Biological Specimen Inventory
December 3 2024
The Add Subcontainers button allows you to create multiple Racks, Boxes, and other container types all in one dialog.
November 19 2024
The BSI Engage Customization Panel provides many ways to configure user experiences on the site.
October 2024
Now, a BSI administrator can save their dashboard configuration and share it with their users, also called a Dashboard Template.
September 2024
Looking for quick answers? Browse our glossary and the commonly asked questions on our FAQ page!
August 2024
BSI is a powerful software system for biospecimen management that can be configured to accommodate countless specimen workflows.
July 2024
IMS tries to keep the BSI interface as consistent as possible to help users come quickly up to speed with using the system.
June 2024
The IMS support website features a comprehensive list of every all-database enhancement to the BSI system since 2015. This also includes customer-reported bug fixes beginning in September 2022.
May 2024
Since BSI encompasses so many tools, processes, and features, knowing where to start can be difficult. Following the lifecycle of a specimen highlights the core uses of BSI.
April 2024
The BSI Support site is a separate web software providing a portal for your organization’s continued growth and success. The BSI user’s guide is available on the support website and the site also provides customers with the unique opportunity to create and upload database-specific help content, workflows, and training documents to share within your organization.
March 2024
There is an extensive list of terms and definitions in the online BSI Glossary.
February 2024
The Dashboard’s Reporting widgets provide users with a quick look at their data and more.
January 2024
BSI is designed to allow users to run reports at various points throughout specimen processing activities. In fact, any time a specimen can be selected or viewed in BSI, a report can be run on that specimen.
November 2023
BSI accounts for all potential workflows by providing users with a broad set of tools. Utilizing these tools, users can do almost any of the work on specimens that can be done elsewhere in the system.
November 2023
It is important that specimen tracking software, like BSI, is not only able to capture this flow, but is able to make the process as clear and straightforward as possible to users. The Assign To functionality is one way that BSI achieves this.
September 2023
By providing features like the Importing Wizard and batch editor tools, BSI helps to ensure that users are able to work with specimen data in a way that increases efficiency, decreases errors and improves the overall specimen handling experience.
August 2023
BSI’s Requisition Task Templates offers a dynamic and intuitive feature achieve efficient use of time and resources for an effective workflow.
July 2023
Efficiency is one of the most important elements of any specimen handling facility’s workflow. This efficiency is best achieved when tasks can be completed quickly and with the least possible potential for errors.
June 2023
The efficiency tools found in the editor tables (Mass Change, Change Values, Sort, Hide/Show Columns) can be applied in the Multi-User Editor, making it easy to add or edit multiple users quickly and efficiently.
May 2023
All users have access to a Widget Library where they can select, configure, name and add widgets to their own, personal Dashboard.
March 2023
BSI is compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Users can navigate through BSI using their keyboard.
February 2023
One of the primary functions of software like BSI is to provide tracking for the specimens that move through the workflows of specimen handling facilities.
January 2023
BSI provides many options allowing the user to customize their experience and tailor it to their needs and preferences. One such example of this is the Notifications Preferences BSI has.
December 2022
BSI’s template functionality has been specifically designed to help speed up and streamline the process of entering specimens into a database.
November 2022
It is important that tracking software like BSI provides users with simple, intuitive tools for finding data and keeping tabs on their work.
October 2022
In a table containing many records, it’s helpful to have a tool that allows you to easily select a subset of those records for editing or processing.
August 2021
In the BSI Client (the desktop application for accessing your database) users have been able to save requisitions they are working on and come back to them later.
June 2021
Downloading and installing the BSI Launcher is your gateway to securely tracking your biospecimens through their entire life cycle. Many BSI users only use its main feature, which is to launch the desktop BSI client application.