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==5. Resources for selecting and implementing informatics solutions: Part 3: Industry and community resources==
Part 3 of this guide's resources chapters provides a variety of industry and community resources that may prove helpful to clinical diagnostic and research laboratories. This includes trade organizations, conferences, trade shows, user communities, books, journals, regulations, standards, and guidance documents, as well as discussion about LIMSpec, an ever-evolving set of software user requirements specifications for laboratory informatics systems.


===5.1 Trade organizations===
Trade organizations and associations help bring people in similar industries or with similar goals together to learn and share ideas, improve their industry, and gain insights into the newest technologies and procedures. The following represent organizations, associations, and other groups dedicated to not only medical fields but also the application of technology and informatics in medicine.

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