If your laboratory is operating in a regulated environment, then you are faced with the challenge of ensuring your operations and systems are ready to withstand the scrutiny of a regulatory audit, or else face the consequences. But depending on your industry and your environment, different regulations may apply. For laboratories using computerized systems to… Read More
Laboratory Informatics Blog
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.
Validation in the Cloud
In a previous blog we talked about how small to medium sized businesses were readily adopting Cloud Informatics Systems (LIMS, ELN, SDMS) while large businesses were moving more slowly in this direction. We did not discuss whether businesses in regulated industries, with their needs to validate their informatics systems, are able to adopt cloud based… Read More
Resourcing Your LIMS Project for Success
Typical resourcing questions that arise when an organization embarks on a LIMS project include “What skill sets, how many resources, and what time commitment will be needed to guarantee success for our LIMS project?” First off, let me clearly state that there is no magic formula that will guarantee the success of your LIMS project. … Read More
LIMS Project – Letter to Self
Dear Me, It has been a long road but the LIMS is finally up and running, validated, and the laboratory staff and management are actually using it. In fact, the requests for improvements, new reports, and new capabilities are already starting to come in. As I look back on this journey, I wish that I… Read More
Which came first, the URS or the application?
On just about every Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) or Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) implementation project we have assisted a customer with, this question arises. The answer is very telling as to how the entire implementation will play out. There have been numerous occasions where CSols was brought onto a project late in the game… Read More