Universal LIS Connector

[add-on] [BioPharma]

The Universal LIS Connector (ULC) is a flexible and low-code framework designed to make integration with third-party systems fast and cost-effective. In particular, ULC has been designed for ingesting metadata from laboratory information systems and other study metadata tracking systems into the image management systems.

ULC supports a comprehensive environment for digital pathology workflows. Some of the benefits provided by ULC vs bespoke integrations include:

• Rapidly integrate any laboratory information system (LIS)
• User configurable design allows changes without code
• Seamless integration with platform search and auditing tools
• Direct user control over metadata synchronization (retrieval and updates)
• A compliant integration framework designed for regulated workflows
• A secure framework built with modern IT best practices for integrations
• Eliminates costly and bespoke and customer-managed integrations
• Eliminates vendor lock-in with a truly universal and vendor neutral design

With the Universal LIS Connector, labs can ensure consistent data flow across their organization and scale digital pathology infrastructure without bottlenecks.

Intended Use Case

The Universal LIS Connector (ULC) enables bi-directional data exchange of metadata between the image management system and external systems. ULC is primarily intended to be used to exchange metadata between Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) and Custom Fields associated with PathcoreFlow Repository items — such as images, files, and folders. Data exchange can be triggered as soon as an image is uploaded to the Repository, when browsing folders, and/or on demand by end users.

Whenever metadata fields are added or updated in this way, existing values set by users are not overwritten, meaning this feature can be used to improve existing workflows without fear of losing historical data which had previously been manually entered.

Supported External Systems

While the connector is designed to provide universal connectivity with laboratory information systems, it currently has been tested and validated with the following third-party systems:

• TetraScience's Scientific Data and AI Platform
• Instem's Provantis® preclinical study management platform