Bika Health

Latest release: Bika Health 0.1

Project Description

Bika LIMS 2 Inkosi forms the basis of Bika Health, our first LIMS specialised for health laboratories

DTI sponsors Bika Health LIMS development

Bika LIMS 2's analysis profiling and worksheet templating are put to full use for one click requests of collections of analyses always grouped and processed together, as for TB and HIV testing. Ditto the new QC module and true working time calendar for late analysis alerts, and attaching images and other files to results

Depending which Electronic Medical Records system (EMR) Bika Health will exchange data with in first implementation, a patient module and EMR interface will also be added. An OpenMRS HL7 interface and Patient Demographics have been successfully demonstrated

Most recent Bika Health design is discussed at the Bika Health group. Please feel free to participate

If advanced analysis results interpretation is required, Bika's result specification and validation will be enhanced to test for valid ranges not only against sample type, but also patient information such as age, gender and weight

Other areas for development will be LOINC dictionary and clinical instrument interfaces

Bika invites laboratories in the Health sector in need of a LIMS to submit partnership proposals for implementing a Bika Health pilot