PROGRAMMABLE LABORATORY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

WE WILL DEVELOP A PROGRAMMABLE LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM THAT RESEARCH PERSONNEL WILL USE TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT APPLICATIONS FOR LABORATORY RESEARCH AND CLINICAL TRIALS. SUCH A SYSTEM CAN GREATLY REDUCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS BY MINIMIZING THE NEED FOR COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS. USING AN OBJECT ORIENTED APPROACH, APPLICATION CAN BE DEVELOPED FASTER AND CEN BE MODIFIED WITH MINIMAL EFFORT AS SPECIFICATIONS CHANGE. THE SYSTEM WILL BE BUILT AROUND THE STATE-OF-THE-ART IN CLIENT-SERVER TECHNOLOGY AND INCLUDE A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACT, A RELATIONAL DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND NETWORK INTEGRATION. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS WILL COME FROM A USER-CONFIGURABLE MACHINE-TO-MACHINE INTERFACE TO AUTOMATE DATA COLLECTION FROM LABORATORY INSTRUMENTATION. FINALLY, A FLEXIBLE REPORTING AND ANALYSIS INTERFACE WILL BE INCORPORATED TO GENERATE REPORTS, PERFORM STATISTICAL ANAYSIS, AND EXPORT RESEARCH DATA TO THE OTHER SPECIALITY STATISTICS AND GRAPHICS PACKAGES.