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Tech Focus Healthcare software
A round-up of the latest healthcare software available to researchers H
ealthcare software is a market that has grown from data management to a wide variety
of tools that support the growing demand for advanced computational software. Workflow automation, lab productivity, data visualisation and application- specific software such as drug discovery, genomics, microbiology, pathology and toxicology are all examples of healthcare and life science workflows seeing more specific tailored software that is designed
to solve challenges with a particular subset of applications related to a given speciality. Laboratories that support healthcare programmes can turn to sophisticated software platforms that will accelerate research. Whether developing drugs and vaccines, helping scientists better understand diseases, or providing faster and more precise diagnoses, healthcare software opens up new opportunities to harness
computing technology for scientific discovery. Innovation and research breakthroughs in this area are directly tied to better patient outcomes and more specalised and personalised medicines for disease. Healthcare software helps to support digital transformation and enables organisations to take the next step towards a connected and digital laboratory that supports higher productivity and faster insights from research.
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Healthcare software products on the market now:
Apex Healthware offers a laboratory information system (LIS) built on a set of established modules. These core components manage order entry, specimens, analysers, results processing and reporting. Using a “rules- based” design, all components can be configured to meet the specific requirements of a given workflow. The core LIS components
support plug-in modules for various specialities including genetics, microbiology, pathology and toxicology. Apex provides a comprehensive Compliance Module in all versions of its LIS to ensure compliance with regulatory and manufacturer requirements. Incorporating design principles from AI and expert systems, Apex says it has utilised best-of-breed technologies in building its medical software solutions. CDD Vault from Collaborative Drug Design offers a user-centric
Informatics Platform. CDD Vault aims to help research teams manage, analyse, and present data via an intuitive user interface accessible from any web browser. Scientists can use this
software to intuitively organise chemical structures and biological study data, and collaborate with internal or external partners through the web interface. eLabJournal from
eLabNext is used for both small and large-scale medical laboratories. The software allows users to trace, match, and visualise lab workflows; allows improved productivity and collaborative efforts; and can elevate research with a secure and compliant online lab notebook. eLabJournal is designed to have an easy- to-use interface. Explicitly designed for life sciences R&D, the digital lab notebook includes modules for sample tracking and protocol management.
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Data can be connected by uploading or externally linking any file to an experiment. The company’s mobile app (Android and iOS) lets users add images directly. Users can maximise customisation with the eLab API and SDK, and with access to the eLabJournal ELN software core functionality, can customise their ELN to fit a lab’s specific needs. Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare aims to make it easier to improve the entire healthcare experience. Instead of managing their own data centres, users can take advantage of Microsoft’s scale and experience in running exabyte-scale workloads. Because Microsoft Genomics is on Azure, users have the performance and scalability of a supercomputing centre, on-demand in the cloud. User can take advantage of a back-end network with MPI latency under three microseconds and non-
blocking 32Gbps throughput. This back-end network includes remote direct memory access (RDMA) technology that enables parallel applications to scale to thousands of cores. Microsoft Azure provides
users with high memory and HPC-class CPUs to help get results fast. Users can scale up and down based on what they need and pay only for what they use to reduce costs. Orchard Software’s
Orchard Cloud Services offer a secure environment for a LIS, intended to strengthen system security, increase reliability, and simplify maintenance, allowing users to focus on patient care. Today’s anatomic pathology laboratory requires a reliable information system infrastructure to accession specimens, record gross and microscopic findings, regulate laboratory workflow, and create and deliver reports to requesting providers and
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