Public health laboratory modernization, explained.
Guides, white papers, and articles to help laboratory leaders modernize with confidence.
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Laboratory modernization
Roadmaps, buyer's guides, and migration playbooks for moving off legacy LIMS.
AI in the laboratory
How agentic AI supports operations, surveillance, and reporting, responsibly.
Snowflake architecture
Reference architectures for cloud-native public health data platforms.
Security & compliance
HIPAA, NIST, SOC 2, and HITRUST for laboratory systems.
Interoperability
ELR, HL7, FHIR, LOINC, and SNOMED implementation guidance.
Analytics & surveillance
Turnaround time, outbreak signals, and population-health reporting.
Frequently asked questions.
Straight answers about the platform, the AI, and how modernization works.
What is Salus?
Salus is the AI-native operating system for public health laboratories, a cloud-native LIMS built specifically for state, county, and regional labs. It covers accessioning, test management, results, ELR reporting, surveillance, analytics, and AI-assisted operations on a Snowflake foundation.
How is Salus different from a hospital LIMS?
Salus was built from the ground up for public health workflows, high-volume intake, lab-defined test building with LOINC and SNOMED coding, state ELR feeds, and surveillance, rather than adapted from a clinical hospital system.
What does "AI-native" actually mean here?
AI assistants are embedded across operations: they summarize activity, monitor workflows and turnaround time, surface possible outbreak signals, draft operational reports, and help with ELR validation. AI assists people, it never replaces scientists or makes final clinical determinations.
How does pricing work?
The software license is free to qualified public health laboratories. Organizations pay an Annual Platform Contribution, set by scope, that covers hosting and ongoing maintenance and is payable to Global Hands, Inc.: $36,000/year for a local, community, or regional lab; $72,000/year for a statewide network; and $120,000–$180,000/year for national, federal, or multi-state organizations. Additional service packs are available when a lab needs more.
Can we migrate from our legacy LIMS?
Yes. Data migration from legacy systems is a core implementation service. We map legacy structures into the modern, normalized Salus schema as part of onboarding.
Does Salus support ELR, HL7, and FHIR?
Yes. Salus generates Electronic Lab Reporting for state feeds and supports HL7 v2 and FHIR, with LOINC for tests and SNOMED CT for coded results, and CLIA as the universal identifier.
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