnostic testing laboratory. The chemical processes generate many daughter samples that must be traced back to the original parent specimen. Laboratories need effective naming conventions and a robust LIMS that can maintain chain of custody across the workflow and […]
9 February 2022
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CliniSys hires Mark Spencer as Senior Vice President of Global Strategy
Acquisition extends CliniSys capabilities into new and complementary market sectors serving environmental, water quality testing, public health, toxicology, and agriculture.
3 February 2022
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CliniSys acquires HORIZON Lab Systems and combines with Sunquest Information Systems
CliniSys acquires HORIZON Lab Systems and combines with Sunquest Information Systems to create one of the world’s largest organizations dedicated to diagnostics and laboratory informatics. Combined group to enable better public health outcomes through innovation in diagnostics and laboratory informatics technology
18 January 2022