Point-of-care results, filed in WinPath Enterprise.

Run the test on the ward, in the clinic or at the community diagnostic centre and the result lands in WinPath Enterprise as a structured value against the right patient, alongside the laboratory's own results. Nothing read off a screen, nothing typed twice, no printout sent to the lab.

Clinisys WinPath is the laboratory information management system (LIMS) that Clinisys says most pathology laboratories across the UK and Ireland rely on, and WinPath Enterprise is the multi-site, multi-trust version that pathology networks run as one shared instance. Clinisys states WinPath integrates with all mainstream analysers and with POCT devices using healthcare industry standard messaging. Laboratory analysers are interfaced as a matter of course. Point-of-care devices on wards and in community sites often are not. That is the manual step in between.

Two things push a pathology network to bring point-of-care testing into the LIMS. The first is volume: a network point-of-care testing (POCT) service can span several trusts, community diagnostic centres (CDCs) and community sites, each with devices producing results someone would otherwise transcribe. The second is governance: point-of-care testing sits within the scope of ISO 15189:2022 and the laboratory's UKAS assessment, so every result needs the operator, device, lot and quality-control status attached, and it needs to sit in the same archive as the laboratory's results so it reaches the EPR and GP record the same way.

Catenix sits between the point-of-care devices and WinPath Enterprise. A gateway at each site captures each result electronically the moment it is produced, over HL7, POCT1-A2, ASTM or the device's own format, so device families from different manufacturers arrive as one feed. The result is matched to the right patient and operator, kept separate from quality-control runs, and forwarded to WinPath Enterprise through a structured result feed, commonly HL7 v2, over the same kind of interface route the laboratory already uses for its analysers. From there it reaches the EPR and GP systems the way laboratory results already do.

How it works

From bench to filed result.

Capture

The Catenix gateway takes each result from the analyser electronically, over the protocol the device speaks, with no re-typing.

Match

The result attaches to the right patient and the named operator, and quality-control runs are kept separate from patient results automatically.

Forward

The finished, traceable result is delivered to WinPath Enterprise through a structured result feed, commonly HL7 v2, over the same kind of interface route the laboratory already uses for its analysers.

File

It arrives as a structured value in the record your clinicians already work from, ready for their review and sign-off.

More than the pipe

Connectivity is the start, not the whole product.

Quality that keeps itself
QC captured as it happens, Westgard rules on failures, Levey-Jennings charts drawn for you, competency against the operator who ran the test. Every analyser, one system
Chemistry, immunoassay, blood gas, haematology, molecular and urinalysis on one platform instead of one middleware per manufacturer. Pocket Gateway
A phone becomes the gateway, so testing connects even in settings without fixed network infrastructure. Built for networks
One coordinator can oversee devices, QC and operators across every site from a single screen.

Modules switch on per clinic, so you take the connectivity and governance you need now and add the rest if it earns its place. There are no per-test fees.

Questions, answered

Before you ask.

How do point-of-care results reach Clinisys WinPath Enterprise?

A result captured on the ward or in the clinic is turned into a structured message and delivered to WinPath Enterprise through a structured result feed, commonly HL7 v2. Clinisys states that WinPath integrates with mainstream analysers and POCT devices using healthcare industry standard messaging, and the laboratory's interface team configures the WinPath side. Catenix is designed to connect over those open standards, so the value that was measured is the value filed against the right patient, with the operator and device attached.

Is Catenix integrated with Clinisys WinPath Enterprise?

Catenix is designed and ready to connect to Clinisys WinPath Enterprise over the standards it accepts. That describes connectivity built to open standards, not an affiliation with or endorsement by Clinisys. Exactly what flows, and how, is confirmed with your laboratory during implementation.

Why route point-of-care results through the LIMS rather than straight into the EPR?

Because it keeps point-of-care testing under the laboratory's governance. A result filed in WinPath Enterprise sits in the same archive as the laboratory's own results, is reported to the EPR and GP systems through the same results reporting, and is covered by the same accreditation evidence. That is how many NHS pathology networks already run their POCT services. Catenix can also deliver directly to an EPR where a trust prefers, or to both destinations from the same captured result, and it keeps its own quality-control and audit record either way. Whichever route is chosen, agree the governance independently of the routing and make sure each result is filed once, not twice.

Catenix is designed and ready to connect to the systems named on this page over open standards. That wording is deliberate: it describes connectivity built to published interfaces, not a claim of affiliation with, endorsement by, or certification from any named vendor. Product and company names are the trademarks of their respective owners and are used for identification only. What connects in your setting is confirmed during implementation. This page describes connectivity and data handling only and is not clinical advice.

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