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LIS, NABL and WhatsApp report guides

Practical guides for Indian pathology labs from the PathLab Software team: choosing lab software, preparing for NABL assessment, analyzer interfacing and WhatsApp reports.

In short: PathLab Software guides are practical, India-specific answers for pathology lab owners and pathologists: how to choose lab software and what it costs, how to move from Excel, how HL7 and ASTM analyzer interfacing works, what NABL (ISO 15189) assessors check in your LIS (your accreditation is yours to obtain), and how to send reports on WhatsApp within Meta's rules.
Buying guide

Best pathology lab software in India 2026: how to choose

How to choose pathology lab software in India in 2026: the criteria that matter, real price ranges, questions to ask in a demo, and which option fits which lab.

04 Oct 2026 · 10 min readHow-to

How to move your lab from Excel to LIS software

A step-by-step plan to move an Indian pathology lab from Excel or Word to LIS software: what to export, how to clean it, how to run in parallel, and go-live.

03 Oct 2026 · 9 min readAnalyzers

Analyzer interfacing explained: HL7 vs ASTM vs serial

How a cell counter or biochemistry analyzer talks to lab software: HL7 v2, ASTM E1394 and RS-232 serial, bidirectional or not, hardware and cost.

01 Oct 2026 · 8 min readNABL

NABL software checklist: what ISO 15189 assessors check

A checklist for small Indian labs: the audit trail, validation, QC, critical-value and document-control records your LIS must produce before an NABL assessment.

01 Oct 2026 · 9 min readWhatsApp

How to send lab reports on WhatsApp automatically

How an Indian pathology lab can send signed PDF reports on WhatsApp automatically: Business API vs app, template approval, DPDP consent, cost and OTP release.

01 Oct 2026 · 8 min read

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