OpenSpecimen is a Biospecimen Information Management System that is a scalable solution for a biorepository which meets the needs of a broad group of investigators and biobanks. 

At Johns Hopkins, OpenSpecimen is currently used in multiple departments, including several Precision Medicine Centers of Excellence (PMCOE).

What We Offer

• Annotation of research and clinical data
• Specimen Information Interfaced with Precision Medicine
• Query capability
• Specimen and Derivative Tracking
• Specimen Event Tracking
• Epic Patient Lookup-Enabled
• Bulk Load Capability for Legacy Data
• Security (Enterprise Servers/JHED Login)
• Open Source with strong user community
• Extensible Architecture for Future Interfaces
• Considered a “Tier A” best practice for storing biospecimen metadata including PHI by the Data Trust’s Research Sub-council
• Support from the ICTR

Annual Reports

2019

2018

OpenSpecimen Service Handout

If you are interested in using OpenSpecimen at Johns Hopkins, please contact Bob Lange at openspecimen@lists.johnshopkins.edu.