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LIS and LIMS systems are often featured together in healthcare informatics, leading some to question the difference. Are they the same? Let’s discuss.…

What You Need and How to Get It Across industries, ISO accreditation is becoming a must-have for testing laboratories. This proof of competence reassures customers that your lab has the discipline and systems to produce consistently valid results. At the same time, ISO accreditation boosts your lab’s productivity. Yet the only quick, affordable way for a laboratory to achieve ISO…

The fragmentation of cannabis regulations poses a particular challenge for multi-state cannabis testing labs. Although the industry and state regulators…

The rapid pace of cannabis legalization led to a mad scramble as laboratories entered the cannabis testing market. But that rush established poor laboratory practices that have caused product recalls and undermined the cannabis industry’s reputation. Increasingly, state regulators and even laboratories themselves are adopting standards to ensure safety and accurate labeling. With the correct systems in place, accreditations can…

Over the past year, many clinical diagnostic labs ran into the limitations of their inflexible or simply insufficient data management systems. The pandemic showed us that labs needed to support a rapidly evolving response with testing on a scale never seen before. LabLynx’s extremely user configurable ClinDx laboratory informatics system (LIS) lets clinical diagnostic labs quickly and affordably address the…

The pandemic may have created havoc on businesses almost everywhere, but hemp and cannabis continue to thrive and even gain momentum. Besides meeting food and drug safety standards, licensed cannabis producers must pass THC potency thresholds before their crops can be used to make medicinal, adult-use, or industrial cannabis products. Hemp is strictly regulated and monitored to guarantee it meets…

In the heart of agricultural progress, where data-driven decisions and precision are the cornerstones of success, LabLynx LIMS emerges as the indispensable tool. It transforms agricultural laboratories into dynamic hubs of innovation, empowering them to unlock the secrets hidden within every soil sample, crop analysis, and food product. From soil testing and crop analysis to food safety and environmental monitoring,…

Rare cannabinoids may seem like the newest passengers on the cannabis hype train, but an element of science does lie at the heart of this new trend. The cannabis industry has noticed and has begun developing ways to make these cannabinoids a lot less rare — far in advance of state or federal regulations. Laboratories must be ready to provide…

Despite the global pandemic, America’s cannabis industry saw record-breaking sales in 2020. Even more opportunities are on the horizon for laboratories that offer accurate, consistent and credible test results while delivering fast turn-around times. But mainstream acceptance also means more attention from regulators. The only way labs can grow their cannabis testing services while ensuring compliance is with the capabilities…