# Why labs choose Lab Dynamo

- Your staff retypes results between instruments and the LIS. Results flow from analyzers into the LIS automatically through bidirectional interfaces and SparkRelay middleware, including older serial-only instruments. Fewer keystrokes, fewer transcription errors.
- Clients call, fax, and chase you for results. Each practice gets a portal preloaded with your test menu to order online and pull results on demand, and manages its own users and locations.
- Every new instrument or interface is a project with your vendor. Our in-house team builds HL7, ASTM, RS-232, and flat-file interfaces itself, and with SparkRelay, adding an analyzer becomes a configuration change.
- Your software was built for someone else’s lab. SparkLIS, PathArray, and SparkPGx are built for toxicology, molecular, chemistry, pathology, and pharmacogenomics, down to chain of custody, plate maps, slide tracking, and gene panels.
- When something breaks, vendors point at each other. One team designs, builds, implements, and supports your LIS, interfaces, middleware, and portals. One call, one owner.

## What does Lab Dynamo provide?

Lab Dynamo provides laboratory information software for clinical diagnostic operations. Its product family includes SparkLIS for general clinical workflows, PathArray for anatomic pathology, and SparkPGx for pharmacogenomics reporting.

## Which laboratory specialties are supported?

The platforms are designed for toxicology, blood chemistry, molecular diagnostics, histology, anatomic pathology, and pharmacogenomics. Final configuration depends on a laboratory’s testing menu, instruments, interfaces, and reporting requirements.

## Can Lab Dynamo connect to instruments and other systems?

Yes. Lab Dynamo builds HL7, ASTM, RS-232 serial, and flat-file interfaces to instruments, EHRs, reference labs, and billing partners. SparkRelay, its cloud-based middleware, connects instruments to nearly any LIS, and client portals provide online ordering and results.

## What is a laboratory information system (LIS)?

A laboratory information system (LIS) is software that runs a clinical lab’s testing workflow: receiving orders, accessioning specimens, capturing instrument results, reviewing and releasing them, and delivering reports to ordering providers. It is the system of record for every specimen and result the lab produces.

## What is the difference between an LIS and LIS middleware?

The LIS manages orders, specimens, results, and reporting for the whole lab. Middleware sits between the instruments and the LIS, translating each analyzer’s protocol and routing orders and results between them. Lab Dynamo offers both: SparkLIS and PathArray as the LIS, and SparkRelay as middleware that also works with nearly any third-party LIS.

## Can Lab Dynamo work with the LIS we already have?

Yes. SparkRelay connects instruments to nearly any LIS, and Lab Dynamo also builds EMR and billing interfaces for laboratories running other LIS platforms.

## Is Lab Dynamo software cloud-based?

Lab Dynamo platforms run on HIPAA-compliant hosted infrastructure with automatic updates, backups, and disaster recovery. SparkRelay can be hosted by Lab Dynamo or run in your own environment with Docker.

## How is pricing determined?

Pricing is scoped around the selected product, testing volume, workflow complexity, interfaces, implementation, training, and support requirements. Lab Dynamo provides a tailored proposal after a workflow review.