Results copied by hand from the analyser screen, then copied again into the report.
Results reach the record on their own.
103 analysers from 39 manufacturers have connection guides today.
Supported analysers →UK-built for clinics and labs
Analyser results into the patient record, without retyping.
Catenix connects your analysers to EMIS Web, SystmOne, your lab system or EPR, and files every result against the right patient. Quality control and the audit trail build as you work.
46 analyser connection guides
Quality control with lockouts
ISO 15189:2022 checklists built in
Cyber Essentials certified
No per-test fees
One record for every test you run, from booking to invoice. Catenix links your analysers, your staff and your clinical system, so each result is handled once and the evidence is already there when someone asks for it.
For testing leads, quality managers, clinic teams and the IT people who support them. One site or a whole network: hospital, community, private clinic, mobile or remote.
What changes
Four things your team stops worrying about.
One mistyped digit and a result belongs to someone else.
Every result on the right patient.
The patient is attached before the test runs. Moving a result later needs a reason, logged on both records.
How results are protected →QC charts and training records pieced together in the week before an inspection.
Ready for inspection on any day.
Quality control, staff competency and a tamper-evident audit trail are kept as you work, with ISO 15189:2022 checklists built in.
Quality and inspection →Tests run and never billed, or billed twice.
Invoices that match the work.
Each invoice comes from the same visit as the test. One subscription per site, no per-test fees.
How pricing works →Catenix in numbers
- Analysers with connection guides
- 46
- Analyser manufacturers covered
- 27
- Clinical record systems with integration guides
- 18
- Of a lead operator's time for most installations
- 1hour
Counted from our published device guides and integration guides, October 2026. Installation time from our implementation page.
See it in action
From the analyser to the record in four steps.
- 1
Connect your analysers
A small gateway on a PC near the bench links each analyser. Most installations need about an hour of a lead operator's time.
- 2
Test as you do now
The worklist goes to the analyser with the patient already attached, so nobody types an ID.
- 3
Results file themselves
Each result lands in the patient's record seconds after the run, with quality control kept apart from patient results.
- 4
The evidence builds as you work
QC charts, staff competency and the audit trail are recorded as they happen, so inspection day is just another day.
Where it breaks
Most testing services lose time in the same five places.
Pick the one that sounds like yours. The path shows where the flow breaks, what Catenix does about it, and where to read more.
> trace patient → invoice 6 nodes break at patient → analyseranalyser → recordrecord → qualityquality → reportreport → invoice
- Patient01
- Analyser02
- Record03
- Quality04
- Report05
- Invoice06
Results land on the wrong patient
Someone reads an ID off one screen and types it into the analyser. One transposed digit and the result belongs to somebody else, which you may only find out later.
What Catenix does. The worklist goes out to the analyser with the patient already attached, and the result comes back matched to that same record. Nobody types an ID twice.
Bidirectional connectivity, not just result captureWe type results in by hand
Results sit on the analyser, in vendor software, in a binder or on a USB stick. Someone re-keys them into the record, then the report, then the invoice. Every copy is a chance to get it wrong.
What Catenix does. A small on-site gateway reads the analyser directly, so the result is in the patient record seconds after the run finishes, with quality control kept separate from patient results automatically.
Read straight from the analyser, no USB sticksQC and competency live in spreadsheets
Charts get drawn after the fact, competency sits in a folder, and audit week means reconstructing evidence you already had. The work was done properly. Proving it is the expensive part.
What Catenix does. QC runs are captured as they happen, Westgard rules flag the failures, and competency is recorded against the person who ran the test, so the evidence assembles itself as you work.
Levey-Jennings and a tamper-evident audit trailResults take too long to reach the patient
A result produced in minutes takes days to reach the person it belongs to, because someone has to assemble the report, check it and send it on.
What Catenix does. Branded reports build from the same record the test landed in and go out by the route each patient or corporate client expects, once a clinician has authorised them.
Report and deliver from one recordBilling does not match what we did
Tests get run and never billed, or billed twice, because the invoice is built from a different list than the work. Reconciling the two is somebody's whole afternoon.
What Catenix does. Invoices are raised from the same encounter as the test, so what you bill is what you actually ran, whether the payer is the patient, an insurer or a corporate account.
One record from registration to invoiceNone of these quite it? See every module or book a 30-minute walkthrough.
Where it fits
Built for labs and clinics of every size.
Hospital and NHS
Every device on the ward connected and every result accounted for, with UK hosting available.
Hospital and NHS →Private labs and clinics
Lab-grade quality control, audit and reporting for testing near the patient, without a full lab system.
Labs and clinics →Community diagnostics
Pharmacies, primary care, diagnostic centres, virtual wards and mobile units, all in one record.
Community →Urgent care
Each result matched to the right patient the moment the analyser finishes, even on the busiest shift.
Urgent care →Wellness and longevity
Book, test, report and bill from one record, with branded results your clients understand.
Wellness →Small and CLIA labs
Benchtop analysers connected to your EHR, orders included, with QC that holds results when it fails.
Small labs →Pharmacies
Point-of-care testing across every branch, with QC, training and stock under one quality system.
Pharmacies →Occupational health
High-volume screening days, staff competency and audit-ready records for every employer you serve.
Occupational health →Distributors and manufacturers
A connectivity and quality layer to offer with the analysers you already sell or make.
Distributors →Works with your stack
Connects to the systems you already run.
Your analysers on one side, your record system on the other. Catenix sits in between and speaks to both.
EMIS Web
SystmOne
Epic
Oracle Health
MEDITECH
Clinisys WinPath
Semble
Pabau
Experity
athenahealth
eClinicalWorks
NextGen
UK and US clinical systems, GP systems, LIMS and EPRs, plus 46 analyser connection guides. See all integrations →
What Catenix does
Sixteen capabilities. One record. Pick where it hurts.
Everything below reads from and writes to the same record, so the evidence for an inspection is a by-product of running the service, not a project before the visit.
Connectivity & gateway
Every analyser reads into one record through a small on-site gateway, with the worklist going out to the device and the patient already attached.
Connectivity →Results governance
No silent overwrites: reassign with a reason, audit on both patients, downstream corrections, critical results acknowledged before release, amendments that keep the original.
Results governance →Quality control
QC captured from the analyser, charted per device and test, failures flagged and the device locked until it is put right, material expiry and the monthly sign-off.
Quality control →Statistics Workbench Add-on
Verify a new analyser before it goes live: precision, method comparison, linearity, detection limits, reference intervals and measurement uncertainty, in one signed pack.
Workbench →Quality management Add-on
Non-conformances, incidents, CAPA, ISO 15189:2022 audit checklists, a 5x5 risk register, field safety notices and a management-review pack that fills itself.
Quality management →Device operations
Service, cleaning, downtime, custody, temperature excursions, firmware and opened reagents per device, with overdue items escalating on their own.
Device operations →Operators & competency
Individual identity at the device, certification per operator per method with expiry, reminders before it lapses, competency in the management review.
Operators →EQA Add-on
Deadlines with staged reminders and a calendar file, structured investigations of failed returns, z-score trends and an annual summary.
EQA →Lot traceability
Which lots were on which analyser when each result was produced, recall impact lists you can export, and cost per test.
Traceability →Notifications & Action Centre
Rules decide who hears about what; one acknowledgement stops the chain; escalation climbs when nobody answers; the Action Centre lists today's work.
Notifications →Dashboards & Analytics Studio
Arrange your own dashboard from 46 widgets with presets for each role, and ask the questions standard reports miss.
Dashboards →Audit trail
Hash-chained, verified per organisation, with the history of any record one click away and extracts that carry a cover sheet.
Audit trail →Patients & records
Registration, appointments, encounters, the patient record, duplicate merge with an undo, identity confirmation at the moments that matter.
Patient management →Reporting & patient app
Branded reports and GP letters from the same record, released once authorised, with results in the patient's pocket.
Reporting →Billing & inventory
Invoices off the same encounter as the test, and stock by lot and expiry per site and device.
Billing →AI assistant
A read-only assistant that finds features, explains the platform and looks up your own operational data. Never the diagnosis.
Analytics & AI →Why teams choose Catenix
Built to hold up on the day it matters.
Ready for inspection day
QC, competency and a full audit trail, kept as you work rather than assembled after. Security & residency
Encrypted, access-controlled and GDPR-aligned. The Trust Centre has the detail. Built on real benches
Made by people who have wired up working benches, not just written specs.
QC, competency and a full audit trail, kept as you work rather than assembled after. Security & residency
Encrypted, access-controlled and GDPR-aligned. The Trust Centre has the detail. Built on real benches
Made by people who have wired up working benches, not just written specs.
Insights for coordinators
Buying POCT middleware? Start with these three guides.
POCT middleware buyer's guide: twelve capabilities that matter
How to run a selection, the twelve capabilities that matter, the questions to ask each vendor and the answers you want to hear.
Read the guide →POCT middleware vs LIS: what each does and which you need
What a LIMS does, what POCT middleware does, where they overlap, and a decision table by setting from acute trust to GP practice.
Read the guide →POCT transcription errors: causes, cost and how to remove them
Where re-keyed results go wrong, why the errors are under-reported, and what electronic connectivity removes from the workflow.
Read the guide →The buyer's guide
Eight questions to ask any POCT connectivity supplier.
The questions that separate a supplier who has wired up real benches from one reading a brochure, with the answers you want to hear.
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Questions, answered
What buyers ask first.
What is Catenix?
Catenix is point-of-care testing software: POCT middleware that connects analysers to one record, plus the quality control, competency, quality management, results governance, reporting and billing a testing service needs. It runs a single site or a whole network.
Is Catenix POCT middleware or a clinic platform?
Both, depending on how you use it. Hospital and laboratory teams use it as connectivity and QC middleware that forwards results to a LIS. Clinics use it as the working record from booking to report to invoice. Same platform, modules switched on per site.
Which connectivity protocols does Catenix support?
HL7 v2, POCT1-A2 and ASTM at the device, with FHIR and REST for clinical systems. Connectivity is bidirectional, so the worklist can go out to the analyser with the patient already attached.
How do I stop point-of-care results landing on the wrong patient?
The worklist goes to the analyser with the patient attached and the result matches back to that record, so an ID is never typed twice. Where a manual match is needed it is a recorded decision: moving a result needs a coded reason, is audited on both patients, and downstream systems receive a correction. See results governance.
How does Catenix pricing work?
One subscription per site covering the core modules, device drivers, updates and support, with optional add-ons at a flat monthly price. There are no per-test fees. See how pricing works.
More answers on the FAQ page, and a cost calculator for your own numbers.
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