Emory’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) LIMS team supports the Emory Research Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) application. LIMS is a secure, internally hosted application designed to support workflow automation and information tracking related to biospecimen sample management and processing as part of Emory’s Bio-Banking infrastructure.
Key features and benefits of the system include:
- Study management including the Study Design Module (SDM), which provides an easy to use graphical user interface for study design including visits, time points and draws.
- Participant/subject management
- Sample management throughout the entire sample lifecycle
- Location management – used to track sample boxes and freezer locations
- Instrument integration
- Reagent tracking
- Tests and Results
- Electronic shipments
- Reports and label creation
- Provides API integration with other bio-banking applications such as Emory Research Subject Registry (ERSR), Clinical Research Assistant (CR-Assist), Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap).
- Easy sharing/collaboration between PI studies and samples if desired.
- HIPPA compliant
- Servers are hosted in climate controlled, physically secure server operations center with 24 x 7 monitoring and environmental sensors and controls.
- Network segmentation and firewalls to restrict access to the database
- Complex passwords required for system access
- Nightly backups - All backups are encrypted and with a rotating cycle of media stored off-site in case of a disaster
- All servers are patched on a regular basis and have anti-virus software scanning
More information available at: https://it.emory.edu/catalog/data-and-reporting/lims.html