RALS LiNK

From parking lots to office labs, managing COVID-19 testing is something you can do with the Abbott ID NOW™. Right now using RALS LiNK Connectivity.

• Automate and streamline many of the steps needed to report results as required by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Section 18115 [pdf 266KB], without the infrastructure burden
• View COVID-19 test results across multiple ID NOW™ instruments and locations
• Avoid manual data entry of test results into EMR or LIS
• Capture near real-time patient test results
• Ensure tests are appropriately captured for processing and billing
• Remotely monitor instrument location, status and performance

For more than two decades, hospitals throughout the U.S. have depended on RALS to connect point-of-care devices, electronically capture test result data at the bedside, and transfer that data to the patient record. Today, RALS connectivity is available for decentralized ID NOW^TM COVID-19 test locations with our new RALS LiNK system. A system based on proven technology used in 42 countries and nearly 5,000 remote clinics.

1. At remote locations, testing is done using an ID NOW™ analyzer

2. The device is connected to a CONNECT Universal Gateway using an ethernet cable

3. Gateway transmits test data via secure cellular connectivity to a secure Abbott-hosted, cloud-based server

4. Customer uses existing API to pull data into customer LIS/EHR where applicable

• Seamlessly sends results from the ID NOW™ to cloud-based server and EMR/LIS via cellular connectivity
• Manages device placement
• Provides remote identification of errors and operator issues
• Monitors stock management
• Data mines QC and patient results including heat maps
• Includes customizable reports