Curios about opening a cannabis testing lab? Or just wondering about what needs to be tested, or the business opportunity of opening a cannabis testing laboratory? Perhaps we can help!

We at QBench are proud to announce that we will be attending this year’s Cannabis Science Conference in Portland, Oregon from the 27th-29th, 2018! This lab will focus on the technical aspects of cannabis and is a must-see for any startup in the ‘Green Rush’. It covers everything from cultivation, extraction, testing, and more during the conference. It’s a great way to network with other companies ...

When the assays are all complete, a cannabis testing facility has to generate a report indicating whether the product has passed or failed the various assays. Cannabis labs typically have a standardized format for reporting. They must include size of the sample, sample name, client, sample type, strain and moisture content (assuming it is cannabis intended for direct smoking) along with dates rece ...

California is one of a few states that allows the legal sale of cannabinoids, but it isn’t as simple as growing the plant and then selling it. The state of California has fairly stringent laws about the processing and testing of cannabis products, requiring a number of different licenses at every step. For laboratories processing cannabis products, there are several requirements for testing that m ...

Most would consider their privacy, especially the privacy of their personal information such as health-related information, to be something of tremendous importance. This was considered of such importance, in fact, that the health insurance portability and accountability act or HIPAA that was passed in 1996, set forth guidelines for a national standard to keep personal health information protected ...

With the increasing mobility of our society, it’s becoming increasingly evident that we will need technology that’ll be as mobile as we are. Cloud-computing software or, in general, software as a service (SaaS), tends to be a much more cost-effective solution than having a full staff of IT professionals. It allows data to be accessed by any client (usually a browser) connected to it (though typica ...

The sheer density of the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act or as it’s more commonly known, HIPAA is daunting for many who are simply trying to find information about what the laws are all about. The HIPAA website has plenty of information about various topics, but unfortunately it isn’t exactly light reading. In order to help you, we at QBench have compiled a number of common ques ...

HIPAA or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a piece of legislature crafted to help ensure the privacy of citizens of the United States. It ensures that protected health information (or PHI or ePHI, electronic PHI) which is defined as any health information that specifically ties it to an individual (such as doctor billing statements or drug prescription information), remain ...

I wanted to put together a quick post introducing the QBench blog and what we have planned for it. Our high-level goal with the blog is to create an informative and helpful reference for our customers and readers while also serving as a channel for us to dive deep into QBench topics and introduce what’s new.