Healthcare
Connecting laboratory instruments to information systems
Open-source middleware that connects laboratory instruments to laboratory information systems.
- Client
- Published as Felicity LabLink, an open-source product. This page does not describe a named client engagement.
- Scope
- Beak Insights published Felicity LabLink as open-source middleware for connectivity between laboratory instruments and information systems. The published protocols are RS-232 and MLLP. Results at a named laboratory are not part of the published record.
The challenge
A laboratory information system cannot use an instrument result until something reliable sits between the instrument and the system. That gap is an integration problem, not a reporting problem.
Baseline: No before-state metric has been published for Felicity LabLink. This page does not estimate one.
What changed
Discovery
Identify the instrument connection and the information system that has to receive the result.
Design
Use the connection patterns the instruments already speak, including RS-232 and MLLP, instead of inventing a parallel workflow.
Delivery
Publish the middleware as open-source software, with the source available for review.
Architecture and workflow
The relevant flow is instrument, middleware, then laboratory information system. The middleware is the integration point, not a second system of record.
Technology named in the published description: RS-232, MLLP.
Outcomes
The published result is connectivity: Felicity LabLink is middleware between laboratory instruments and information systems using RS-232 and MLLP. No deployment count or turnaround metric has been published.
Deliverables
- Open-source laboratory integration middleware
- Instrument connectivity over RS-232 and MLLP
- A path for instrument results to reach a laboratory information system
What made the difference
The published work is specific: a laboratory record, an instrument connection, or a SQL view. It is not a general claim that operations were transformed.