alere

Alere Inc. was a global manufacturer of rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests, founded in 1991 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company operated three business units focused on cardiometabolic, infectious disease, and toxicology testing. Alere's product portfolio included the Alere i platform for rapid molecular diagnostics, the Alere CD4 analyser for HIV management, and the RALS point-of-care data management system for laboratory connectivity. Alere Informatics offered web-based solutions including RALS-Freedom, AegisPOC, and RALS-Web3 for point-of-care device management and data integration with laboratory information systems. Abbott Laboratories acquired Alere on October 3, 2017 for $5.3 billion, and the company now operates as Abbott Rapid Diagnostics.

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DiagnosticsPoint Of CareHealthcareLaboratoryMedical DevicesHL7

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aid: alere
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/alere/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
modified: '2026-06-20'
description: Alere Inc. was a global manufacturer of rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests, founded in 1991 and headquartered
  in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company operated three business units focused on cardiometabolic, infectious disease, and
  toxicology testing. Alere's product portfolio included the Alere i platform for rapid molecular diagnostics, the Alere CD4
  analyser for HIV management, and the RALS point-of-care data management system for laboratory connectivity. Alere Informatics
  offered web-based solutions including RALS-Freedom, AegisPOC, and RALS-Web3 for point-of-care device management and data
  integration with laboratory information systems. Abbott Laboratories acquired Alere on October 3, 2017 for $5.3 billion,
  and the company now operates as Abbott Rapid Diagnostics.
apis:
- aid: alere:rals-api
  name: RALS Point-of-Care Data Management API
  description: The RALS (Remote Automated Laboratory Systems) platform provides point-of-care device management and data integration
    capabilities. RALS connects point-of-care testing devices to laboratory information systems (LIS) and electronic health
    records (EHR), enabling bidirectional data exchange for patient demographics, test results, and quality control data.
    The platform supports HL7 messaging standards for healthcare interoperability.
  humanURL: https://www.rals.com/us/en/home.html
  baseURL: https://api.rals.com
  tags:
  - Diagnostics
  - Point Of Care
  - Laboratory
  - Healthcare
  - HL7
  - Data Management
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.rals.com/us/en/home.html
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/alere-domain-security.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/alere-well-known.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/alere-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/alere-conformance.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.alere.com
- type: Website
  url: https://www.globalpointofcare.abbott/us/en/index.html
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alere-informatics-inc.
tags:
- Diagnostics
- Point Of Care
- Healthcare
- Laboratory
- Medical Devices
- HL7

alere

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RALS Point-of-Care Data Management API

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