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		<title>AMA Survey Reveals That Physician Interest Lags In ACO Participation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many physicians say they lack specific details about the care model and how it will reimburse providers In its own news service, the American Medical Association (AMA) reports lagging interest by physicians when they are asked about their participation in accountable care organizations (ACO). This survey of AMA members was conducted last fall. According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Recruiting and Training Generation Y to Work in Medical Laboratories, U.S.A and U.K. Face Same Challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Laboratory News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[DATELINE—BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND: Workforce issues in medical laboratories received special attention here at the 10th Annual Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine (FiLM) conference that ended last week. Probably the major concern going forward is how to attract, train, and sustain adequate numbers in the medical laboratory workforce. Two speakers addressed medical laboratory workforce issues at a strategic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Studies Find that Patients Want Access to their Health Records, Including Clinical Pathology Test Data</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/two-studies-find-that-patients-want-access-to-their-health-records-including-clinical-pathology-test-data-120312#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Laboratory News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patients are ready to ready access to their medical records; but physicians are wary Data from two studies here in the United States affirms that patients want access to their health records. Consequently, health systems are increasingly making it easier for patients to get access to prescription lists, medical laboratory test results and now even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In United Kingdom, Clinical Pathology Laboratories Must Transform to Help Primary Care Physicians Achieve Improved Patient Outcomes</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/in-united-kingdom-clinical-pathology-laboratories-must-transform-to-help-primary-care-physicians-achieve-improved-patient-outcomes-20212#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Laboratory News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine (FiLM) attracted another record crowd of clinical laboratory managers and pathologists DATELINE—BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND: Healthcare in the United Kingdom is undergoing a host of reforms. Consequently, medical laboratories in this country are scrambling to evolve in ways that allow them to serve the new line-up of primary care trusts and hospital trusts, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Massachusetts, Blues Ink Pact with Partners HealthCare to Implement Alternative Quality Contract with Global Payment</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/in-massachusetts-blues-ink-pact-with-partners-healthcare-to-implement-alternative-quality-contract-with-global-payment-20112#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early evidence is that the AQC arrangement encourages providers to more carefully  utilize ancillary services, including clinical laboratory and pathology testing Much attention is being given to the new healthcare payment models being introduced by the Medicare program during 2012. However, quietly—and with much less publicity—private health plans are deploying innovative, value-based payment models. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Use of Whole Gene Sequencing Poised to Play Important New Roles in Microbiology and Medical Laboratory Testing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin M Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheaper, faster, and more accurate rapid gene sequencing technologies show great promise in identifying infectious disease agents In clinical laboratories across the nation, microbiology has greatly benefited from the introduction of molecular diagnostics in clinical practice. Now the field of microbiology is poised to undergo a more profound transformation of clinical practice, due to advances [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Government Agrees to Open Access to Medicare Data about Individual Doctors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Experts predict employers will use this data to create “report cards” on individual physicians In a big step forward for public access to data about provider outcomes, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will make its enormous Medicare claims database more broadly available to the public. Both the press and the public will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing Role for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Testing Discussed at Personalized Medicine World Conference in Silicon Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genetic testing and molecular diagnostics will be essential to wider adoption of personalized medicine by nation’s physicians MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA—Here in Silicon Valley at the Personalized Medicine World Conference (PMWC), the role of clinical laboratory testing and anatomic pathology services was consistently recognized as essential in advancing this important healthcare trend. Yet, at the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinical Pathology Labs Take Note! Six ACO Early Adopters Seek Accreditation from NCQA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clinical laboratory managers and pathologists can expect ACOs to impact competition for laboratory services Six accountable care organizations (ACO) stepped up and applied for accreditation through the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). In many ways, this marks the beginning of the ACO era in American healthcare. These six intrepid first-mover organizations will be familiar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aptamer-Based Blood Protein Detection Technology May Soon Be Used By Medical Laboratories in Tests for Cancer, Diabetes, and Other Diseases</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/aptamer-based-blood-protein-detection-technology-may-soon-be-used-by-medical-laboratories-in-tests-for-cancer-diabetes-and-other-diseases-012012#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin M Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers believe that clinical laboratory assays that use aptamers would have multiple advantages when compared to diagnostic tests utilizing anti-bodies New diagnostic technology has been developed that has the potential to accurately detect such diseases as cancer and diabetes, even when the patient is pre-symptomatic. Not only would medical laboratory tests using this technology be low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New In Vivo Implant Device Monitors Tumor Growth Remotely</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bernhard Wolf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clinical laboratory directors and pathologists will see threats and opportunities as microelectronic devices offer new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities In vivo clinical diagnostic testing just took a giant step forward. A team of medical engineers at the Technical University of Munich  (TUM) have developed a prototype microchip sensor implant designed to continuously monitor tumors remotely. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Many Baby Boomers May Not Likely Retire When They Hit 65</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Laboratory Hiring & Human Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expected wave of retirements from clinical laboratories might be deferred for several more years Popular wisdom has been that, as they hit retirement age, baby boomers will leave the workforce in large numbers. Now a news report says that many baby boomers may defer retirement because of poor finances and too much debt. If true, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many Clinical Laboratories, Other Providers Struggle to Transition to 5010; Likely To See Payment Shortfall</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/many-clinical-laboratories-other-providers-struggle-to-transition-to-5010-likely-to-see-payment-shortfall-011212#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin M Clark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Taylor Chief Marketing Officer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jackie Griffin Director of Client Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Payors also are straining to handle new payment requirements under Form 5010, say intermediaries Across the nation, providers, including clinical laboratories and pathology groups, are holding their collective breath as they wait to see whether implementation of the electronic claim Form 5010 goes smoothly, becomes a disaster, or ends up somewhere between. Just two weeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the United Kingdom, Pathology and Medical Laboratory Testing Face Tough Challenges as the NHS Implements Reforms and Budget Cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innovative pathology laboratory organizations in the UK and Europe will come together at the Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine (FiLM) conference on January 31-February 1, 2012 For decades, the pathology and medical laboratory service in the United Kingdom has been the envy of many developed nations. But times change and the National Health Service (NHS) finds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quest Diagnostics Opens the New Year by Acquiring S.E.D. Laboratories</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/quest-diagnostics-opens-the-new-year-by-acquiring-s-e-d-laboratories-10912#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Laboratory News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first significant clinical laboratory acquisition of 2012, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX) acquired S.E.D. Medical Laboratories of Albuquerque, New Mexico, from Lovelace Health System. The transaction was announced on January 3, 2012, and the sale was completed just days later, on January 7. Along with acquiring a 50,000 square foot lab facility in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Groups Voice Concerns about Two Proposed Genetic Test Registries</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/pathology-and-clinical-laboratory-groups-voice-concerns-about-two-proposed-genetic-test-registries-10412#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Separate genetic and molecular test registries proposed by the National Institutes of Health and by Palmetto GBA draw detailed public comments from medical lab groups Registries for genetic tests and molecular diagnostic assays don’t seem to be going over well with clinical laboratories and pathology groups. Two different genetic test registries are drawing criticisms from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MinuteClinics and Axis-Shield Ink Agreement to Provide Point-of-Care Hemoglobin A1c Tests in 600 CVS Pharmacies</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/minuteclinics-and-axis-shield-ink-agreement-to-provide-point-of-care-hemoglobin-a1c-tests-in-600-cvs-pharmacies-123011#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin M Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retail clinics ready to expand into chronic disease management and that can be a threat or an opportunity for clinical laboratories Dark Daily has often predicted that rapid clinics in retail stores would actively look for opportunities to add specific medical laboratory tests to their on-site service menus. Now the largest retail clinic in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VA Wants to Collect Clinical Laboratory Blood Specimens from One Million Veterans to Create World’s Largest Medical Database and Gene Repository</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/va-collect-clinical-laboratory-blood-specimens-one-million-veterans-create-world-largest-medical-database-gene-repository-12281#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coding, Billing, and Collections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Veterans Administration calls it a “genomics game changer” and is now building a treasure trove of data for health researchers, including pathologists Imagine a massive data repository that contains the blood specimens and genetic information of thousands of individuals, along with a detailed medical history for each patient that may reach back as far as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Diagnostic Technology Creates Opportunities for Clinical Laboratories to Help Physicians with Faster, More Accurate Diagnoses</title>
		<link>http://www.darkdaily.com/new-diagnostic-technology-creates-opportunities-for-clinical-laboratories-to-help-physicians-with-faster-more-accurate-diagnoses-10311#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies to detect only human blood in stool, this technology compares favorably when tested against other methodologies New diagnostic technologies are literally tumbling out of research laboratories and biotech development companies at an increasing pace. The sheer volume of proprietary medical laboratory tests and new molecular diagnostic assays makes it a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Cost of Telemedicine, Telepathology, and Medical Data Transmissions Is a Budget-Buster in Oklahoma</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oklahoma’s public services commission seeks limits on free bandwidth to rural non-profit hospitals Rapid expansion in the use of telemedicine, telepathology, and similar digital data applications is creating an unexpected problem. The cost of the bandwidth required to support these services is growing at an equally fast pace! In Oklahoma, the increased cost of supporting [...]]]></description>
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