Hurdle, a global bio-infrastructure platform, and CloudLIMS, a certified lab informatics provider, have announced a strategic partnership marking the first integration between a Diagnostic-as-a-Service (DaaS) platform and a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) LIMS provider.
The partnership brings together Hurdle’s remote diagnostic platform and CloudLIMS’s secure, purpose-built diagnostics LIMS to empower labs with the ability to offer at-home tests and efficiently manage lab processes and data. As a result of this collaboration, Hurdle’s partner labs, such as reference labs and clinical diagnostic labs, will now be able to seamlessly manage lab data, automate workflows, and follow regulatory compliance.
Many labs today want to offer remote diagnostic services to provide direct-to-patient and direct-to-provider services, saving the time of both patients and providers. Diagnostic labs will now be able to extend their services to patients present in infectious disease hotspots, remote locations, and to underserved communities who are unable to travel to the lab location to get themselves tested. Labs can also improve their offering to existing B2B customers by providing Hurdle’s white-labelled kits.
“Labs using Hurdle are now able to enjoy a completely integrated experience while managing remote diagnostic journeys, which will have a positive impact on all customers,” said Tom Stubbs, co-founder and CEO of Hurdle. “The pandemic highlighted a global need for remote diagnostics while simultaneously exposing a fragmented infrastructure ill-equipped to meet the demand. Today, we’re happy to provide labs with fully integrated and efficient solutions through our dedicated diagnostics infrastructure so that they in turn can continue to support today’s providers and patients.”
“The synergies of the partnership make it a win-win across the board, where Hurdle’s partner labs benefit from being able to automate workflows and manage data while meeting stringent regulatory guidelines, and that too at no upfront investment. Labs using CloudLIMS can extend their remote diagnostic services within and across borders, expanding their reach to more patients and providers,” said Arun Apte, Chief Executive Officer, of CloudLIMS.
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