Biological Specimen Inventory
BSI tracks the entire specimen life cycle, including receipt, assessment, storage, processing, shipping, and destruction.
An unlimited number of repository sites can be virtually tracked with separate location hierarchies with easy one-click processing tasks.
BSI can also process specimens on a task-by-task basis, track derivative creation and lineage, and import delimited files into editors throughout the system, as well as integrate with other systems using our extensive web service API.
Functionality includes the ability to receive your specimens, verify their contents, and document discrepancies.
Ensure data validity via BSI’s three-tiered data quality control processes that can be tailored to your specific business rules.
Configurable, scalable storage containers and their contents can be easily tracked within BSI.
Changes to specimen and subject records are recorded in history reports, which detail who made the change, when the change was made, and the old value versus the new value.
The BSI database is extremely scalable, and can meet and exceed the needs of a growing repository.
In total, BSI databases track an estimated 150 million specimens across the globe. You can also dynamically create customized fields to track data and metadata on multiple levels, including individual specimens, groups of related specimens, patient-level PII, processing events, and more.
BSI supports streamlined, large scale data entry via import files, API calls, and manual entry. For smaller scale operations, a form view mimics the look and feel of filling out paper documents.
Flexible workflow configuration Customize data fields Create templates to reduce human error Track any type of specimen Supports multiple groups and/or studies Tailor data verifiers to enforce business logic Single lab, multi-site, or large network databases High-throughput environments Data sets with anywhere from hundreds to millions of recordsProtection of patient data is a primary concern of BSI.
BSI helps you promote GLP/GMP/GCP standards within your users’ institutions. Evidence of the system’s validation can be provided in the form of validation plans, summary reports, etc. In addition, BSI follows the ISBER and NCI Best Practices Guidelines for biospecimen tracking systems. The system also provides a role-based security structure, allowing administrators to strictly control user access and permissions by study. IMS-hosted BSI servers are housed at our FISMA moderate data centers and are NIST compliant.
BSI allows you to track specimen-related patient and informed consent data in a flexible interface where data is defined dynamically and can vary by study, allowing you to customize data fields. Only authorized users can view and edit the data, allowing you to restrict access to PII.
Validated, 21 CFR part 11 and Annex 11 compliant application which meets FDCC, HIPAA and HITECH regulations.
Single Sign On (SSO) capabilities available and patient data is encrypted at rest.
HIPAA-compliant system that uses a combination of data linkage and verification to provide a mechanism for data security and accuracy.
BSI reporting allows for the retrieval of any data submitted in the application and any associated metadata. You can configure your own reports to display fields of your choice, or you may execute one of the many comprehensive standard reports available in BSI.
Downstream analysis
Data mining
Processing completion times
Monitor user workloads
Personalized user dashboard
Various format options for displaying search resultsBSI offers opportunities for collaboration with external organizations, as well as internal groups within the database.
BSI Engage is a web-based portal that provides an easy-to-use interface to submit requests and report on specimen activity in BSI. This interface, accessible via any web browser, is ideal for users who do not need all of the functionality available via the BSI desktop application.
You have the option to scan to complete many operations within BSI, including to register specimens, assign their locations, mark their processes as completed, and report on their data.
Multiple barcode formats available, including Linear, 2D, and RFID
Print barcodes for any ID within the system
Compatible with Brady CodeSoft and Seagull Scientific BarTender
Print labels during any point of your workflow
Scan barcodes anywhere that you can typeBSI’s web services API, BSI Connect, enables connectivity between BSI and external systems regardless of platform or programming language.
BSI has successfully integrated with numerous systems including:
Automated freezers Warehouse inventory management systemsBusiness management systems Business intelligence reporting systemsProject management and collaboration softwareEHR/EMR systems Slide scanning/digital pathology systems Data governance and ontology management systems BioShare, a specimen sharing and request systemView the BSI API documentation.
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