What is BioMS?The Alliance Biospecimen Management System (BioMS) is a web-based application
that is being designed to support biospecimen tracking, inventory management, and
reporting for all Alliance clinical trials and companion correlative science studies.

BioMS is based on the functionality and user interface of the existing CALGB Specimen Tracking
System (STS), but incorporates many new usability enhancements and
capabilities to support the operations of the Alliance biorepository network.

BMS User Interface

A. Search for participant and biospecimens for collection based on participant ID and/or protocol number. Search is restricted to those participants enrolled at the members institution.

B. A checklist of all required specimens to be collected is shown, organized by protocol arm and time point. Collected specimens are logged with indicated quantity, collection date, and associated form data. 'Tool tips' provide on-line collection and shipping instructions

C. Collected specimens are assigned to shipments based upon their shipping requirements and destination repository or laboratory.