Psyche Systems History

A pioneer in the laboratory information system industry, Psyche Systems Corporation was founded in 1976 by Robert M. (“Bob”) Sage. The original product, the LabWeb laboratory information system, has undergone more than 25 years of development and testing. Psyche Systems has served more than 200 clinical and anatomic pathology laboratories throughout North America. Its products are active in hospitals of all sizes, ranging from single-site facilities under 100 beds to multi-site medical centers with over 1,700 beds. LabWeb and WindoPath are also active in the non-hospital market, including POLs, state laboratories, commercial laboratories, reference laboratories and specialty laboratories.

Psyche Systems Corporation is committed to providing state-of-the-art products and services to its customers. Psyche Systems has assembled a talented team of experts from both the healthcare and information technology industries to deliver world-class IS solutions for the laboratory environment. As such, Psyche has long been an innovator in the laboratory information systems field.

Achievements:

• First to introduce an LIS that used a standard microcomputer operating system in 1976
• First to introduce a hypertext application to healthcare in 1983
• First to put touch screens in the laboratory in a commercial product
• First to introduce a true client-server pathology system
• First to bring the graphical user interface to the pathology laboratory
• First to deliver securely hosted LIS solution in 1998
• Among the very few to successfully achieve FDA approval for its SBB Blood Bank Transfusion Service module

Psyche Systems has been at the leading edge of functionality for laboratory information systems since 1976.