Digitise. Connect. Understand.
Digitise your laboratory workflows, connect your teams and transform operational data into actionable intelligence with HistoSuite.
Cases received
128
+9 vs 7-day average
Pending cases
47
6 awaiting sign-out
Median turnaround
2.8 days
Within 3.0-day target
Stain requests
23 open
4 awaiting authorisation
Processing is constraining today’s flow
61 cases are queued against 19 completions in the last four hours. Downstream benches will start to starve within two hours if the pattern holds.
Source: HistoFlow stage timing · operational insight
Oldest outstanding: IHC · HER2, requested 08:14
Illustrative dashboard preview — figures shown are representative of a working laboratory day
The problem
A laboratory information system is built to hold patients, orders and results. It was never designed to run the operation around it — the queues, the hand-offs, the stain requests, the rosters, the quality evidence and the management reporting.
So laboratories improvise. Operational truth ends up scattered across paper, spreadsheets, inboxes and group chats — and the only way to find out what is really happening is to walk the floor.
Where HistoSuite fits
HistoSuite provides an operational layer around the existing LIS. Your LIS remains the system of record; HistoSuite digitises and connects everything the LIS does not manage — and turns it into intelligence.
Bench lists, request forms and specimen logs that only exist on one desk in one room.
Turnaround and workload maintained by hand, out of date the moment someone else opens the file.
Clinical queries, add-on requests and approvals scattered across individual inboxes.
Urgent work coordinated in group chats that cannot be searched, audited or reported on.
An LIS for results, a spreadsheet for stains, a roster file for staff — none speaking to each other.
Someone walks the floor to find out where a case is, what is late and who is overloaded.
The solution
HistoSuite is an ecosystem of specialist modules that share one case record, one permission model and one control centre — so every part of the laboratory sees the same picture at the same time.
HistoAI
Intelligence layer
HistoSuite Control Centre
Platform layer
Users, permissions, modules, subscriptions, tenants, audit logs and system status — one console for the entire platform.
Workflow
Quality & governance
One shared case record, one permission model
Every module reads and writes the same operational history — no re-keying, no reconciliation.
Built to scale
Single laboratory or national group.
Product modules
Adopt the modules you need now and add the rest as your laboratory matures. Every module shares the same case record, permissions and reporting.
Track every specimen from receipt to report with live stage-by-stage queues for the whole laboratory.
Manage gynaecological and non-gynaecological cytology from collection through screening, review and release.
Raise, authorise, prioritise and track every special stain and immunohistochemistry request in one queue.
Coordinate clinical queries, add-on requests, specimen care events and case communications in one tracked place.
Role-based permissions, chain-of-custody records and protected actions across the HistoSuite platform.
Control checks, competency records, document control and audit readiness built into daily operations.
Build rosters around actual case volume, skill mix and coverage requirements — not last month’s guesswork.
Understand consumable, reagent and labour cost per case, per bench and per workflow.
Manage the dictation, transcription, amendment and sign-out queue for every case awaiting a report.
Schedule intraoperative frozen sections, capture the request time and track performance against SLA.
The central register of stain protocols, reagents, controls, batches and inventory across the laboratory.
The intelligence layer of HistoSuite — ask questions in plain language and get operational answers.
Learn moreHistoAI
HistoAI is the intelligence layer of HistoSuite. It reads the operational data your laboratory already generates — queues, turnaround time, workload, stain requests, quality events and reporting backlogs — and answers operational questions in plain language.
No dashboards to assemble, no queries to write. Ask the question you would ask a manager, and get an answer traced back to the underlying records.
“What is currently causing the biggest bottleneck?”
“How does today’s workload compare with normal?”
“Which workflow areas require attention?”
“What changed in our productivity this week?”
“Which requests are still outstanding?”
Which workflow areas require attention right now?
Two areas need attention. Processing holds 61 cases against an eight-hour norm of 34, and reporting has 6 cases awaiting sign-out for more than 48 hours. Embedding and microtomy are running normally.
Sources: HistoFlow queues · HistoDictate ageing
41 cases entered processing while 19 completed over the last four hours. Downstream benches will start to starve within two hours if the pattern holds.
HistoFlow stage timing
Case receipt is 18% above the four-week Tuesday average, concentrated in non-gynaecological cytology requests.
CytoFlow receipt log
Median case turnaround fell from 3.6 to 3.1 days after the reporting queue was re-sequenced on Wednesday.
HistoFlow turnaround series
HistoAI reports on how the laboratory operates — queues, timing, workload, quality events and reporting flow. It does not interpret slides, suggest diagnoses or in any way replace professional clinical judgement. Every insight is traceable to the underlying laboratory records so it can be verified by your team.
HistoSuite Control Centre
The Control Centre is where HistoSuite is administered: laboratories, users, permissions, modules, subscriptions and system health — all managed from a single console by your platform owners.
Scaling across laboratories
Because configuration, identity and entitlements live in the Control Centre, HistoSuite scales across multiple laboratories — a second site, a new discipline or an entire group — without re-implementing the platform each time.
Control Centre
Platform administration
Laboratory management
Multiple laboratories, sites and benches managed from one console.
Users
Central user records across every HistoSuite module.
Permissions
Scoped roles per module, per laboratory, per action.
Modules
Enable, configure and version modules per tenant.
Subscriptions
Plan, seats, renewal dates and entitlements in one view.
Tenant management
Isolated configuration and data boundaries per organisation.
System status
Live platform health, queues and background job status.
Domains
Custom domains and verified tenancy endpoints.
Databases
Database inventory, backups and environment mapping.
Audit logs
Every administrative action, retained and searchable.
Usage
Module activity and adoption across each laboratory.
Support
Tickets, escalations and customer history in context.
3
Tenants
12
Modules
3
Domains
Daily
Backups
How HistoSuite works
HistoSuite sits between the work your laboratory does every day and the decisions your management team has to make — converting activity into evidence along the way.
Laboratory
The laboratory operates as it does today — accessioning, processing, cutting, staining and reporting, alongside your LIS.
HistoSuite
HistoSuite sits around the LIS as an operational layer, capturing the work the LIS was never built to manage.
Workflow data
Every stage change, request, hand-off, delay and completion becomes structured workflow data.
Analytics
Queues, turnaround, workload, quality and cost metrics are calculated continuously.
HistoAI
HistoAI reads those metrics against your own historical norms to find constraints and changes.
Operational insight
Managers see what is happening now, what is at risk and what is driving it.
Better decisions
Staffing, sequencing and prioritisation decisions are made on evidence instead of instinct.
LIS integration
HistoSuite is designed to complement existing laboratory information systems — not to replace them. Your LIS stays the system of record for orders and results, while HistoSuite manages the operational workflow surrounding it.
Laboratories can begin with HistoSuite operating independently of the LIS and introduce structured data exchange over time through our integration programme.
Integration roadmap
Specific integration scope and effort are confirmed during assessment and quoted as implementation services.
Existing LIS
The system of record for patient and result data remains exactly where it is.
HistoSuite
The operational layer around the LIS captures workflow the LIS does not manage.
Laboratory teams
Technologists, pathologists and administrators work from one shared operational picture.
Management
Leadership receives consolidated, evidence-based reporting across laboratories.
Benefits
Operational visibility, controlled workflow and evidence-based management — across one laboratory or many.
See cases, queues, backlogs and bottlenecks across the whole laboratory in real time — not at the end of the month.
Define how work should move, then let HistoSuite enforce it — with automatic assignment, hand-offs and escalation.
Match staffing to real workload with rostering, skill-mix visibility and per-technologist workload reporting.
Control checks, competency, document control and audit trails collect themselves as the laboratory works.
Turnaround, capacity, cost and quality reporting prepared for management review without spreadsheet assembly.
HistoAI answers operational questions in plain language and explains what changed in your laboratory this week.
Pricing
Annual platform licensing, billed monthly in South African Rand and excluding VAT. Plans are scoped to the modules, users and laboratories you operate.
R1,990 /month
Core workflow digitisation for smaller single-site laboratories moving off paper.
R3,990 /month
The full operational layer for busy laboratories standardising how work is tracked.
R6,990 /month
Every HistoSuite module for laboratories that want one platform across the operation.
R9,990 /month
The Complete platform with HistoAI as the intelligence layer across your operational data.
Multi-laboratory groups needing tenant isolation, integrations, SLAs and negotiated commercials.
Implementation and integrations may be charged separately. Onboarding, workflow configuration, data setup, training and LIS integration are scoped per laboratory and quoted as implementation services in addition to the platform subscription.
Plan fit matters more than price. During your demo we recommend the smallest plan that covers your modules and user count — you can move between plans as your laboratory grows.
Digital Laboratory Assessment
A complimentary HistoSuite Digital Laboratory Assessment reviews how your laboratory operates today and identifies where digitisation will have the greatest effect on turnaround, visibility and workload.
What we review
Eight operational areas, a written summary of findings and a prioritised list of digitalisation opportunities — with no obligation.
How it runs
A structured 60-minute session with your laboratory and pathology leadership, held remotely or on site depending on location.
Workflow
How specimens, requests and reports actually move through your laboratory today.
Communication
How queries, add-on requests and hand-offs are raised, owned and closed.
Staffing
Skill mix, coverage, rostering practice and workload distribution.
Quality
Control checks, competency records, document control and audit readiness.
Stain management
Special stain and IHC requesting, authorisation, protocols and inventory.
Turnaround time
Where time is actually spent, and where cases are consistently delayed.
Operational reporting
How management currently receives laboratory performance information.
Digitalisation opportunities
Which manual processes are ready to be digitised first for the greatest return.
Why HistoSuite
HistoSuite is not a general workflow product with histology wording applied. Every module, queue and metric originates from how histology laboratories actually operate.
Our evidence policy
We publish customer outcomes only when a customer has approved them. Until then, this section shows the structures where verified references, laboratory profiles and measured results will appear — rather than placeholder claims.
HistoSuite was designed around how histology laboratories actually work — accessioning, grossing, processing, embedding, cutting, staining, reporting — rather than being a generic workflow tool with medical labels applied afterwards.
We integrate alongside laboratory information systems instead of competing with them. Your LIS stays the system of record; HistoSuite manages the operational work surrounding it.
HistoAI reports on operations: queues, turnaround, workload and quality. It never offers diagnostic conclusions, and every insight is traceable to the underlying records.
HistoSuite is developed in South African for pathology operations, with regional hosting considerations, POPIA-aware data handling and support hours aligned to local laboratories.
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FAQ
The questions laboratories ask us first. If yours is not here, contact HistoSuite.
Book a DemoHistoSuite is a digital operating and intelligence platform built specifically for histology laboratories. It digitises laboratory workflows — case tracking, stain requests, rostering, quality, frozen sections and reporting — connects the people who work in the laboratory, and turns the resulting operational data into management intelligence through HistoAI.
No. HistoSuite is deliberately designed to work alongside your existing laboratory information system, never to replace it. Your LIS remains the system of record for patient results and clinical data. HistoSuite provides the operational layer around it — the workflows, queues, communication and reporting that an LIS was not designed to manage.
Yes. The HistoSuite Control Centre is built for multi-laboratory operation. Each laboratory can be configured as its own tenant with its own users, permissions, modules and reporting, while group management retain a consolidated view across sites.
HistoAI is the intelligence layer of HistoSuite. It reads the operational data your laboratory generates — queues, turnaround time, workload, stain requests, quality events and reporting backlogs — and answers operational questions in plain language, surfaces bottlenecks and explains what has changed. HistoAI provides operational insights only and does not replace professional clinical judgement.
HistoSuite is delivered as a secure, hosted web application. There is nothing to install on laboratory workstations beyond a modern browser, and updates are rolled out centrally without disrupting the laboratory. Deployment options, data residency and hosting requirements are agreed during onboarding.
Users are administered centrally in the HistoSuite Control Centre. Access is role-based: permissions are scoped per module, per laboratory and per action, so a technologist, a quality manager and a group executive each see exactly what they need — and nothing they do not.
Yes. Workflow stages, queues, escalation rules, report layouts and module configuration are adjusted to reflect how your laboratory actually operates. Custom module development and LIS integration work are scoped separately as implementation services.
Onboarding begins with a complimentary Digital Laboratory Assessment, followed by workflow mapping, configuration, data setup, administrator training and a guided go-live. Typical onboarding is staged so the laboratory adopts modules progressively rather than changing everything at once.
All plans include onboarding documentation and email support. Professional and higher include priority telephonic support, and Enterprise customers receive a contracted support model with agreed response times. Every customer has a named onboarding contact during implementation.