LabLynx

LabLynx, Inc. is a privately owned, funded, and managed American corporation that develops, supports, and markets laboratory information management system (LIMS) solutions. Its primary offerings over the years have included ELab,[3] webLIMS, and their successor, LabLynx LIMS. The company’s primary clients include laboratories in the agriculture, clinical, environmental, forensics, health care, and manufacturing industries, including government agencies.[4][5][6][7] The company is known for introducing one of the first browser-based LIMS products in 1997[8][9] and being in the laboratory informatics industry for decades.[10][11]

LabLynx Inc
TypePrivate
IndustryLaboratory informatics
FoundedJuly 24, 2000[1]
FounderJohn H. Jones
Headquarters2400 Lake Park Drive
Smyrna, Georgia, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsELab, webLIMS, and HealthCloudPOL
Revenue$2.5 to 5 million[2]
Number of employees
20+[2]
WebsiteLabLynx.com

History

Before LabLynx was a company, it was a LIMS product offered by Atlanta Systems Consultants, Inc. (ASC).[12][13] Formed in 1992,[10] ASC’s LabLynx division later began work on a laboratory information management system designed specifically for a web browser. ASC demonstrated its new Internet Explorer-based LabLynx LIMS at Pittcon in 1997, among the first browser-based LIMS to appear at the time.[8][9] The company again showcased LabLynx at Pittcon in 1998[14] and soon after picked up a major LIMS-based contract with the U.S. Customs Service.[15]

LabLynx home office

By July 2000, the LabLynx division of ASC separated to become its own incorporated entity.[1] And while ASC eventually ceased to exist in 2005,[10] LabLynx, Inc. went on to diversify its offerings. The LabLynx’s browser-based LIMS previously demonstrated at Pittcon in 1997 expanded to become ELab, which in 2001 took on an application service provider (ASP) model of distribution.[16] In 2004 LabLynx released a browser-based tool called openLIMS, which gave consultants and end-users the ability "to build custom LIMS solutions that are geared to the exact operational needs of many different laboratories."[17]

On June 19, 2006, LabLynx established the Laboratory Informatics Institute, an open membership group with the purpose of advancing the field of laboratory informatics and shaping the standards associated with it.[18]

In 2011, LabLynx was involved in an initiative to standardize and structure the transmission of laboratory data that first originates in a LIMS or LIS and then moves to a person's or population of people's electronic health records.[19] This laboratory results interface (LRI) pilot began in August 2011 and included collaborations with the supported open source project mdDigest and the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).[20]

In February 2015, LabLynx released HealthCloudPOL, a cloud-based laboratory information system (LIS) for the physician office laboratory (POL).[21]

Community history

Since transitioning from Atlanta Systems Consultants, Inc. to LabLynx, Inc. in 2000, LabLynx has become increasingly active in the laboratory informatics community. Projects that LabLynx has started or been involved in within the community include:

  • the Laboratory Informatics Institute, an open trade association with the mission of educating, standardizing, and promoting the laboratory informatics industry[18]
  • LIMSfinder, an online interactive magazine released by the Laboratory Informatics Institute[22]
  • LIMSbook, a LIMS buyer’s guide released by the Laboratory Informatics Institute[23]
  • LIMSforum, a LinkedIn discussion group created to facilitate the exchange of ideas and technical information across the fields of laboratory, science, and health informatics[24][25]
  • LIMSwiki, a Creative Commons-licensed wiki with the goal of bringing related informatics communities together to maintain a repository of information about the industry[26]

Products

LabLynx products past and present include:

  • ELab/LabLynx LIMS, a modular, validated laboratory information management system (LIMS)[3] (The software was originally called LabLynx LIMS,[11] then it became ELab,[16] then LabLynx LIMS again.)
  • webLIMS, a hosted LIMS software package based on the "software as a service" (SaaS) model of distribution[27]
  • HealthCloudPOL, a cloud-based laboratory information system (LIS) for the physician office laboratory (POL), introduced by the company in early 2015[28]

References
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  2. "LabLynx, Inc. - Atlanta, Georgia (GA)". Manta Media, Inc. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  3. University of Nantes (April 2012). "Technological survey on LIMS and ELN in Life Sciences" (PDF). ShareBiotech. p. 11. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  4. "Internet Software and Services – LabLynx, Inc". Bloomberg Business. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  5. Mullin, Rick (24 May 2010). "LIMS In The Cloud". Chemical & Engineering News. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  6. Dubin, Cindy (29 July 2010). "SaaS Model Turns LIMS Paradigm On Its Head". Pharmaceutical Online. VertMarkets, Inc. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  7. Sonon, L. (8 September 2016). "Joint Meeting of the Regional Soil Testing Workgroups" (PDF). Agricultural & Environmental Services Laboratories, University of Georgia. p. 10. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  8. "LIMSource: LIMS Vendor: LabLynx, Inc". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  9. McGinnis, Mike and Norman Perkins (2003). "I. Wireless LANs". LIMS Workbook - A Practical Guide (3rd ed.). Q2marketsite, Inc. pp. I–16. ASIN B00161Y71K.
  10. "Business Entity – Atlanta Systems Consultants, Inc". Georgia Secretary of State. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  11. Felton, M.J. (August 2002). "Too Many LIMS?" (PDF). Today's Chemist at Work. American Chemical Society. pp. 17–20. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  12. "LABLynx On The Web". Archived from the original on 25 January 1999. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  13. "Infinity" (PDF). Florida Department of Health. 8 March 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2004. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  14. "LIMSource: Calendar: Pittcon '98 Preview". Archived from the original on 29 May 1998. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  15. "70 -- Laboratory Information Management Software (LIMS) (07/30/98)". FedBizOpps. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  16. "LIMSource: LIMS Vendor: Atlanta Systems Consultants, Inc". Archived from the original on 9 April 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  17. "Build your own LIMS: News from LabLynx". LaboratoryTalk.com. Pro-Talk Ltd. 6 January 2004. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  18. "Laboratory Informatics Institute Established". Laboratory Informatics Institute, Inc. 17 July 2006. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  19. Clarke, Ann (2011). Laboratory Results Interface (LRI) Pilots Guide (v0.9.4.093011 ed.). LabLynx/mdDigest. pp. 1–2.
  20. "PROJECT BRIEF: LabLynx/mdDigest Pilot". LabLynx/mdDigest. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  21. LabLynx, Inc (February 2015). "Security, Reliability, and Regulatory Compliance: healthcloudpol.com". LinkedIn Corporation. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  22. "LIMSfinder Home". Laboratory Informatics Institute, Inc. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  23. "The LIMS Book". Laboratory Informatics Institute, Inc. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  24. "Lablynx - latest company news". LaboratoryTalk.com. Pro-Talk Ltd. 25 August 2009. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  25. "LiMS forum - Laboratory Informatics Institute user's group for LIMS, Scientific & Health Informatics". LinkedIn.com. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  26. "LIMSwiki mission". 2 June 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  27. "Weblims". Scientific Computing World. Europa Science. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  28. "HealthCloudPOL". LabLynx, Inc. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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