OpenSpecimen v2.0 beta is almost here. More than a redesign or rewrite, it is a “rethink”. Less clicks, refreshing user interface, blazing fast, highly scalable, REST APIs and most importantly: extremely easy to customize.
Read more about the latest buzz in the OpenSpecimen world.
- Growing global community: ~25 biobanks in 10 countries
- An article on why VCB (Melbourne) adopted OpenSpecimen
- OpenSpecimen v2.0 Status
- Early adopters for v2.0
- OpenSpecimen v1.1 RC2 Release
Growing global community: ~25 biobanks in 10 countries
Krishagni today supports nearly 25 biobanks across ten countries to adopt OpenSpecimen. With the upcoming OpenSpecimen v2.0 release, we are looking forward to a much larger community.
An article on why VCB (Melbourne) adopted OpenSpecimen
A must read if you are evaluating OpenSpecimen. Click here to read about Victorian Cancer Biobank’s evaluation process, why they preferred open source, and how OpenSpecimen and Krishagni met their needs.
OpenSpecimen v2.0 Status
This is where the most exciting and fun activities are! We are soon inviting community feedback on the user interface.
The highlights of this release are:
- Fresh look. Less clicks. Easy to use. High speed.
- Responsive user interface. iPad support.
- Customizable screens to satisfy local workflows
- REST APIs for easy integration with databases and instruments
- Cluster deployment for large enterprise level usage
- Enables external contributions of extensions & plugins
- And many more…
Early adopters for v2.0
Two of our very old adopters, SingHealth Hospital and Univ. of Leicester (UK), will be the first to upgrade to OpenSpecimen v2.0. Krishagni is also developing custom workflows to enable rapid data entry at these centers.
OpenSpecimen v1.1 RC2 Release
OpenSpecimen v1.1 supports customizable “dynamic extensions” based specimen events, “pivot table” support in reports and performance improvements. The customizable events feature is funded by Washington University.