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Connecting the Siemens epoc to your LIS or EHR
A handheld blood-gas analyser at the point of care gives an answer in minutes, right where the decision is being made. The result still has to reach the systems your clinic runs on, though, and where that last step is manual, someone reads a value off the epoc host or a printout and keys it into the patient record. That takes time, it is easy to transpose a digit, and the record of who did what can be thin.
This page explains, in plain terms, how a Siemens epoc Blood Analysis System can send its results into a laboratory information system (LIS) or electronic health record (EHR), and what Catenix does in the middle so that results flow automatically and quality-control data stays where it belongs.
Quick answer
The Siemens epoc reaches the network through its epoc host, which presents results over an HL7 result interface. Catenix captures those results at your site with a small on-site gateway, keeps quality-control runs separate from patient results, preserves an audit trail, and can forward the patient results to your LIS or EHR. Catenix can also manage epoc handhelds and their settings from one place. You avoid manual transcription and keep a clear record of what was received.
| Aspect | What Catenix supports |
|---|---|
| Device type | Handheld whole-blood analyser (blood gases, electrolytes, metabolites) |
| Interface family | HL7 v2 result messages from the epoc host |
| Transport | Over the site network (TCP/IP) |
| Direction | Results in, from the epoc host to Catenix |
| Quality control | QC runs identified and held separate from patient results |
| Device management | Manage epoc handhelds and their settings from one place |
| Onward delivery | Patient results can be pushed to a LIS or EHR |
What the Siemens epoc measures
The Siemens epoc Blood Analysis System is a handheld, whole-blood analyser used at the point of care. A single test card takes a small blood sample and reports a panel of results in a few minutes. Across its menu it can report pH, pCO2, pO2, sodium, potassium, chloride, ionised calcium, glucose, lactate, creatinine and haematocrit, along with a set of calculated values derived from those measurements.
Catenix does not change what the device measures or how it is operated. Our scope is connectivity: taking the results the analyser already produces and moving them reliably into your other systems. We make no claim about the device's clinical performance or its suitability for any diagnostic decision.
How the epoc connects
Individual epoc handhelds report through the epoc host, the software that gathers readings from the readers and presents them to the wider network. It is the host, rather than each handheld, that offers a result interface to your other systems. On its public data sheets, the host supports HL7, the same general messaging family used across much of healthcare for sending results between systems.
HL7 version 2 is a long-established standard for exchanging clinical messages such as results. In broad terms, each message carries the identifying details of a test event and the values that go with it, structured so that a receiving system can file them against the right record. Catenix speaks this general interface. We do not need, and this page does not publish, any vendor-specific internal detail about how individual values are laid out.
At your site, a small Catenix gateway sits on the local network and receives the result messages the epoc host sends. The gateway is the only piece of new hardware involved, and it runs quietly alongside your existing kit. Where a site prefers, Catenix can also manage epoc handhelds and their settings from one place, so the fleet is visible and configuration stays consistent across a site.
Results and quality control in Catenix
Once the gateway receives a result, Catenix records it in your cloud workspace with a timestamp and keeps an audit trail of what arrived and when. Nothing is retyped, so the value in the record is the value the analyser produced.
Point-of-care analysers also produce quality-control runs, the checks that confirm the device and test cards are behaving as expected. Catenix identifies these QC runs and keeps them separate from patient results, so a control sample never lands in a patient's record and your QC history stays intact for review. This separation is worked out from the information in the incoming results, without any change to how the analyser is used.
From there, Catenix can forward the patient results onward to the systems your site already runs, such as a LIS or an EHR. The result flows once, automatically, from the handheld through to the record, and the same audit trail follows it.
Getting connected
To connect a Siemens epoc, a site typically needs the epoc host configured to send results over the network, a Catenix gateway on that same network, and agreement on where patient results should be delivered. Most of the setup is configuration rather than new equipment.
If you are planning a connection or want to check what your current setup allows, our team can talk it through with you. See /contact/ to get in touch, /platform/ for how the workspace and gateway fit together, and /pricing/ for how it is packaged. For security and data handling, see /security/ and /trust/.
Questions clinics ask
Can I connect a Siemens epoc to my LIS?
Yes. The epoc host presents results over an HL7 result interface, and Catenix captures them and can forward them to a LIS or EHR. The main requirement is that the host is set to send results and that a Catenix gateway is on the same network.
Do I need new hardware to make this work?
The only new item is the small Catenix gateway that sits on your local network. Your epoc handhelds and the epoc host carry on as they are, and most of the work is configuration rather than installation.
How are quality-control runs handled?
Catenix recognises QC runs in the incoming results and keeps them separate from patient records. Your control results stay grouped for review and never appear against a patient, which keeps both the patient record and the QC history clean.
Can Catenix manage the epoc handhelds as well?
Alongside capturing results, Catenix can manage epoc handhelds and their settings from one place, so you can see the fleet and keep configuration consistent across a site. This is a management convenience and does not change how the device tests or what it measures.
Will results still be transcribed by hand?
No. Once the connection is live, results move from the epoc host into Catenix and onward automatically, so nobody rekeys a value. An audit trail records what was received and when.
How do we get started?
Get in touch through /contact/ and we can review your current setup, the epoc host configuration, and where you want results delivered. See /platform/ for how the gateway and workspace work together.
Product and company names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective owners. Reference to them is for identification only and does not imply any affiliation with, endorsement by, or certification from those owners. This page describes connectivity and data handling only and is not clinical advice.
Reviewed July 2026. Back to integrations. Going deeper on the standard: connecting an analyser to your LIS.
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