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Field notes from building lab infrastructure
Everything we learn about laboratory APIs, code systems, regulatory constraints and search visibility while operating progmedlab — written for the engineers and product teams integrating lab data. Published in English.
Designing a lab API developers actually finish integrating
Most lab APIs die in the integration phase. Here is the schema, idempotency and webhook design we landed on after watching teams try to ship lab results into real products.
Oct 22, 2026 · 9 min read · progmedlab engineering
LOINC codes explained for product teams
What LOINC actually encodes, how the six parts of a code work, the codes every health product should know first, and the three mistakes that break reporting.
Oct 18, 2026 · 8 min
CLIA, HIPAA and BAAs: what digital health teams actually need
A plain-language breakdown of the three regulatory concepts that decide whether your lab integration can ship, including what a BAA covers and what it does not.
Oct 14, 2026 · 10 min
Home specimen collection: the real unit economics
Kit shipping, draw centres, mobile phlebotomy and lab routing each change the cost per completed result. A breakdown of what actually drives margin in consumer lab testing.
Oct 8, 2026 · 8 min
AEO and GEO for health content: how to get cited by answer engines
Answer engine optimisation and generative engine optimisation work differently from classic SEO. A concrete playbook for lab and health content, with the structures that get extracted.
Oct 2, 2026 · 9 min