Roche introduces navify Sample Tracking for labs to track patient test samples before even reaching lab premises

• At Worldlab-EuroMedLab, Roche presents navify Sample Tracking, a digital solution allowing labs to connect to innovative applications that monitor quality and detect errors in patient test samples along the entire journey to the lab.
• navify Sample Tracking is part of the navify Diagnostics portfolio, a set of digital solutions enabling labs to drive end-to-end operational excellence across care settings.
• Roche showcases how its open digital ecosystem approach accelerates innovation adoption within laboratories and points of care by connecting technology companies with healthcare providers simply, securely, and cost-effectively.  

ROTKREUZ, Switzerland, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) introduces navify Sample Tracking, its cloud-based digital solution helping laboratories mitigate the unique quality challenges that can occur during the diagnostic test sample journey, typically outside the lab setting, at WorldLab-EuroMedLab meeting 21-25 May in Rome, Italy. The company is also displaying its recently introduced digital portfolio of navify Diagnostics¹ that integrates data streams and uses insights to support operational efficiencies and clinical decision-making in healthcare.

The pathway to disease diagnosis requires tracking a patient's diagnostic sample from start to finish to support clinical decisions. There are no standardised end-to-end solutions to address this and most² patient sample errors occur during the pre-pre-analytical (PPA) phase³ (i.e., collection,transport and reception of patients' blood (phlebotomy), urine and other test samples), which typically lies outside of the laboratory's control. For example, if patients need to provide a new sample due to an error, patients may experience discomfort, decreased trust and even potential delays in treatment. For laboratories, re-sampling increases operating costs and decreases laboratory productivity. In North American and European hospitals, a single pre-analytical error on average can cost $208 USD.⁴

With navify Sample Tracking, lab managers can gain greater control by accessing and combining innovative applications to tailor and scale the solution to meet their lab's unique needs and it helps lab managers monitor and measure diagnostic test sample quality from the start -  before samples even reach lab premises. navify Sample Tracking directly interfaces the lab with PPA solution vendors and the laboratories' information system (LIS) and the middleware cobas infinity lab to provide fast, secure pre-integrated PPA innovation into any laboratory workflow.