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 California
Links up to the STARLIMS Public
Health
Collaboration Effort
Hollywood,
Florida April 25, 2005, STARLIMS Corporation, a leading global
provider of Laboratory Information Management Systems, (LIMS), today
announced selection by the University of California, Davis on behalf
of the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) of STARLIMS
for the Richmond Laboratory Campus. STARLIMS will replace several
legacy LIMS system currently in place. STARLIMS is purposely
designed to fully integrate the daily functions of a
multidisciplinary public health laboratory (PHL).
STARLIMS Richmond
Laboratory Campus implementation will serve approximately 100 lab
technicians and scientists across five laboratories located at the
Richmond Lab Complex (RLC). Included in the project is a workflow
for approximately 200 tests performed within the CDHS, incorporating
input from over 110 different instruments. The RLC is the tertiary
public health lab for the state of California. It serves as a
reference lab for 39 regional public health labs as well as for the
testing of reportable disease specimens from private hospital and
commercial labs.
The complex
responsibilities and interactions between public health partners
necessitate significant coordination of information technology and
information sharing methodologies to meet public health objectives.
The specifications required by CDHS were based on industry data and
systems standards, including the National Electronic Disease
Surveillance System (NEDSS) and Public Health Information Network (PHIN)
standards. The implemented STARLIMS system will also interact with
the State’s CAHAN, ELR and WebCMR initiatives to provide up to date
and easy to access data on which to make quick and educated
decisions.
STARLIMS is an enterprise
level information system that brings together all public health
laboratory activities into a single platform, offering comprehensive
reporting, surveillance, and networking capabilities compatible with
national and international standards. Public health solutions from
STARLIMS are designed as a platform for linking between regional
public health partners working under the PHIN framework, HL7
messaging protocols and using LOINC and SNOMED as the common
vocabulary for test names and observations. This functionality will
enable cross site sample transfer and data exchange between CDHS and
appropriate federal agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) and its STARRS transaction engine, Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) and other public health partners.
“This is an outstanding
example of an e-government initiative that spans the enterprise”
said J. Clark Kelso, State of California Chief Information Officer.
A shared vision for public
health laboratories adopted by STARLIMS and state and county public
health agencies across the US, led to the collaborative creation of
the STARLIMS Public Health Intranet community. The STARLIMS Intranet
acts as an open gateway to the largest online PHL LIMS user
community where participants can exchange content and directions
gaining enormous value. All new modules developed as part of the
PHL collaboration process such as time management functions are
provided to the whole PHL user community via the STARLIMS Intranet
or via scheduled upgrades.
“The
Public health solutions platform from STARLIMS will offer access to
greater levels of supporting detail and greater flexibility in
accessing Laboratory information for analyses and reports.”
commented John Williamson PMP, Chief, Office of Informatics and
Surveillance at the California Department of Health Services.
“STARLIMS, when linked to other key applications will form the
foundation of California’s automated preparedness efforts. The
Office of Informatics and Surveillance recognizes the leadership
provided by the Department’s CIO Christy Quinlan and is thankful
that Chris Cruz was able to serve as Senior Project Manager for this
effort”.
“STARLIMS is pleased to
welcome the prestigious California Department of Health Services to
the ever expanding STARLIMS public health collaboration initiative,”
said Jeff Ferguson STARLIMS Chief Operating Officer.
 About California Department of Health Services (CDHS)
The
California Department of Health Services (CDHS) Division of
Communicable Disease Control (DCDC) in collaboration with the
University of California Davis Health System is one of the largest
departments in State government, with over 5,000 employees working
in its Sacramento headquarters and over 60 field offices throughout
the State. As part of its mandate, the CDHS administers a broad
range of public and clinical health programs that provide health
care services to Californians. The Richmond Lab Complex (RLC) is the
tertiary public health lab for the state of California. It serves
as a reference lab for the 39 regional public health labs as well as
for the testing of reportable disease specimens from private
hospital and
commercial labs.
About STARLIMS Corporation
As a leading global Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
vendor, STARLIMS Corporation delivers cost effective, easy-to-use
collaborative solutions to organizations in the public health,
pharmaceutical, petrochemical, forensics, food & beverage,
environmental and chemical industries. Full featured and highly
flexible our multilingual LIMS solution provides complete
traceability leading to regulatory compliance, without compromising
process versatility. A track record of more than 15 years has earned
us recognition for "future proofing" our customers' investments and
serving as a platform for new implementations and straightforward
conversions of legacy systems.
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