Coag Clinapp

Added another clinapp today, this one for Special Coagulation reports.

It has been a few years since the first clinapp, the one for flow cytometry, and I really have this down to a science: it took about 4 hours of work to set up and launch this one.

I wonder if and when rich data environments will be come standard in the basic LIS?

Molecular DX Clinapp

Oh, joy, another clinapp, this one for Molecular Diagnostics.

The underlying topic is interesting. The duplicate of previous work is not.

At least the users (techs, residents and attendings) are all quite enthusiastic. Cutting down turn-around-time by 50% and all that.

Sysmex CA-500 Automated Analyzer Interface

Today I start another instrument interface. Now the novelty has worn off. I just want to get this puppy up and running.

Still loving the client's homegrown interface framework, but the requirements for these interfaces are pretty strict and the instruments are not very featureful in the output department. These interfaces are a bit of a grind, although it is gratifying to work with users who know exactly what they need and who test so thoroughly. It is also gratifying to be filling such a concrete need.

IFE Clinapp

Banged out another clinapp today, this one for IFE's. Victim of my own success: the client keeps finding new tasks well-suited to this code base. Satisfying to be providing value, but not the most exciting way to make a living: endlessly repeating oneself.

Cell-Dyn 4000 Automated Analyzer Interface

Today I started work on another automated analyzer interface, this time for the CD4000. I expected that instruments in the same series would be similar, but I was wrong: much like consumer electronics, the individual instruments seem to differ greatly from model to model.

I am still using the same protocol and still using the same very good framework from the client. But this time I will be adding a feature entirely my own: an automated Audit module to support the new-to-the-client feature of....autoverification! Rather behind the industry curve, the client has decided to adopt autoverification but they want strict monitoring and tight control, which is OK by me.