LigoLab Announces Strategic Hosting Partnership with Microsoft Azure

Editor’s Note: This news release was originally posted on August 6, 2024. 

Los Angeles, CA -LigoLab, a leading provider of innovative, comprehensive, and adaptable laboratory information systems and laboratory billing solutions, is pleased to announce a new cloud hosting partnership with Microsoft Azure. 

By selecting Microsoft as a strategic cloud provider, the LIS company, with uniquely embedded lab revenue cycle management functionality, can now offer Azure's robust cloud hosting capabilities to its growing customer base. This provides direct access to cloud environments featuring cutting-edge applications designed to help clinicians improve medical diagnostics and patient care.

What This Partnership Means for LigoLab's Customers

A Strategic Collaboration Built for the Future

LigoLab CEO Suren Avunjian shared his enthusiasm for the new partnership:

"Our partnership with Microsoft Azure marks an important milestone in LigoLab's growth strategy. By leveraging Azure's global cloud infrastructure, we can provide labs with greater scalability, enhanced reliability, and streamlined deployment options while continuing to uphold the rigorous security standards our customers expect. This collaboration positions us to deliver even greater value as laboratories navigate digital transformation and future growth." 

A Growing Shift Toward Cloud-Based Laboratory Operations

Although most medical labs in the U.S. still rely on-premises servers, the number of cloud-based labs is growing, driven by access to innovative tools, flexible scaling options, improved accessibility and security, and lower overall costs. This partnership positions LigoLab to support labs at every stage of that transition.

Enhanced Security and Compliance

Security is a top priority for both LigoLab and Microsoft Azure. Azure's advanced security features, including multi-layered protection, threat intelligence, and compliance certifications, ensure sensitive lab data remains secure.

By leveraging enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure, this partnership reinforces LigoLab's dedication to providing laboratories with a secure and reliable platform that helps ensure compliance, maintain data integrity, and safeguard patient information. 

About LigoLab

LigoLab is a leading provider of innovative and comprehensive diagnostic lab software for medical laboratories, offering advanced laboratory information systems, lab revenue cycle management, and direct-to-consumer lab testing solutions, as well as support for the latest digital pathology solutions and AI-powered applications.

With a focus on streamlining pathology and clinical laboratory management and empowering lab partners to manage their entire business ecosystem independently of external lab vendors, LigoLab digitally transforms pathology groups and clinical labs into modern, efficient organizations that are more productive and more profitable.

Built specifically for independent laboratories, pathology groups, reference laboratories, and multi-site diagnostic organizations, the LigoLab Informatics Platform unifies laboratory operations and financial management within a single, scalable lab organization software solution. By eliminating disconnected systems and manual processes, laboratories gain a single source of truth for operational, clinical, and financial data, enabling greater visibility, stronger collaboration, and more informed decision-making.

The platform supports the entire laboratory workflow, from order entry and specimen tracking to accessioning, testing, quality management, result reporting, coding, billing, claims management, and revenue cycle optimization. Advanced automation, configurable workflow rules, real-time dashboards, analytics, and interoperability tools enable laboratories to reduce administrative burdens, improve turnaround times, enhance compliance, and maximize reimbursement performance.

LigoLab's modern architecture is designed to support laboratories of all sizes and specialties, including anatomic pathology, molecular diagnostics, toxicology, genetics, clinical laboratory testing, and emerging precision medicine applications. The platform integrates seamlessly with electronic health records, laboratory billing systems, diagnostic instruments, digital pathology solutions, and healthcare networks, helping laboratories operate more efficiently while supporting future growth.

In addition, LigoLab's direct-to-consumer lab testing capabilities enable laboratories to expand market reach, strengthen patient engagement, and create new revenue opportunities. Backed by a customer-centric approach and a commitment to continuous innovation, LigoLab helps laboratories modernize operations, scale with confidence, and thrive in an increasingly complex healthcare environment.

Discover More: Navigating the Future of Pathology - The LigoLab Advantage

About Microsoft Azure

Azure, Microsoft's cloud platform, offers more than 200 products and cloud services designed to help bring new solutions to life, solve today's challenges, and create the future. Azure supports the tools and frameworks of your choice to build, run, and manage applications across cloud, hybrid, and edge environments.

Discover More: What is Azure

Frequently Asked Questions About LigoLab's Microsoft Azure Partnership and Cloud Hosting

Why did LigoLab choose Microsoft Azure as its strategic cloud hosting partner?

Microsoft Azure was chosen as LigoLab's cloud hosting partner due to its proven scalability, robust security controls, global reach, and broad ecosystem of cloud services. Azure's layered security model, proactive threat detection capabilities, and industry-leading compliance standards align closely with LigoLab's mission to deliver secure and compliant laboratory informatics solutions. 

What are the immediate benefits of this partnership for LigoLab customers?

LigoLab customers gain direct access to Azure cloud environments, cutting-edge diagnostic applications, effortless deployment, flexible scaling, and enhanced security and compliance for sensitive data and regulatory requirements.

Does this partnership mean LigoLab customers must move to the cloud?

No. LigoLab’s flexible architecture supports both cloud and on-premise environments. This partnership expands options, especially for labs planning a cloud transition, without forcing existing customers to change their setup.

How does Microsoft Azure enhance data security for clinical labs and pathology groups?

With advanced threat intelligence, end-to-end encryption, multi-layered security controls, and extensive compliance certifications, Azure helps reinforce LigoLab's commitment to protecting sensitive healthcare data while supporting regulatory compliance initiatives. 

Why are more medical labs moving toward cloud-based laboratory information systems?

Laboratories are increasingly adopting cloud-based LIS systems to take advantage of AI-driven innovation, elastic scalability, seamless remote access, enterprise-grade security, and cost-efficient pay-as-you-go pricing that eliminates the need for significant infrastructure investments. 

How does this partnership fit into LigoLab's broader cloud readiness strategy?

This Azure partnership builds on LigoLab's ongoing cloud readiness initiative. Each new platform version migrates LIS lab application functionality from workstations to servers. By forming this relationship with Microsoft Azure, LigoLab ensures a seamless, secure, and supported transition to the cloud when lab partners are ready.