Features
Why Choose Us?
OpenELIS is an open-source system which means there isn’t a license fee. OpenELIS is supported by the OpenELIS Foundation staff and Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory Information Technology staff. Prior versions of the system are supported, and clients are not charged a fee for upgrading to the newer version.
Configuration of the system can be performed by a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Administrator or other trained laboratory staff which allows the laboratory to quickly respond to new and emerging diseases.
Clinical Laboratory
Environmental Laboratory
Including Safe Drinking Water
Newborn Screening Laboratory
Including Hearing and Short-Term Follow-up
Animal Testing
What's New?
OpenELIS Updates
Open Source in Public Health: Why It Still Matters
In recent years, public health funding has faced increasing pressure at federal, state, and local levels. Budgets are scrutinized, contracts are renegotiated, and laboratory directors are being asked to do […]
Behind the Code: How Public Health Lab Professionals Shape OpenELIS Development
Traditional LIMS features are often built by people with limited laboratory experience. At the OpenELIS Foundation, nearly all our staff have laboratory experience in public health settings -ranging from bench […]