CloudLIMS Adds a HIPAA-Compliant Patient Portal to its COVID-19 LIMS for Diagnostic Labs to Offer a Seamless Experience to Patients

Wilmington, Delaware – April 13, 2021, CloudLIMS, a leading provider of laboratory informatics, announces the release of a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based, secure patient portal to enable clinical and COVID-19 diagnostic laboratories to offer direct-to-patient services for seamless communication. The patient portal is included in the latest release of CloudLIMS, a full-feature, out-of-the-box, COVID-19 LIMS.

This functionality enables patients to self-register on a secure cloud-based portal prior to sample collection, allows efficient check-ins, tracks the status of their test requests, and enables them to download test reports as soon as they are released by the diagnostic laboratory. Furthermore, the patient portal enhances the participation of patients in their healthcare, allows them to download, print, and share their reports, and enables laboratories to offer exceptional customer service.

Figure 1: CloudLIMS’ HIPAA-compliant, secure, cloud-based patient portal.

“We developed a patient portal to enable clinical and COVID-19 diagnostic laboratories to offer a seamless experience to the patient. The portal enables patients to pre-register to avoid delays in sample collection and waiting time, provides tracking of testing status, and offers instant access to their test reports securely,” said Arun Apte, Chief Executive Officer at CloudLIMS. “We aim to bridge the communication between patients and diagnostic laboratories, enhance the experience of patients and enable laboratories to offer direct-to-patient services,” he continued.

CloudLIMS.com offers a zero upfront cost, in the cloud, SaaS LIMS. CloudLIMS offers strong data security, complimentary technical support, instrument integration, hosting, and data backups to help biorepositories, analytical, diagnostic testing and research laboratories, manage data, automate workflows, and follow regulatory compliance such as ISO/IEC 17025:2017, GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, CLIA, ISO 15189:2012, HIPAA, ISO 20387:2018, and ISBER Best Practices. CloudLIMS.com is an ISO 9001:2015 certified informatics company. For more information, please visit: www.cloudlims.com.