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{{Short description|Computerized systems for improving research management and storing data}}

'''Laboratory informatics''' is the specialized application of information technology aimed at optimizing and extending laboratory operations.<ref>Perry, Douglas. Laboratory Informatics: Origin, Scope, and its Place in Higher Education: Journal of Laboratory Information, December '''2004''', ''9(6)'', 421-428</ref> It encompasses [[data acquisition]] (e.g. through sensors and hardware<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Padhee|first1=Subhransu|last2=Prusty|first2=Sankata Bhanjan|last3=Biswal|first3=Aditya P.|last4=Pati|first4=Umesh Chandra|date=2016|title=Design of an educational laboratory for measurement and data acquisition system|journal=IEEE Students' Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science (SCEECS)|___location=Bhopal, India|publisher=IEEE|pages=1–6|doi=10.1109/SCEECS.2016.7509298|isbn=978-1-4673-7918-2|s2cid=8891397}}</ref> or voice<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-scientist.com/the-marketplace/labtwins-ai-powered-digital-assistant-now-talks-back-and-connects-data-sources-in-the-lab-with-new-open-api-66040|title=LabTwin's AI-powered Digital Assistant Now Talks Back and Connects Data Sources in the Lab with New Open API|website=The Scientist Magazine®|language=en|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.labtwin.com/blog/why-we-use-voice-technology|title=Why We Use Voice Technology|last=Singh|first=Guru|website=www.labtwin.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Behrman|first=Alison|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BGVGDwAAQBAJ&q=laboratory+data+acquisition+system+voice&pg=PA453|title=Speech and Voice Science, Third Edition|date=2017-08-28|publisher=Plural Publishing|isbn=978-1-63550-075-2|language=en}}</ref>), instrument interfacing, laboratory networking, [[data processing]], specialized data management systems (such as a [[chromatography data system]]), a [[laboratory information management system]], scientific data management (including [[data mining]] and [[data warehousing]]), and knowledge management (including the use of an [[electronic lab notebook]]). It has become more prevalent with the rise of other "[[informatics]]" disciplines such as [[bioinformatics]], [[cheminformatics]] and [[health informatics]]. Several graduate programs are focused on some form of laboratory informatics, often with a clinical emphasis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unmc.edu/pathology/clinical/clinical-programs/lab-informatics.html |title=Laboratory Informatics |website=www.unmc.eduUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center |access-date=2016-04-09}}{{SemiBareRefNeedsTitle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512064733/http://www.unmc.edu/pathology/clinical/clinical-programs/lab-informatics.html |archive-date=May2015-05-12 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref> A closely related - some consider subsuming - field is [[laboratory automation]].

== Capability Areas ==

In the context of Public Health Laboratories, the [[Association of Public Health Laboratories]] has identified 19 areas for self-assessment of laboratory informatics in their Laboratories Efficiencies Initiative.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aphl.org/MRC/Documents/LEI_2013Jun_Informatics-Self-Assessment-Tool-for-PHLs.pdf |title=Informatics Self-Assessment Tool for Public Health Laboratories |website=www.aphl.org |access-date=2016-12-17}}{{SemiBareRefNeedsTitle |date=May2013 2022|formatarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185749/https://www.aphl.org/MRC/Documents/LEI_2013Jun_Informatics-Self-Assessment-Tool-for-PHLs.pdf |archive-date=2016-12-20 |url-status=dead}}</ref> These include the following Capability Areas.

* Laboratory Test Request and Sample Receiving