An alarmingly high number of Medical researchers, pharmaceutical firms, and laboratories still rely on paper-based processes. Some claim that their work is “too intricate” to automate. Others mention that the life sciences sector is slow to change because missteps are punished harshly. Nonetheless, by simply automating key aspects of these processes, organizations can drive value by eliminating errors, improving collections, and providing a comprehensive real-time window through which clinicians can check the status of patient tests and researchers can check the status of projects.
EE-LIMS comes with a robust workflow engine. The workflow engine reads configuration data, user context, current workflow state and renders the workflow screen. EE-LIMS comes with pre-defined workflows based on industry's best practices. These templates can be re-configured to add or remove workflow features specific to the research lab. Moreover new workflows can be easily configured by an implementation specialist based on service requirements. Workflow screens can be configured with the following features
- Different Steps required for the workflow
- Data associated with each workflow step (work sheet)
- Record instrument data in a workflow step
- Associate or attach wide variety of files with a workflow step
- Ability to show (edit or read only) or hide fields based on current user security context.
- Ability to track Sample Lifecycle across workflows
- Integration of data fields to external applications
- Ability to define data validation rules.
- Ability to define business rules for workflow step transitions
- Ability to define alerts and notifications in workflow steps