presentation for lims

Doug DrabkowskiDirector of Strategic Initiatives and Research

The Association of Public Health Laboratories

2025 M Street, NW, Suite 550

Washington, DC 20036

www.aphl.org

APHL’s Vision and Mission

A Healthier World Through Quality Laboratory Practice

The mission of APHL is to promote the role of public health laboratories in support of national and global objectives, and to promote policies and programs

which assure continuous improvement in the quality of laboratory practice

Core Functions of Public Health Laboratories

Core Functions of Public Health Laboratories

Disease Prevention, Control and Surveillance Integrated Data Management Reference and Specialized Testing Environmental Health and Protection Food Safety Lab Improvement, Regulation and Policy

Development Emergency Response Public Health Related Research Training and Education Partnerships and Communication

Integrated Data Management

• Serve as focal point for the accumulation, blending and dissemination of scientific information in support of public health programs

• Provide for a statewide disease reporting network

• Linkage to national database systems

• Public health analysis and policy decisions

• Standardization of laboratory data formats

• Serve as epidemiology resource

Vision Statement “LIMS Meeting 2002”

“ A national electronic laboratory data and

information exchange network of member PHLs working together to ensure comparability, compatibility and interoperability of Laboratory Information Management (LIM) systems. A state LIM system would be integrated within the state laboratory, would include all public health testing and would interface with local health department, hospitals, and private laboratories as well.”

LIMS 2003 Survey Facts

43 States/Territories responded (81%)States/Territories may have multiple LIMS

running in one PH laboratory (74% of labs are employing more than 1 system)

Respondents have had their LIMS in place for an average of 7.63 years

42%

58%

No

Yes

States actively seeking to replace their LIMS between Oct. 2003 & June 2004

LIMS Vendors 2002

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Neometrics

CDC

EPIC

Orchard

HP

Other

Responses

LIMS Vendors 2003

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Accrediting Authority Management System

Cerner

Commercial Vendor

Computer Information Systems, Oregon

Cortex

Dade Behring

Epic Systems

HP/AGILENT

LabVantage

M\Mgmt Systems

Misys/Sunquest

Natus

Neometrics

Northwest Analytical

Perkin Elmer

StarLIMS

Sysware Healthcare Systems

Thermo LabSystems

# Responses

LIMS Vendors 2003

Percentage of States using multiple LIMS

5%

21%

51%

23%

No system

1 system

2-3 systems

4-8 systems

How many State LIMS are PHIN “compliant”?

83%

17%

No Yes

Methods of Data Exchange used by PHLs 2003

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

none

ASCII

diskette

e-mail

fax

flat file

FTP

handwritten

internet

LAN

mail

ODBC

paper report

phone

SQL queries

typed reports

Responses*

* Original data broken out into above categories

Participation with PHDSC

Develop electronic messaging capabilities for LIMS

Address diverse PHL programs needs including bioterrorism, genetic diseases, environmental quality, radiation monitoring, food safety, newborn screening and chronic diseases.

Update and maintain coding standards specific to laboratory nomenclature