Cloud LIS Blog: Migration & Security Guides

Cloud LIS software is a laboratory information system delivered as a managed service — the application, database, and interfaces run in the vendor’s infrastructure instead of on servers in the lab, and staff work through a browser. This section collects the practical articles behind that shift. For a structured overview of what cloud LIS software does and how to evaluate it, start with the cloud LIS software guide; the posts below go deeper on individual decisions.

The questions labs actually face here are operational, not architectural. What happens to your HL7 interfaces and instrument connections during a cutover. Whether encryption, access control, and audit logging meet what the HIPAA Security Rule expects of a system holding PHI, and what the business associate agreement covers. Whether a subscription is genuinely cheaper once server refresh cycles, patching, and disaster recovery are counted. These articles work through those questions with the detail a lab director, LIS analyst, or IT lead needs before committing.

Where to start in this section

• Cloud vs on-premise — a buyer-focused comparison of the two deployment models across cost, security, integrations, and migration risk.
• Security architecture — how a HIPAA-aligned cloud LIS is engineered: Security Rule safeguards, encryption, access control, audit logging, and BAA scope.
• Migration planning — how to move off an on-premise LIS without breaking accessioning, interfaces, or QC continuity.
• Physician office labs — what a POL actually needs from an LIS, and why cloud fits in-office testing better than a local server.
• Toxicology labs — the operational case for cloud in a high-volume screening and confirmation workflow.
• What changes day to day — centralization, integrations, billing, and security once a lab organization runs on cloud LIS software.

Related guides and platform pages

For evaluation-stage reading, see the cloud LIS vs on-premise comparison guide, the LIS buyer’s guide, and the LIS implementation timeline. The platform side of these topics lives on security and compliance and integrations — HL7, FHIR, EMR, instrument, and billing connectivity. Lab-type pages worth a look: physician office lab LIS and the toxicology LIS guide.

To see a cloud LIS configured against your own test catalog, interfaces, and QC rules, request a demo.