C4G BLIS
| Developer(s) | Georgia Institute of Technology; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
|---|---|
| Stable release |
3.8 (March 22, 2023) [±] |
| Preview release | none [±] |
| Written in | PHP |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | Multi-lingual |
| Type | Laboratory informatics software |
| License(s) | Unknown |
| Website | BLIS.CC.GATech.edu |
C4G BLIS is a free open-source laboratory information system (LIS) designed to "track patient specimens and laboratory results"[1] and is primarily utilized in Africa.
Product history
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiated a collaboration with the Computing For Good (C4G) group at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in April 2009[2], with the goal of creating a LIS designed specifically for service-delivery level laboratories with limited resources.[3][4][5] The software — dubbed Basic Laboratory Information System or BLIS — was developed primarily by students at Georgia Tech with the feedback of the CDC and laboratory personnel in various parts of Africa[3], culminating in the first implementation of the software at Cameroon's Buea Regional Hospital laboratory in April 2010.[4][6] Additional pilot implementations of the software were then planned for in Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, and Cameroon in cooperation with those countries' respective Ministries of Health.[3][2]
Development continued on BLIS after the initial deployments, though it's not clear when exactly it was released to the public in an open-source format. Public change log entries begin with version 1.09 in July 2011[7], with initial open-source commits appearing on GitHub in September 2012.[8]
Features
- patient and specimen registration
- results entry
- queries
- reporting
- lab configuration tools
- test catalog
- multilingual
- custom fields
- commenting
- billing
- barcode support
- inventory management
Hardware/software requirements
The installation requirements for BLIS are unknown.
Videos, screenshots, and other media
A few screenshots of older versions of BLIS can be found in the items linked under "External links."
Entities using BLIS
A list of hospitals and laboratories utilizing BLIS can be found here.
Further reading
- DeZalia, Mark. "Basic Laboratory Information System (BLIS)" (PDF). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.afenet-lab.net/uploads/BLISS_presentation.pdf.
- Monu, Ruban (27 May 2010). "Design and implementation of a basic laboratory information system for resource-limited settings". Georgia Institute of Technology. https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/34792.
External links
References
- ↑ "C4G BLIS". Georgia Tech College of Computing. http://blis.cc.gatech.edu/index.php. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Monu, Ruban (27 May 2010). "Design and implementation of a basic laboratory information system for resource-limited settings". Georgia Institute of Technology. p. 15. https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/34792. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 DeZalia, Mark. "Basic Laboratory Information System (BLIS)" (PDF). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.afenet-lab.net/uploads/BLISS_presentation.pdf. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vempala, Santosh; Shintre, Amol; Phalnikar, Akshay (9 September 2011). "Welcome to the C4G BLIS community blog!". Computing For Good. http://bliscommunity.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/welcome-to-the-c4g-blis-community-blog/. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ "BLIS Updates 10/15/09". Computing For Good. 19 October 2009. http://computingforgood.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/blis-updates-101509/. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ "BLIS Project Now in Pilot Phase in Cameroon". Computing For Good. 10 June 2010. http://computingforgood.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/blis-project-now-in-pilot-phase-in-cameroon/. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "C4G BLIS - Updates". Georgia Tech College of Computing. http://blis.cc.gatech.edu/changelog.php. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ "C4G/BLIS - Initial commit". GitHub. 14 September 2012. https://github.com/C4G/BLIS/commit/853dc492939d0b31e4eb1d5dedef5df6809c0106. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
