Data Innovations LLC

• Booth: 1944

At Data Innovations, we believe that when we enable labs to harness innovation and optimize performance, we empower them to focus on what matters most: their patients. Our vendor-neutral connectivity middleware, Instrument Manager™, enables enterprise labs to connect virtually any LIS/EMR/EHR, discipline, and instrument through a single platform – and connectivity is just the beginning. Our solutions also optimize productivity, reliability and quality so that labs can do more with less. Stop by our booth for some exciting new lab optimization product news!

 Press Releases

• Limitless Lab Enablement (Jul 16, 2024)

  When it comes down to it, everything done in a clinical lab is focused on patient care. Productivity, turnaround times, instrument precision, testing quality, and adherence to industry standards are all activities undertaken as part of the first step in the process of patient diagnosis and treatment.  

  Yet with a shrinking pool of qualified laboratory technologists and technicians, healthcare providers have fewer resources to assign to the many critical activities that take place in the clinical laboratory.    

  This is why we at Data Innovations are finding new ways to lighten the workload in labs while increasing laboratory performance. Today, I’m happy to show you a few of the ways we can help you optimize patient care with limitless lab enablement.  

  Our New Technical Services  

  As confirmed by the March 2024 edition of MedicalLab Management Magazine, Instrument Manager is the industry’s leading middleware software, with more than half of labs surveyed using IM. Yet, with the shrinking supply of qualified lab techs, many labs lack the resources, time and expertise to make the most of this powerful middleware.  

  Our new technical services address this challenge by providing an easy way for labs to optimize their IM operations with a focus on proactive maintenance and best workflow practices. I’m excited to announce these new offerings:  

  • Our Technical Health Check ensures your IM platform is optimized for peak performance. This in-depth service can help your lab improve processing time of lab orders and results, while identifying potential issues before they turn into disruptions.  
  • AV Workflow Validation provides end-to-end autoverification validation testing and documentation for your lab’s IM system. Working with your lab team, this service can save you extensive lab time and resources, especially for large and complex rulesets. 
  • AV Workflow Analysis ensures DI best practices are enabled in your IM environment.  Your lab will not only gain improved performance but peace of mind, knowing that all of your IM workflows are set up to ensure optimal patient safety and turnaround times. 

  Solutions for a Fully Optimized Lab 

  In addition to these new technical services, did you know that DI offers a full spectrum of lab enablement solutions that can help your lab boost its performance while reducing resource hours in a variety of ways?  

  Streamlining and Improving Quality and Compliance. Our suite of quality solutions ensures accurate patient results while expediting lab operations through automated services. IM modules such as Peer & Daily QC and Moving Averages, Moving Medians proactively detect issues before they reach the patient. Lab Proficiency Reporting significantly reduces resource time and eliminates the chance of manual errors by auto-transmitting IM data to lab accreditation agencies. And Our EP Evaluator product accelerates and improves the accuracy of instrument performance validation while delivering time-saving reporting that meets CLIA, CAP, The Joint Commission, and COFRAC requirements. 

  Supporting Lab Uptime and Reliability. When unexpected downtime occurs, our High Availability & Disaster Recovery solutions work together to ensure your lab can recover quickly, with reliable data backup and minimal demands placed on IT. In addition, Lab GPS™ empowers laboratorians with all-in-one instrument and LIS monitoring, plus the ability to remotely troubleshoot and restart IM connections through either the desktop or mobile app.  

  Data Mining and Informatics. With access to the right data and insights, labs can track, analyze and upgrade their performance. Our Open Data Exchange connection delivers automated data pulls from Instrument Manager into Excel or Crystal Reports. Lab Intelligence is a comprehensive KPI tracking, data insights and reporting program that enables labs to pinpoint opportunities for improved operations and patient care. 

  To learn more about any of these solutions, reach out to us today. Or schedule a time to meet with us at this summer’s ADLM Annual Meeting , July 28 – August 1, in Chicago. Together, we can lift your lab to new heights of performance!  

  Sincerely,
  Premila Peters 
  President, Data Innovations

• New Mobile App Introduced in Lab GPS v2.1 (Jul 16, 2024)

  Lab Uptime Optimization Now Available in the Palm of Your Hand
  
  Colchester, VT (Feb. 14, 2024) – Data Innovations announces the availability of Lab GPS™ v2.1., which introduces a new mobile app and other enhancements to enterprise lab uptime monitoring and optimization through its truly vendor-neutral connectivity platform, Instrument Manager™ (IM). Lab GPS helps minimize costly clinical laboratory downtime and improve patient care by empowering laboratorians with all-in-one connectivity monitoring, notifications, and control.  

  “We’re excited to introduce the mobile app because it gives Lab Information Systems (LIS) personnel the ability to monitor and resolve connectivity issues anywhere, right from their phone,” says Lab GPS Product Manager Carol Beth Casto, MT (ASCP). “This ultimately helps improve patient care by affecting the speed in which test results are available for diagnostic decisions.” 

  In this further development of Data Innovations’ first cloud-hosted SaaS product, Lab GPS v2.1 enables LIS administrators to resolve connectivity issues faster by viewing and acting on issues from a mobile device, even when wi-fi is not accessible.  

  Among the features of Lab GPS v2.1:  

  • As with the desktop version of Lab GPS, the mobile app allows LIS administrators to stop and start IM connections and comm traces for LIS and instrument connections remotely. This enables lab staff to quickly investigate and resolve connectivity issues.  
     
  • IM test systems can be connected to Lab GPS and monitored in the mobile app. Testing connectivity can easily be toggled on and off in test and production environments with the mobile app. When adding new instruments, connections, or new versions of Lab GPS, administrators can be sure that connectivity monitoring is working properly before applying it to their production environment without unnecessary interruptions.  

  • Lab GPS can now send alerts based on the connection status of every IM and instrument connection, including low-volume and batch instruments not easily monitored previously. This alert criterion is particularly helpful to customers combining multiple networks, as during mergers or acquisitions. Lab GPS customers are now able to detect connectivity issues with all instruments connected to Instrument Manager and quickly detect issues for timely resolution. 

  • A faster filtering system has been added to the Lab GPS web app that enables larger lab sites to quickly drill down to instrument connections that have triggered alerts. This enhancement gives administrators faster visibility to instrument alerts for speedier investigation and resolution.  

  The mobile app also includes security and audit features.  The mobile app can be easily disabled by an administrator if security practices do not allow mobile applications. Single Sign-On (SSO) access is required for the mobile application. 

  Available with a Lab GPS subscription, the mobile app is compatible with both Android and iOS operating systems and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store and Apple Store.   

  Lab GPS is only available to direct Data Innovations customers in the United States using Instrument Manager™ and is not available on business partner-sold systems. 

  A Lab GPS Webinar – Introducing the New Mobile App is scheduled for Wednesday, March 6 at 1:00 pm ET. To register, click here.  

  More information on Lab GPS, including the ability to schedule a demo, can be found by clicking here.  

  About Data Innovations 

  Data Innovations provides lab enablement software and solutions for clinical labs to optimize performance across all disciplines with the goal of improving patient care. With key solutions spanning lab connectivity, productivity, quality, performance and reliability, and analytics, Data Innovations is credited with establishing the lab enablement software space and driving vendor-neutral solutions within and across labs. They are a global software company, serving 6,000+ hospitals and laboratories in 85+ countries.