Case Studies Archives - OpenSpecimen

The Center for Bioethics and Research (Nigeria) Adopts OpenSpecimen’s ‘Community Edition’

The Center for Bioethics and Research (CBR) is a research and training institution in Nigeria committed to carrying out research, genomics and epidemiological studies on non-communicable diseases, including diabetes mellitus, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and nutrition. Furthermore, the Training Division of CBR provides international-standard bioethics training in collaboration with leading universities in Nigeria and other African […]

Posted on July 30, 2019August 13, 2019 by Abhranil Mukherjee

UC Davis Adopts OpenSpecimen to Manage Large Biospecimen Projects

The University of California, Davis (UC Davis), is one of the top public universities in the United States, ranked first in the world for veterinary medicine and first nationally for agriculture. UC Davis is well-known for its research prowess and has diverse research programs including human and animal health. They have many preclinical and clinical […]

Posted on May 16, 2019August 13, 2019 by Srikanth Adiga

OpenSpecimen Helps Streamlining Biobanking at Washington University

Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) is a leading research institution located in the vibrant biotech community of St. Louis, Missouri. WUSM consistently ranks in the top 10 American medical schools for research and receives significant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The school’s research spans a wide range of diseases including cancer, […]

Posted on April 24, 2019August 13, 2019 by Poornima Govindrao

OpenSpecimen Helps SAHMRI (Adelaide) Manage Large Sample Inventory

Background The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) translates research into health solutions for the community. SAHMRI is an integrated facility in the heart of Adelaide with research labs and a Wellbeing and Resilience Centre in the same building, right next to the Royal Adelaide Hospital. The independent institute focuses on Aboriginal health, […]

Posted on March 27, 2019April 18, 2019 by Srikanth Adiga

Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation adopts OpenSpecimen

The Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation (MSMF) is part of Narayana Health, India’s second largest healthcare provider. MSMF’s mission is to discover new tools to better detect and treat cancer and other diseases. To achieve this goal, they have built a state-of-the-art hospital, the Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, with integrated research facilities, the Mazumdar Shaw Center […]

Posted on March 1, 2019March 4, 2019 by Srikanth Adiga

OpenSpecimen/OpenClinica Integration Poster (FIND Diagnostics)

Anna Mantsoki and Stefano Ongarello from FIND Diagnostics (Geneva) presented a poster on OpenSpecimen and OpenClinica integration at ISBER 2018. Attached is the poster for reference: ISBER_POSTER_20180517 For any questions email: contact@krishagni.com.

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Srikanth Adiga

OpenSpecimen EPIC integration

Overview EPIC contains demographics and clinical data about patients. Integrating EPIC with OpenSpecimen will ensure high-quality data, avoid manual data entry errors and save data entry time of end users. This document explains the different ways in which EPIC and OpenSpecimen can be integrated. HL7 based integration EPIC will send HL7 messages (ADT) to OpenSpecimen […]

Posted on October 18, 2017October 18, 2017 by Srikanth Adiga

caTissue to OpenSpecimen – Our Journey

(from Sept 29, 2015 – originally posted on LinkedIn) We released OpenSpecimen v2.0 in June 2015 and since then made a couple of minor releases (v2.1 and v2.2). This post is about this incredible journey from caTissue to OpenSpecimen. For the uninitiated… OpenSpecimen is a free and open source biobanking informatics platform being used in 35+ […]

Posted on August 25, 2017October 18, 2017 by Srikanth Adiga

Durrer Center (Amsterdam) adopts OpenSpecimen

The Durrer Center for cardiovascular research (Durrer Center), part of the Netherlands Heart Institute, is a national multidisciplinary collaboration of academic research institutes in the field of cardiology, genetics and biostatistics partaking in cardiovascular genetic and epidemiological studies and associated biobanks. Durrer Center provides expertise, infrastructure and services for collecting, comparing, harmonizing and merging results […]

Posted on January 12, 2017May 13, 2019 by Srikanth Adiga

Emory University Poster

Shannon Dalton and Kenneth Buck from Emory University presented a poster on OpenSpecimen adoption at Emory. It can be found here: Click here to download the case study: Download For more details contact us at contact@openspecimen.org

Posted on October 25, 2016October 25, 2016 by Srikanth Adiga