Welcome to the CSols blog. Stop by often to learn what CSols experts — the industry’s most trusted advisors — have to say about current laboratory informatics topics. We post about twice a month on subjects ranging from high-level overviews to detailed, technical explanations.
Here you are! You survived your LabWare LIMS implementation; it’s been running for a while and your users have gotten used to the new way of working that the LIMS has brought into their lives (and to the variety of new tasks that it involves). If your implementation was like the majority of other LIMS… Read More
It’s that time of year again when almost everyone remembers that love is possible and should be celebrated. We’re here to tell you that love and LIMS can occupy the same headspace, but, like everything worth having in life, it takes work. With the right care and attention applied to all stages of your relationship,… Read More
Congratulations on your decision to purchase a new laboratory information management system (LIMS) or upgrade your current platform! Once the ink has dried on the contract you might start to wonder, what’s next? Too often, we see clients who expect to go back to their normal routines and wait for us to tell them when… Read More
It’s early spring, 2023. The company-wide informatics upgrades you committed to in 2022 after reading this blog post are now implemented and validated. This morning, the technicians in your lab will produce reports on a larger volume of samples and more complex tests than ever before. Management will get those reports in a more visually… Read More
A laboratory informatics solution (e.g., LIMS, ELN, CDS) is only as strong as its foundation. The strongest foundation for a laboratory informatics solution implementation is a thorough user requirements document, generated to identify exactly what the system is intended to do. This requirements document, also known as a User Requirements Specification (URS), is used extensively… Read More