Lab data software is sold as analytics, and for a small lab the analysis worth having is short: what the lab data already holds, worked into the figures the lab is judged on. Laboratory data analysis software that produces dashboards from sample counts has produced counts; lab data analysis that produces the turnaround at the load, the bench utilization, the QC share and spend, the cost per test and margin, the calibration cost and the storage months to full has produced the Monday figures. The seven sheets on this site are that analysis done from the lab's own numbers, free, and this page says what the software should compute and where the analysis stops; the free cost per test sheet works the figure the lab is priced on with no account.
What the lab data holds
Samples with dates and states, tests with minutes and lots, results with reviews, QC samples per batch, instruments with calibrations, vials with positions: six tables, and every figure below is a ratio of two of them. Lab data software that cannot reach the six tables computes from exports, which is the spreadsheet with a chart.
What it should compute
Received to released over samples is the turnaround; test minutes over bench hours is utilization; QC samples over reportable tests is the QC share; reagent, consumables, labor and overhead over tests is the cost per test; calibration events, hours and fees over instruments is the calibration cost; vials added over free positions is the months to full. The sheets on this site work each of them.
Where lab data analysis stops
At the benchmark: the site publishes none, and lab data analysis that compares a small lab with an industry average has compared it with a lab it is not. The figures are the lab's own, month against month. Limslane Pro keeps the six tables and works the figures from them at one flat price.
Questions people ask about lab data software
What should lab data software compute?
Turnaround, utilization, QC share and spend, cost per test and margin, calibration cost and storage months to full, from the six tables the record holds.
Is laboratory data analysis software worth it for a small lab?
When it computes those figures from the live record; the free sheets on this site compute them from the lab's own numbers meanwhile.
What is the cost per test on the worked example?
$29 full cost and $16 margin at a $45 price, from seven figures on the free cost per test sheet.