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November 11, 2008, 00:39
Dark Report meetings throughout the year. Laboratory Management Workshops, Molecular Summit on Digital Pathology, Lab Quality management, laboratory diagnostic…
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November 20, 2008, 15:16
DARK Daily, an e-briefing service providing up-to-the minute news of relevance for anyone working in diagnostic medicine, from clinical laboratories and…
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November 20, 2008, 15:19
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- Digital Pathology News by: jude
December 3, 2009, 12:25
Digital Pathology News - This page is dedicated to the groundbreaking industry of Digital Pathology and Digital imaging as there are technological advances,…
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October 9, 2009, 12:07
Don't miss these cost saving audio conferences topics and live digital recordings to share with your laboratory team!
- Get Ahead Of the CDHP Tsunami by: Justin M Clark
November 24, 2008, 12:40
Timely insights to help craft effective strategies to benefit from healthcare's emerging big trend Newsmaker Interview: Paul Mango Consumer-Directed Health…
- New Study of How Digital Pathology Enabled by Web 2.0 Functions Boosts Productivity and Adds Clinical Value by: jude
January 6, 2010, 13:14
Press Release - FREE Digital Pathology White Paper - Pathology 2.0 and Web 2.0 is here. Pathology Innovators Use Web 2.0 to Boost Productivity and Create…
- Resources by: Justin M Clark
June 25, 2009, 16:31
Clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology resource center. Dark Daily's Industry Resource Listings specifically for Laboratory Professionals and Hospital…
- Lean Six Sigma, ISO 15189, Quality Management Consultants by: Justin M Clark
June 25, 2009, 16:07
Clinical Laboratory Pathology Resources - Dark Daily's resource listings for Lean Six Sigma, ISO 15189, and Quality Management Consultants help you identify…
- Clinical Laboratory Compliance Consultants by: Justin M Clark
June 25, 2009, 16:12
Clinical Laboratory Pathology Resources - Dark Daily's resource listings for Clinical Laboratory Compliance Consultants help you identify the right talent and…
- Outreach Management Consultants by: Justin M Clark
October 30, 2009, 11:37
Clinical Laboratory Resources - Free- Find Outreach Management Consultants, Lab Outreach Management Consultants, Laboratory Outreach Management Consultants
- Law Firms by: Justin M Clark
June 25, 2009, 16:15
Clinical Laboratory Pathology Resources - Dark Daily's resource listings for Law Firms help you identify the right talent and expertise for your clinical…
- Clinical Laboratory Management Recruiters & Staffing Resources by: Justin M Clark
March 28, 2009, 17:19
Clinical Laboratory Management Resources - Dark Daily's resource listings for Clinical Laboratory Management Recruiters & Staffing Resources help you identify…
- Supplies, Consumables, and Products by: Justin M Clark
June 25, 2009, 16:53
Clinical Laboratory Pathology Resources - Dark Daily's resource listings for Laboratory Supplies, Consumables, and Product Resources help you identify the…
- Diagnostic Equipment by: Justin M Clark
June 25, 2009, 16:55
Clinical Laboratory Pathology Resources - Dark Daily's resource listings for Laboratory Diagnostic Equipment Resources help you identify the right talent and…
- Laboratory Information System Outreach by: Justin M Clark
June 25, 2009, 16:58
Clinical Laboratory Computer Software and SaaS from Dark Daily's resource listings for Laboratory Information System Outreach help you identify the right…
- Clinical Laboratory Sales Training and Mentoring by: jude
December 11, 2009, 14:16
Clinical laboratory pathology sales training resources from Dark Daily resource center and THE DARK REPORT. Complete anatomic and clinical laboratory training…
- Industry Memoriam by: Justin M Clark
November 9, 2009, 11:16
DarkDaily.com recognizes the life achievements of the influential professionals of the Clinical Laboratory industry. Please read the obituaries below to…
- Anatomic Pathology & Histology Laboratory Management Recruiters & Staffing Resources by: Justin M Clark
March 30, 2009, 10:56
Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology Resources - Dark Daily's resource listings for Anatomic Pathology & Histology Laboratory Management Recruiters &…
- Clinical Laboratory Coding, Billing, and Collection Resources by: Justin M Clark
March 30, 2009, 11:01
Clinical Laboratory Pathology Resources - Dark Daily's resource listings for Clinical Laboratory Coding, Billing, and Collection Resources help you identify…
- Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Coding, Billing, and Collection Resources by: Justin M Clark
March 30, 2009, 11:25
Clinical Pathology and Anatomic Pathology Resources - Dark Daily's resource listings for Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Coding, Billing, and Collection…
- Proficiency Testing Services by: Justin M Clark
July 27, 2009, 13:47
Clinical Laboratory Pathology Resources : Dark Daily’s resource listings for Proficiency Testing Service Resources help you identify the vendor and expertise…
- Clinical Laboratory Management Consultants by: Justin M Clark
June 25, 2009, 15:25
Clinical Laboratory Management Consultants - Dark Daily's resource listings for Clinical Laboratory Management Consultants help you identify the right talent…
- Laboratory Information Systems by: jude
February 2, 2012, 12:23
Dark Daily has worked in tandem with each LIS company to develop information as to the following points: Headquarters, Address, and Contact Information Brie…
- Anatomic Pathology Management Consultants by: Justin M Clark
June 25, 2009, 15:38
Dark Daily's resource listings for Anatomic Pathology Management Consultants help you identify the right talent and expertise for your clinical laboratories…
- Pathology and Laboratory Conferences by: Justin M Clark
June 24, 2010, 14:29
Dark Daily’s Industry conferences & continuing education listings for clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology groups helps you locate the right conference…
- Lean Six Sigma, ISO 15189, Quality Management Consultants by: Justin M Clark
- Services by: Justin M Clark
November 24, 2008, 14:21
Laboratory and Pathology Professional Services Strategic Consulting With a demonstrated track record of success, Robert Michel and the team at the Dark…
- Laboratory Product Reviews by: jude
August 25, 2010, 13:20
FREE Lab Product Review Reports from DarkDaily. Learn about laboratory automation technologies and other clinical diagnostic products and reviews.
- A Tale of Two Solutions Achieving Balance in Automation: Optimizing Time and Staff by: jude
February 10, 2011, 15:18
New Laboratory Products Review White Paper by DARK DAILY: Diagnostic laboratories continually seek to balance the physician’s request for faster test results…
- Reducing Manual Steps, Improving Turnaround Times, and Creating a Lean Laboratory Environment: ISD Testing on the Dimension® Integrated Chemistry Systems by: Justin M Clark
July 8, 2011, 15:20
As stated previously, the ISD workload from the community hospital was used as a basis for comparing the workflow between the ARCHITECT and Dimension systems.…
- Using Quality Management Methods to Compare Competing Mid Volume Segment Immunoassay Systems by: Justin M Clark
August 25, 2010, 13:20
Based upon these site specific evaluations, the ADVIA Centaur CP has many of the “value added” features that mid-volume laboratories state they want. These…
- A Tale of Two Solutions Achieving Balance in Automation: Optimizing Time and Staff by: jude
- About Dark Daily by: Justin M Clark
November 24, 2008, 14:28
DARK Daily is a concise Laboratory News & Laboratory Management briefing on timely topics in clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology group management.
- About Robert Michel by: Justin M Clark
November 24, 2008, 14:56
Editor-in-Chief, DARK Daily Robert L. Michel is a respected commentator, consultant, author, editor, speaker, and entrepreneur. He is a leading expert on…
- About Robert Michel by: Justin M Clark
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November 24, 2008, 14:54
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- Trailblazers: Dark Daily's Blog Roll Ushers in the Digital Age by: Justin M Clark
November 3, 2009, 13:03
Dark Daily's Blog Roll is designed to helping you keep your finger on the pulse of the clinical pathology laboratory industry by informing you of leading…
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November 24, 2008, 14:56
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November 24, 2008, 14:57
DARK Daily Privacy Policy DARK Daily, doing business as DARK DAILY (hereinafter referred to as DARK DAILY) is committed to protecting the privacy of our web…
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February 1, 2010, 12:05
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- Understanding The Genomic/Proteomic Revolution by: Justin M Clark
November 24, 2008, 15:05
He is an "insider" in the full sense of the term. He has access to thought leaders and information unavailable to the media. Because of this fact, his…
- Summary of Laboratory Industry by: Justin M Clark
November 24, 2008, 15:06
Introduction: To celebrate five eventful years of service to the laboratory industry and pathology profession, The Dark Report is pleased to present its first…
- Pathology Residents Education Program (PREP) - WEBINARS by: jude
September 29, 2010, 06:53
Pathology resident and fellow webinars transitioning from residency to practice. Presented by The Dark Report and Dark Daily.com
- Entering Private Practice: What Every Pathology Resident Should Know about Productivity, Management, and Career Development by: jude
February 22, 2011, 16:14
Dark Daily webinar and recordings, Dr Sirgi of UniPath PC: How to master the secrets of success for finding your first job
- How to Negotiate the Best Pathology Employment Contract by: jude
December 20, 2010, 14:57
Find out how to get the best salary, benefits, and relocation terms from prospective employers when you register to attend the latest webinar in the Dark…
- Deconstructing the Language of CPT: How to Master Pathology Coding and Documentation by: jude
November 22, 2010, 20:54
WEBINAR SERIES FOR PATHOLOGY RESIDENTS: Coding is the language that all new physicians must learn to speak if they want to get paid for their services. It’s…
- The Essential Guide to Achieving the Perfect Pathology Fellowship:
Useful Advice and “Must-Do’s” for First-, Second- and Third-Year Residents by: judeApril 18, 2011, 13:40
A new PREP webinar by Dark Daily and THE DARK REPORT. On Thursday, April 28, 2011, the Pathology Residents Education Program (PREP) has a timely learning…
- Finding the Perfect Pathology Position: What Every Resident Needs to Know about Today’s Job Market by: jude
September 28, 2010, 13:26
During your last year of residency or fellowship, it's essential that your name, your talents, and your skills are put in front of prospective employers at the…
- Choosing Your Career Path: How the Genetic Transformation of Laboratory Medicine and Healthcare Could Impact Your Future as a Pathologist by: jude
November 3, 2010, 11:25
If you’re a pathology resident or fellow who wants to choose the right career path in laboratory medicine, you won’t want to miss the latest webinar from…
- Entering Private Practice: What Every Pathology Resident Should Know about Productivity, Management, and Career Development by: jude
- Our Editor Gets His Vitamin D Test Results From 9 Different Labs by: jude
March 30, 2010, 05:00
The Dark Report Editor-In-Chief Robert L. Michel gave blood for the cause and it’s another laboratory industry first! To understand what doctors and patients…
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June 5, 2009, 10:48
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- White Papers by: admin
September 10, 2009, 15:38
Free White Papers on Clinical Laboratory Pathology Industry by The Dark Report and Dark Daily. Purchase past White Papers on the laboratory industry trends and…
- Vaginitis Diagnosis:
An Opportunity to Improve Patient Care by: judeDecember 14, 2010, 15:57
Free Whitepaper on New Vaginitis Diagnosis Test Laboratories have an opportunity to make a measurable contribution to the care of vaginitis patients by…
- Digital Pathology White Paper: Pathology Innovators Use Web 2.0 to Boost Productivity and Create Clinical Value by: jude
January 13, 2010, 11:00
FREE Digital Pathology White Paper - Pathology 2.0 and Web 2.0 is here. Pathology Innovators Use Web 2.0 to Boost Productivity and Create Clinical Value, while…
- Getting Paid for Molecular Tests:
How Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups Should Respond to Pre-Authorization Requirements by Payers by: judeFebruary 1, 2011, 05:11
New White Paper on Molecular Diagnostic Tests from DARK DAILY. Getting Paid for Molecular Tests: How Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups Should Respond…
- Cleaning Up Your Laboratory’s FOB Testing Program:
An Opportunity to Improve Patient Care by: judeSeptember 12, 2011, 11:58
New FREE White Paper by DARK DAILY and THE DARK REPORT on fecal occult blood testing and how to improve your lab's testing program, increase accuracy and have…
- Change Your Laboratory Working Culture by: Justin M Clark
April 17, 2009, 16:25
Get the inside secrets and strategies for reshaping your lab’s working culture into an energizing, can-do environment. Find out what the nation’s top-perfor…
- Current Legal Challenges
for Laboratory Professionals by: judeOctober 28, 2010, 14:46
In recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services(CMS) was concerned about fraud and abuse. It wanted to rein in revenue-driven arrangements that…
- Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) in the 21st Century:
The Challenges and the Promises by: judeAugust 16, 2011, 17:35
New Free White Paper - Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) in the 21st Century: The Challenges and the Promises. Case studies and common challenges.
- ISO 15189 Medical Laboratories:
Understanding the Four Components of a Quality Management System by: judeJanuary 20, 2011, 01:25
Free White Paper from DarkDaily. ISO 15189 - Medical laboratories are a critical part of the healthcare system. A patient’s diagnosis and treatment are…
- A CEO's Guide to Next Generation Revenue Cycle Management:
What Service Providers Need to Know to Survive the Changing Diagnostic Healthcare Environment by: judeOctober 10, 2011, 12:07
NEW Free White Paper from The Dark Report and Dark Daily: Next Generation Revenue Cycle Management. How to survive the changing healthcare environment with new…
- Risk of Misdiagnosis Due to Tissue Contamination May be Higher for Certain Specimen Types:
Changes to Laboratory Staining Techniques Offer Opportunity to Reduce Contamination Events by: judeMarch 10, 2011, 11:51
FREE White Paper from Dark Daily: Risk of Misdiagnosis Due to Tissue Contamination May be Higher for Certain Specimen Types: Changes to laboratory staining…
- Transferring Laboratory Data Into The Electronic Medical Record:
Technological Options For Data Migration In The Laboratory Information System by: judeDecember 6, 2011, 11:04
FREE WHITE PAPER from DARKDAILY: Although the LIS concept is not new, advances in technology have made them more sophisticated than ever, offering clinical…
- How Internet-Based Lab Tests Access Helps Clinical Laboratories Serve Un-Insured and Under-Insured Patients by: jude
July 14, 2011, 11:19
NEW White Paper by THE DARK REPORT: Internet-based companies that provide consumers with access to lab tests provide a significant and highly valued service…
- A CEO’s Guide to Increasing Laboratory Valuation: Effective Revenue Cycle and Compliance Management are Critical Success Factors by: jude
September 23, 2009, 14:14
The laboratory industry has been in a state of consolidation for the past 20 years leaving recent zenith of clinical and AP laboratory mergers and acquisitions…
- A CEO’s Guide to Molecular Diagnostic Reimbursement: Navigating the Many Challenges of Reimbursement and Commercialization by: Justin M Clark
May 17, 2010, 05:00
Free White Paper download on Molecular Diagnostic Reimbursement process. Learn the ins and outs of Reimbursement and Commercialization from this report brought…
- Connecting Labs to Physicians’ Electronic Health Records: Effective Strategies for Laboratories to Add Value by: jude
May 2, 2011, 16:26
Free White Paper from Dark Daily - This NEW White Paper will help laboratories to implement solutions that deliver the levels of service and connectivity…
- Laboratory Automation White Paper:
Achieving Best Practices with Total Laboratory Automation by: Justin M ClarkJuly 2, 2010, 06:43
This free download will provide readers with a detailed overview of the increase in clinical lab efficiency and flexibility dictate that medical laboratories…
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- Press Releases & News by: Justin M Clark
March 28, 2009, 17:09
The Dark Report and Dark Daily Press Releases and breaking news on all meetings and events hosted by The Dark Report and Dark Daily.
- Executive War College to Focus on Role of Digital Lab in Reinventing Health Care by: jude
March 25, 2009, 16:10
The Dark Report's Executive War College 2009 to focus on Digital Laboratories roll in healthcare. Visit ExecutiveWarCollege.com to learn more about this year's…
- Quest Diagnostic's Problem with Inaccurate Vitamin D Results was First Reported by THE DARK REPORT by: jude
April 16, 2009, 13:49
Quest Diagnostic’s Problem with Inaccurate Vitamin D Testing Errors was First Reported by THE DARK REPORT
- New Managed Care Contracting Trends, Issues, and Opportunities for Clinical Labs and Pathology Groups by: jude
September 9, 2009, 15:45
Don't miss this audio conference on managed care contracting for clinical labs and pathology groups hosted by THE DARK REPORT. Audio recordings are available.
- Achieving Financial Success with Hospital Laboratory Outreach: Six Proven Ways to Boost Net Revenue by: jude
August 9, 2011, 11:17
PRESS RELEASE - In THE DARK REPORT’S latest information-packed audio conference, Achieving Financial Success with Hospital Laboratory Outreach: Six Proven…
- Managing Multiple Generations:
Proven Methods to Motivate Gen X, Gen Y, and Baby Boomers in the Same Laboratory by: judeApril 6, 2011, 20:23
A new audio conference and digital recording from The Dark Report: With four generations of employees now working side by side, laboratory managers need to…
- Lab Managers: How to Become A Better Coach and Create a More Productive Working Environment by: jude
August 3, 2009, 14:58
A new audio conference and live CD recording from DARK Daily and THE DARK REPORT. Help your staff—and yourself—advance to higher levels of responsibility…
- Pathology and Radiology’s Combined Future is Now at Kansas University: How Integrated Breast Cancer Diagnostics Is Changing Patient Care for the Better! by: jude
August 3, 2009, 15:43
In a pioneering effort at The University of Kansas, a radiologist and a pathologist are working side by side to review each other's primary images and issue a…
- Clinical and Pathology Laboratory Leaders to Share Successes in Process Improvement, Lean, and ISO 15189 by: jude
September 1, 2010, 13:53
// PRESS RELEASE The Dark Report 21806 Briarcliff Dr. Spicewood, Texas 78669 512-264-7103 o 512-264-0969 f FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media…
- Transforming Clinical Lab Middle Managers into Top-Performing Team Contributors! by: jude
October 19, 2010, 10:40
MANAGEMENT SKILLS AT ALL LEVELS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND! Across the nation, clinical laboratories and pathology groups need skilled and competent management…
- HIPAA Form 5010 Implementation: Real-World Solutions to Ease the Transition from 4010 to 5010 and Avoid Reimbursement Delays by: jude
January 11, 2012, 17:25
PRESS RELEASE // The Dark Report 21806 Briarcliff Dr. Spicewood, Texas 78669 512-264-7103 o 512-264-0969 f FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact:…
- Lab Quality Confab Is the One-Stop Shop for All Thats Best, New, and Effective in Lean, Six Sigma, and ISO by: jude
June 1, 2011, 12:20
PRESS RELEASE - 2011 Lab Quality Confab is designed and organized to be the ultimate resource in Lean, Six Sigma, ISO, and other important process improvements…
- The Dark Report Offers FREE White Paper: Revenue Cycle Management Contributes to Increased Laboratory Profits and Valuations by: jude
October 14, 2009, 12:11
New FREE Downloadable Whitepaper: Revenue Cycle Management Contributes to Increased Laboratory Profits and Valuations
- Succession Planning in Laboratories Is Topic of Special Audio Conference by: jude
November 9, 2009, 16:58
Most clinical laboratories and pathology groups are unprepared to cope with the numerous and regular wave of impending retirements as Baby Boomer bench…
- Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) in the 21st Century: The Challenges and the Promises by: jude
August 25, 2011, 15:49
Dark Report Press Release: New White paper just posted on LIS in the 21st Century. Download FREE Today!
- Preparing for a Medicare RAC Audit Essential Do’s and Don’ts for Labs to Reduce Compliance Risk and Avoid Penalties by: jude
July 12, 2011, 16:31
New Dark Report audio conference and digital recordings: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have designated four independent companies to…
- Physician Use of EMRs Requires Clinical Laboratories to Create a Winning LIS-to-EMR Interface by: jude
January 11, 2010, 19:41
Press Release - Physician Use of EMRs Requires Clinical Laboratories to Create a Winning LIS-to-EMR Interface
- The Essential Guide to Achieving the Perfect Pathology Fellowship: Useful Advice and 'Must-Do’s' for First-, Second-, and Third-Year Residents by: jude
April 21, 2011, 13:09
PRESS RELEASE - New Dark Report Webinar April 2011: On Thursday, April 28, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. EDT the Pathology Residents Education Program (PREP) offered…
- Negotiating Requests for Proposals: How a Laboratory Can Get the Best Value by: jude
March 11, 2011, 11:41
New Audio Conference and LIVE Recordings from Dark Daily and THE DARK REPORT: Negotiating Requests for Proposals: How a Laboratory Can Get the Best Value
- Longhorn Laboratory Partners Selected by Maplewood Software to Distribute ScheduleLabs by: jude
June 8, 2011, 11:12
PRESS RELEASE Longhorn Laboratory Partners, LLC 21806 Briarcliff Dr. Spicewood, Texas 78669 512-551-0809 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Ron…
- Announcing Date of 17th Annual Executive War College on Lab & Pathology Management by: jude
December 5, 2011, 16:14
The 17th Annual Executive War College will be held at the Sheraton New Orleans on May 1-2, 2012. For more information, visit the Executive War College website…
- ACOs and Medical Homes: Preparing a Lab for Dramatic Changes in How Physicians Use Clinical Laboratories by: jude
June 8, 2011, 11:55
THE DARK REPORT will help clinical lab and pathology groups to fully understand the operation of these radical new care models, plus the challenges they…
- Reducing Manual Steps, Improving Turnaround Times, and Creating a Lean Laboratory Environment: ISD Testing on the Dimension® Integrated Chemistry Systems by: jude
July 15, 2011, 13:12
New Free Lab Product Review Report: A newly-published Lab Products Review, "Reducing Manual Steps, Improving Turnaround Times, and Creating a Lean Laboratory…
- Getting Paid for Molecular Tests:
How Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups Should Respond to Pre-Authorization Requirements by Payers by: judeFebruary 17, 2011, 15:22
Press Release from DarkDaily.com New FREE white paper is available on Getting Paid for Molecular Testing, How Pathology Groups Should Respond to Pre-Authorizat…
- Connecting Labs to Physicians’ Electronic Health Records: Effective Strategies for Laboratories to Add Value by: jude
April 29, 2011, 16:01
PRESS RELEASE: NEW FREE WHITE PAPER - Connecting Labs to Physicians’ Electronic Health Records: Effective Strategies for Laboratories to Add Value
- Why Medicare Carrier Proposes Major Changes in the Handling of Code Stacked Molecular Test Claims Is Topic of December 20 Audio Conference by: jude
December 6, 2011, 16:48
PRESS RELEASE // The Dark Report 21806 Briarcliff Dr. Spicewood, Texas 78669 512-264-7103 o 512-264-0969 f FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact:…
- Washington Puts Lab-Test Cost-Cutting on the Table for 2012: Devastating Fee Cuts Plus Other Congressional Proposals and How Your Lab Can Prevent Them by: jude
October 17, 2011, 12:09
NEW Audio Conference and Recordings from THE DARK REPORT: Washington Puts Lab-Test Cost-Cutting on the Table for 2012: Devastating Fee Cuts Plus Other…
- Risk of Misdiagnosis Due to Tissue Contamination May Be Higher for Certain Specimen Types:
Changes to laboratory staining techniques offer opportunity to reduce contamination events by: judeMarch 21, 2011, 05:00
Risk of Misdiagnosis Due to Tissue Contamination May Be Higher for Certain Specimen Types: Changes to laboratory staining techniques offer opportunity to…
- Executive War College 2010 to Focus on Economy, Health Care Reform, and Information Technology by: jude
February 26, 2010, 21:09
The 15th Annual Executive War College by The Dark Report will focus on the Economy and Healthcare Reform and IT this April 27-28, 2010 in New Orleans, LA.
- How Internet-Based Lab Tests Access Helps Clinical Laboratories Serve Un-Insured and Under-Insured Patients by: jude
July 21, 2011, 11:33
New FREE White Paper from THE DARK REPORT and Dark Daily: Internet based lab testing access for uninsured and underinsured.
- How Meaningful Use and EMR Adoption Will Reshape Your Lab’s Competitive Future and Its Profitability by: jude
September 14, 2010, 15:43
Dark Report new Audio Conference! Clinical laboratories and pathology groups will soon be required to maintain laboratory information systems (LIS) that can…
- Labs Respond to Uncertain Economy and Healthcare Reform with Lean Six Sigma Successes by: jude
December 2, 2009, 10:02
With the economy in the tank and Congress about to enact radical reforms to the American healthcare system, clinical laboratories and pathology groups are…
- Increase Your Lab Revenue With Better Billing & Coding by: Justin M Clark
August 8, 2008, 14:54
Increase Your Lab Revenue With Better Billing & Coding: How To Collect More Money While Slashing Collection Costs
- How Hospital Labs Can Benefit from New Molecular Tests and Technologies by: Justin M Clark
September 4, 2008, 15:00
How Hospital Labs Can Benefit from New Molecular Tests and Technologies
- Global Gathering of Clinical Laboratory Leaders Using Lean, Six Sigma, and ISO:15189 by: Justin M Clark
September 4, 2008, 15:27
Global Gathering of Clinical Laboratory Leaders Using Lean, Six Sigma, and ISO:15189
- Making Managers in your laboratory more productive and more effective by: Justin M Clark
October 1, 2008, 15:33
Making Managers in your laboratory more productive and more effective.
- Winning Managed Care Contracting Strategies for Labs and Pathology Groups by: Justin M Clark
December 3, 2008, 17:15
Winning Managed Care Contracting Strategies for Labs and Pathology Groups
- Innovators in the Integration of In Vivo and In Vitro Diagnostics to Share Breakthroughs by: Justin M Clark
December 10, 2008, 17:36
Innovators in the Integration of In Vivo and In Vitro Diagnostics to Share Breakthroughs at Molecular Summit
- Executive War College to Focus on Role of Digital Lab in Reinventing Health Care by: jude
- Dark Report Charter Membership by: Justin M Clark
June 11, 2009, 13:22
The Dark Report membership online, subscribe to The Dark Report laboratory intelligence today and get the 19-24 page report in your mailbox every 3 weeks! Join…
- United States - Charter Membership Application by: Justin M Clark
June 11, 2009, 13:25
Join The Dark Report intelligence service. Subscribe to Dark Report and receive our intelligence reports every three weeks as part of the charter membership…
- Canada - Charter Membership Application by: Justin M Clark
June 11, 2009, 13:24
Join The Dark Report intelligence service. Subscrib to Dark Report and receive our intelligence reports every three weeks as part of the charter membership…
- All Other Countries - Charter Membership Application by: Justin M Clark
June 11, 2009, 13:23
Become a Dark Report charter member and receive 17 Resourceful Lab Industry Reports: Annually Timely ebriefings, Breaking news and Analysis …
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- Vitamin D Expert Panel Discussion - Webinar by: Justin M Clark
September 24, 2009, 15:00
FREE Video Training – VITAMIN D Expert Panel Discussion! Different Methodologies Produce Different Numbers Over the last 30 months, Vitamin D tests have…
- Audio Conferences - Page 2 by: Justin M Clark
June 24, 2009, 10:59
Don't miss these cost saving audio conferences topics and recordings to share with your laboratory team!
- Dark Daily in the News by: jude
September 17, 2009, 11:17
Dark Daily and Dark Daily events in other news outlets online.
- Vitamin D Studies of Interest from Vitamin Council by: jude
September 17, 2009, 11:41
Vitamin Council has some recent finding on Vitamin D deficiency and quotes from DarkDaily news.
- Vitamin D Studies of Interest from Vitamin Council by: jude
- McKesson Health Solutions by: jude
August 20, 2010, 16:36
McKesson Advanced Diagnostic Management product. Web-based services for managing advanced diagnostics such as molecular diagnostics, with Clear Coverage for…
- Seminar Landing by: admin
July 27, 2010, 11:57
Workshop is appropriate for up-and-coming middle managers, senior managers, and administrators; any lab manager tasked with achieving business goals and…
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July 31, 2010, 10:52
Download the Brochure! Meet Your Leader and Guide Jeff Smith Jeff Smith brings over 20 years of experience as an executive in human…
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- Audio Conference - Page 4 by: jude
May 26, 2010, 16:32
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- FREE Videos by: Justin M Clark
July 7, 2009, 14:32
NEW! Peeking into Pathology’s Future: Implications of Personalized Medicine, Companion Diagnostics, and Next-Generation Integrated Diagnostics Expa…
- Peeking into Pathology’s Future:
Implications of Personalized Medicine, Companion Diagnostics, and Next-Generation Integrated Diagnostics by: Justin M ClarkFebruary 21, 2011, 15:41
Expanding knowledge of the human genome is directly creating new capabilities for pathologists and laboratory scientists. New molecular assays make it…
- Rapid Process Improvement Techniques Deliver Workflow Excellence by: jude
October 12, 2009, 13:54
FREE Webinar download on Using Kaizen Events and DMAIC Approach to Unlock High-Performance in Laboratory Work Flow
- Understanding Why Laboratory Testing
will Underpin Healthcare's Need to Fully Integrate Clinical Care and the Electronic Patient Health Record by: Justin M ClarkFebruary 18, 2011, 14:34
David King of Laboratory Corp. of America on Why Laboratory Testing will Underpin Healthcare's Need to Fully Integrate Clinical Care and the Electronic Patient…
- Winning Lab Strategies During Dismal Economic Times and Impending Healthcare Reform by: Justin M Clark
July 7, 2009, 14:29
FREE Dark Report Webinar All the forces needed for a perfect storm are appearing. Declines in economic activity point to a recession and belt-tightenin…
- Peeking into Pathology’s Future:
- Contact Us by: Justin M Clark
December 9, 2008, 17:18
Interested in learning more about how Dark Daily can help your laboratory or have a membership question? If you need immediate assistance please use contact…
- Join Thank You by: Justin M Clark
March 4, 2009, 07:31
Thank You Your information has been successfully submitted and you are now subscribed to DARK Daily. You can download your free special report…
- Audio Conferences by: Justin M Clark
June 23, 2009, 14:20
Clinical Pathology Audio Conferences and 90 minute live digital recordings of audio conferences for lab managers and lab leaders. Share with your lab team!
- Anticipating the Disruption from HIPAA 5010 Forms and ICD-10:
Essential Action Steps to Maintain Your Lab’s Cash Flow by: judeMay 3, 2011, 12:28
Audio Conference: The Dark Report and Dark Daily Attention all labs: There's a major deadline looming. Conversion to HIPPA 5010, the new form for electronic…
- Why Health Insurers Want to Pre-Authorize Genetic Assays and Expensive Clinical Pathology by: jude
June 2, 2010, 16:15
Healthcare Reform: Engaging with Payers to Enable Clinical and Financial Decision Support at the Point of Care Learn how and why your laboratory must be…
- Managing Multiple Generations in Your Lab:
Proven Methods to Motivate Gen X, Gen Y, and Baby Boomers in the Same Workplace by: judeMarch 30, 2011, 14:28
In today’s modern laboratory, four different generations of employees now work side by side. But that doesn’t mean your lab is a harmonious or productive…
- Staff Your Lab with Top Performers: How to Recruit and Retain the Best Med Techs by: jude
March 27, 2009, 13:21
Recruiting and hiring top medical technologists may be the single biggest issue facing laboratories today. And it’s a problem that gets worse every month.…
- New Legal Issues and Regulatory Changes and Their Potential Impact on Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups by: jude
October 9, 2009, 17:08
Clinical Pathology Laboratory Audio Conference - Recently-enacted laws and new regulatory requirements are creating new risks for clinical laboratories and…
- Laboratory and Pathology Mergers & Acquisition Activity: How Recent Sales and The Current Economy Could Impact the Value of Your Lab by: jude
June 4, 2009, 16:14
Clinical Pathology Audio Conference - The economic downturn has certainly made a big difference in laboratory merger & acquisition (M&A) activity. While we saw…
- Managed-Care Contracting: How to Ensure the New Healthcare Reforms Won't Lower Your Lab's Health Plan Reimbursements by: jude
February 2, 2011, 17:11
New! Pathology Audio Conference from DARKDAILY and THE DARK REPORT entitled: Managed-Care Contracting: How to Ensure the New Healthcare Reforms Won't Lower…
- HIPAA Form 5010 Implementation: Real-World Solutions to Ease the Transition from 4010 to 5010 and Avoid Reimbursement Delays by: jude
January 6, 2012, 13:07
HIPAA Form 5010 Implementation: Real-World Solutions to Ease the Transition from 4010 to 5010 and Avoid Reimbursement Delays The first 18 days: Lessons…
- Prepare Your Lab for a Medicare RAC Audit: Essential Do’s and Don’ts to Reduce Compliance Risk and Avoid Penalties by: jude
June 29, 2011, 11:59
In 90 minutes, you'll get advice on surviving a RAC audit from the following two experts: First, Jane Pine Wood, a health-law attorney who specializes in…
- Sure-Fire Methods to Slash Your Laboratory's Reference and Send-Out Testing Costs by: jude
April 23, 2009, 12:43
How Baystate Reference Laboratories Maintained Clinical Service while Harvesting Big Dollar Savings
- Transfusion & Blood Management: Practical Advice on How to Save Blood, Save Dollars and Save Lives by: jude
May 5, 2010, 12:38
Dark Report and Dark Daily Clinical Pathology Audio Conference - Whether you’re a hospital administrator, lab director, blood bank supervisor or medical…
- How Meaningful Use and EMR Adoption Will Reshape Your Lab’s Competitive Future—and Its Profitability by: jude
September 3, 2010, 13:13
“Meaningful use” rules and generous federal incentives are spurring many physicians to adopt electronic medical record (EMR) systems. Widespread use of…
- Negotiating Pathology Part A Reimbursement with Hospitals: Why the Performance-Based Approach Opens the Door to Increased Value by: jude
March 31, 2010, 12:41
Pathology Audio Conference and CD Recording: Join THE DARK REPORT and DARKDAILY.COM on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, for an exciting new audio conference…
- The A-to-Z of Vitamin D: Why It’s Today’s Hottest Lab Test by: jude
February 5, 2010, 08:15
Clinical Pathology Audio Conference on Vitamin D by THE DARK REPORT and Dark Daily - Listen as Dr. Hollis provides details of recent clinical studies that will…
- Negotiating RFPs: How to Get the Best Value for Your Laboratory by: jude
March 3, 2011, 09:05
A request for proposal (RFP) can be an invaluable tool in helping your lab get the best pricing and terms from both current and future suppliers. But what…
- How to Stay Legal in 2011: New Legal Issues and Regulatory Changes Affecting Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups by: jude
September 27, 2010, 13:47
Lawmakers, regulators, and judges have been busy in 2010. New laws, amended regulatory requirements, and recent court decisions present clinical laboratories…
- Pathology and Radiology's Combined Future is Now at KU: How Integrated Breast Cancer Diagnostics are Improving Patient Care by: jude
July 20, 2009, 14:45
In a pioneering effort at The University of Kansas, a radiologist and a pathologist are working side by side to review each other's primary images and issue a…
- How Proposed Code-Stack Changes Will Impact Palmetto GBA's Handling of Molecular Diagnostic Tests and LDTs by: jude
December 1, 2011, 11:41
AUDIO CONFERENCE and RECORDINGS from THE DARK REPORT and DARK DAILY: Is the era of code stacking about to end? The clock is certainly ticking for molecular…
- ACOs and Medical Homes:
Preparing Your Lab for Dramatic Changes in How Physicians Use Clinical Laboratories by: judeJune 6, 2011, 12:30
Audio Conference and Audio Recording: No one in the lab industry wants the ACO/Medical Home trend to undermine the clinical integrity and financial solvency…
- Improve Pathologist Compensation and Productivity in Your Lab by: Justin M Clark
November 13, 2008, 13:52
Clinical Pathology Laboratory Audio Conference Audio Recordings - Hiring practices for clinical laboratory pathologists are changing but they are in great…
- Washington Puts Lab-Test Cost-Cutting on the Table for 2012: Devastating Fee Cuts Plus Other Congressional Proposals and How Your Lab Can Prevent Them by: jude
October 12, 2011, 12:07
NEW Audio Conference and Recordings from The Dark Report: Positioning your lab to provide critical value-added services in the new healthcare environment, how…
- Lab Test Reports That Create Brand Awareness by: Justin M Clark
January 14, 2009, 14:26
Learn how to build customized lab test reports that create brand awareness and client loyalty for your lab.
- Negotiate The Best Pricing And Terms For Your Laboratory by: Justin M Clark
December 17, 2008, 14:52
Learn How To Negotiate The Best Pricing And Terms For Your Laboratory
- Using Your Lab's Culture For Productivity by: Justin M Clark
May 6, 2008, 16:44
How to use Your Lab's Culture To Turbocharge Productivity & Profits.
- Find And Eliminate All Waste In Your Laboratory by: Justin M Clark
December 9, 2008, 09:05
Cinical Pathology Audio Conference -by The Dark Report - How to see waste in your laboratory and have a LEAN workflow while saving money.
- Lab Managers: How to Become A Better Coach and Create a More Productive Working Environment by: jude
June 25, 2009, 13:49
Clinical Laboratory Pathology Audio - As a pathology laboratory manager, part of your job is staff development—getting members of your team to take on more…
- Achieving Best Practices in Laboratory Operations and Workflow: How to Sustain Lean and Tear Down Silos in Your Lab by: jude
November 30, 2010, 22:48
THE DARK REPORT and DARKDAILY Present: Listen LIVE, Or order LIVE recordings - Best Practice in Laboratory Operations Workflow by Dr Giles and Patrick Maul :…
- Improving Laboratory Management Productivity by: Justin M Clark
December 9, 2008, 09:06
Clinical Laboratory Pathology Audio CD - Improve laboratory management productivity in your clinical or pathology laboratory today! Learn from this audio…
- Managed Care’s Most Significant New Trends in 2010 and Their Impact on Your Lab’s Contract Renewal Negotiations by: jude
February 24, 2010, 15:05
Laboratory Conference - Managed-care companies are about to target expensive molecular and genetic tests by requiring pre-authorization and patient counseling.…
- Profit From New Must-Have Molecular Tests and Technologies by: Justin M Clark
December 9, 2008, 09:09
Molecular diagnostics is hot and your laboratory can profit from them. Listen to this audio recording for more information!
- Increase Your Laboratory Revenue with Better Billing & Coding by: Justin M Clark
December 9, 2008, 09:10
Clinical Laboratory Pathology Audio on Billing Coding and Collections - Master the “three-dimension strategy” in lab billing/coding/collection by changing…
- Laboratory and Pathology Mergers & Acquisitions by: Justin M Clark
December 9, 2008, 09:10
The Dark Report presents... Laboratory and Pathology Mergers & Acquisitions: Must-Have Essentials To Learn Before You Sell or Buy A Lab YOUR PANEL…
- Achieving World-Class Performance: New Ways Your Lab Can Use Lean Six Sigma to Stop Bad Outcomes and Boost Financial Performance by: jude
November 20, 2009, 18:43
Clinical Pathology Audio Conference - Eliminate waste and save money in your laboratory. How to transition from traditional management to Lean Six Sigma…
- Genetic Tests On The Internet by: Justin M Clark
December 9, 2008, 09:12
Genetic Tests On The Internet: Understanding The Dangers-And Opportunities-For Your Lab! YOUR PRESENTERS: Trisha Brown, MS, CGC, Vice President Clinical…
- Succession Planning Essentials: Preparing Your Lab for the Coming Wave of Retiring Managers and Staff by: jude
October 27, 2009, 11:28
Dark Report Audio Conference on Laboratory Succession Planning with the wave of boomers retiring soon!
- Meaningful Use: Phase 1 Lessons Learned and How to Prepare Your Lab for Phase 2 Requirements by: jude
September 6, 2011, 15:23
New Audio Conference and Digital Recordings by THE DARK REPORT: With Meaningful Use phase 2 criteria about to become effective, the nation's clinical laboratori…
- Molecular Diagnostics for Community Hospital Labs: Hitting Clinical and Financial Home Runs in Infectious Disease and Oncology Testing by: jude
August 3, 2010, 06:59
How the implementation of molecular diagnostics can have a positive impact on patient care and financial growth YOUR PRESENTERS: Fred…
- Achieving Financial Success with Hospital Laboratory Outreach: Six Proven Ways to Boost Net Revenue by: jude
July 22, 2011, 16:26
New Audio Conference and Recording from THE DARK REPORT:You can measurably improve the performance of your lab's billing and collections team, which in turn…
- The A-to-Z of ISO 15189: How to Boost Your Lab’s Clinical and Financial Performance by: jude
December 29, 2010, 18:38
DARK DAILY Clinical Pathology Audio Conference and Recordings: In the United States, interest in “ISO 15189: Medical Laboratories” is growing fast. Some of…
- How to Protect Your Laboratory's Most Important Business Assets from Internal and External Threats by: jude
May 26, 2010, 09:40
Critical new developments affecting trade secrets, non-compete agreements and employee handbooks LIVE AUDIO RECORDINGS AVAILABLE! YOUR…
- New Managed Care Contracting Trends, Issues, and Opportunities for Clinical Labs and Pathology Groups by: jude
September 2, 2009, 16:00
Clinical Laboratory Pathology Audio Confernce - Every year at contract renewal time, you’re faced with the same concern: How can you negotiate the best…
- Creating Patient Requisition Forms That Dramatically Increase Market Share and Profitability by: Justin M Clark
March 4, 2009, 09:08
Clinical Pathology Audio Conference - Learn how to creating Patient Requisition Forms That Dramatically Increase Market Share and Profitability
- How to Solve Your Lab's Med-Tech Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention Problems Now by: jude
November 4, 2010, 10:14
You may be surprised to learn that many hospital laboratories in the U.S. are struggling to attract adequate numbers of medical technologists (MTs) and…
- New Opportunities for Your Laboratory's LIS-EMR Interface: How to Profit From the "Big Wave" About to Hit Healthcare by: jude
December 23, 2009, 16:44
Clinical laboratory pathology audio conference - A new Clinical Pathology Audio Conference and Audio Recordings on New Opportunities for Your Laboratory…
- Anticipating the Disruption from HIPAA 5010 Forms and ICD-10:
- Management Workshop Nomination Form by: admin
September 15, 2010, 15:53
Advance for Medical Laboratory Professionals, Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory, and The Dark Report have entered into a collaboration to offer…
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Because of its ongoing activities in recruiting executive and management talent for a wide spectrum of clinical laboratories, hospitals, health systems, and…
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- Blockbuster Pathology Deal Sees Japan’s Miraca Holdings Pay 5 Million to Acquire Caris Diagnostics by: jude
October 12, 2011, 10:59
Pathology and clinical laboratory testing companies continue to go global and last week’s big acquisition in anatomic pathology gave one of Japan’s biggest…
- New Semiconductor Technology Accelerates Whole Genome Sequencing at Reduced Cost by: Justin M Clark
September 26, 2011, 09:12
Swift advances in whole human genome sequencing may bring clinical applications to pathology on a much faster timeline than expected. One impressive example of…
- Hospital CIOs Pessimistic about Pace of EHR Adoption, as Numbers Show Mixed Story by: jude
May 11, 2011, 05:00
For all the excitement about hospital and physician adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems, many CIOs of the nation’s leading health systems and…
- Clinical Pathology Laboratories Have Opportunity to Learn More about ISO 15189 by: Justin M Clark
January 13, 2011, 16:40
ISO 15189 is gaining a foothold among laboratories in the United States. Since the first clinical pathology laboratory in the U.S. earned accreditation to…
- In Vivo Pathology Testing Might Use Injectable Microbeads to Detect Excessive Glucose Levels by: Justin M Clark
January 7, 2011, 05:00
In Japan, researchers are developing a new in vivo diagnostic test technology that can monitor blood glucose in real time. Pathologists and clinical laboratory…
- More Hospitals Advertise Shorter Patient Wait Times for Their Emergency Departments by: jude
November 29, 2010, 05:00
Anyone who says there’s not much competition for patients has ignored the marketing battle among hospitals to attract patients to their emergency departments…
- Dartmouth Researchers Say that Doctors Now Work Fewer Hours Than Lawyers by: jude
October 29, 2010, 05:00
Doctors now work fewer hours than lawyers! This finding has serious implications for the healthcare industry in coming years. Clinical laboratories and…
- OIG Determines that CMS Failed to Report Disciplinary Actions against Clinical Pathology Laboratories and other Providers by: jude
October 27, 2010, 05:00
Adverse actions taken by federal healthcare regulators against clinical pathology laboratories and other healthcare providers have not been reported to a…
- PAML and Centura Health Announce Creation of New Clinical Pathology Laboratory Company in Denver by: jude
September 7, 2010, 11:00
Earlier today, PAML and Centura Health of Denver, Colorado, announced the creation of a new clinical pathology laboratory company. It will be called “Colorado…
- Feds to Destroy Bid Documents for Medicare’s Clinical Laboratory Competitive Bidding Demonstration Project in San Diego by: jude
August 18, 2010, 05:00
Last month in a San Diego courtroom, federal attorneys agreed to destroy the clinical pathology (LINK) laboratory bid documents that had been submitted as part…
- Australia’s Three Biggest Pathology Laboratories Face New Competitive Pressures by: jude
July 26, 2010, 09:16
Australia’s competitive market for clinical pathology laboratory testing seems poised for some major changes. Unfolding events are upsetting the pathology…
- “Do It Yourself” Dermatopathology Will Use Consumer’s Cell Phone Images by: jude
March 15, 2010, 07:00
Laboratory News - Dermatopathology labs and clinical laboratories may have a new source of case referrals if a “do it yourself” dermatopathology service…
- Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams’ Heart Surgery in the U.S. Triggers Debate on Healthcare in Canada by: jude
February 24, 2010, 04:00
Laboratory News - Newfoundland finds its self in the healthcare headlines once again. This time it is not about breast cancer testing problems in its pathology…
- Pathologists and Patient Groups Challenge BRCA1 & BRCA2 Gene Patents in Court by: jude
February 12, 2010, 04:00
Laboratory News - Pathology associations, breast cancer patient groups, and the ACLU are challenging the patents for the BRCA I and BRCA II genes held by the…
- Congress Eyes Tennessee Group’s Plan for Reforming Healthcare In United States by: Justin M Clark
June 29, 2009, 09:44
A proposal for health care reform out of Tennessee has captured the attention of Congress. It provides robust government oversight, but no new government plan…
- Integrating In Vitro and In Vivo Diagnostics by: Justin M Clark
March 22, 2007, 10:57
Across the laboratory industry, there is keen curiosity about how imaging giants Siemens and General Electric plan to integrate in vitro diagnostics with in…
- Developing Industry Trends Promise to Upend Some Labs and Pathology Groups by: Justin M Clark
February 22, 2007, 12:47
I have just finished confirming 49 speakers for this year's Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management and there is disturbing news to share.…
- Blockbuster Pathology Deal Sees Japan’s Miraca Holdings Pay 5 Million to Acquire Caris Diagnostics by: jude
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- Two Studies Find that Patients Want Access to their Health Records, Including Clinical Pathology Test Data by: jude
February 3, 2012, 05:00
Data from two studies here in the United States affirms that patients want access to their health records. Consequently, health systems are increasingly making…
- In United Kingdom, Clinical Pathology Laboratories Must Transform to Help Primary Care Physicians Achieve Improved Patient Outcomes by: jude
February 2, 2012, 05:00
DATELINE—BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND: Healthcare in the United Kingdom is undergoing a host of reforms. At this year’s Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine (FiLM),…
- In Massachusetts, Blues Ink Pact with Partners HealthCare to Implement Alternative Quality Contract with Global Payment by: jude
February 1, 2012, 05:00
The Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) model is gaining acceptance as a way to slow healthcare spending and improve care. Partners HealthCare has agreed to…
- More Use of Whole Gene Sequencing Poised to Play Important New Roles in Microbiology and Medical Laboratory Testing by: Justin M Clark
January 30, 2012, 07:57
In clinical laboratories across the nation, microbiology has greatly benefited from the introduction of molecular diagnostics in clinical practice. Now the…
- Federal Government Agrees to Open Access to Medicare Data about Individual Doctors by: jude
January 27, 2012, 05:00
Many pathologists may consider it a big step forward for public access to data about provider outcomes, not that the Department of Health and Human Services…
- Changing Role for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Testing Discussed at Personalized Medicine World Conference in Silicon Valley by: jude
January 25, 2012, 10:46
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA—Here in Silicon Valley at the Personalized Medicine World Conference (PMWC), the role of clinical laboratory testing and anatomic…
- Clinical Pathology Labs Take Note! Six ACO Early Adopters Seek Accreditation from NCQA by: jude
January 24, 2012, 05:00
Pathologists and clinical laboratory managers will be interested to learn that six accountable care organizations (ACO) stepped up and applied for accreditation…
- Aptamer-Based Blood Protein Detection Technology May Soon Be Used By Medical Laboratories in Tests for Cancer, Diabetes, and Other Diseases by: Justin M Clark
January 20, 2012, 08:33
New diagnostic technology has been developed that has the potential to accurately detect such diseases as cancer and diabetes, even when the patient is…
- New In Vivo Implant Device Monitors Tumor Growth Remotely by: jude
January 18, 2012, 05:00
Pathologists, take note! In vivo clinical diagnostic testing just took a giant step forward. A team of medical engineers at the Technical University of Munich…
- Survey Reveals Physicians Like Mobile Computing and Accessing Clinical Laboratory Tests Is One Important Use by: Justin M Clark
January 16, 2012, 07:55
Physicians are quickly becoming fans of mobile computing. Clinical laboratory managers and pathologists will be interested to learn that, in fact, mobile…
- Why Many Baby Boomers May Not Likely Retire When They Hit 65 by: jude
January 13, 2012, 05:00
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…
- Many Clinical Laboratories, Other Providers Struggle to Transition to 5010; Likely To See Payment Shortfall by: Justin M Clark
January 12, 2012, 05:00
clinical laboratories and pathology groups are holding their collective breath as they wait to see whether implementation of the electronic claim Form 5010…
- In the United Kingdom, Pathology and Medical Laboratory Testing Face Tough Challenges as the NHS Implements Reforms and Budget Cuts by: jude
January 11, 2012, 05:00
Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine (FiLM) has demonstrated, why, for decades, the pathology and medical laboratory service in the United Kingdom has been the…
- Quest Diagnostics Opens the New Year by Acquiring S.E.D. Laboratories by: jude
January 9, 2012, 05:06
In the first significant clinical laboratory acquisition of 2012, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX) acquired S.E.D. Medical Laboratories of Albuquerque…
- Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Groups Voice Concerns about Two Proposed Genetic Test Registries by: jude
January 4, 2012, 05:00
Registries for genetic tests and molecular diagnostic assays don’t seem to be going over well with clinical laboratories and pathology groups. Two different…
- MinuteClinics and Axis-Shield Ink Agreement to Provide Point-of-Care Hemoglobin A1c Tests in 600 CVS Pharmacies by: Justin M Clark
December 30, 2011, 07:19
Dark Daily has often predicted that rapid clinics in retail stores would actively look for opportunities to add specific medical laboratory tests to their…
- VA Wants to Collect Clinical Laboratory Blood Specimens from One Million Veterans to Create World’s Largest Medical Database and Gene Repository by: jude
December 28, 2011, 05:00
Imagine a massive data repository that contains the blood specimens of thousands of individuals, along with a detailed medical history for each patient that…
- New Diagnostic Technology Creates Opportunities for Clinical Laboratories to Help Physicians with Faster, More Accurate Diagnoses by: jude
December 27, 2011, 05:00
New diagnostic technologies are literally tumbling out of research laboratories and biotech development companies at an increasing pace. The sheer volume of…
- Growing Cost of Telemedicine, Telepathology, and Medical Data Transmissions Is a Budget-Buster in Oklahoma by: jude
December 23, 2011, 05:00
Rapid expansion in the use of telemedicine, telepathology, and similar digital data applications is creating an unexpected problem. The cost of the bandwidth…
- Positive News for Clinical Pathology Laboratories on Compensation for Medical Technologists and Clinical Laboratory Scientists by: jude
December 21, 2011, 05:00
Never say that readers of Dark Daily are not ready to express opinions and speak out! On Monday, we published an e-briefing that reported on the inclusion of…
- Experts Predict Shortage of Clinical Laboratory Labor Will Create Need for More Sophisticated Laboratory Information Systems by: jude
December 20, 2011, 05:00
Clinical laboratories nationwide are realizing they need new and more powerful laboratory information systems (LIS) as they seek to process larger volumes of…
- Bad News for Clinical Pathology Laboratories: Med Techs Rank Number 3 on List of Most-Educated and Least-Paid Professions by: Justin M Clark
December 19, 2011, 08:05
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians rank third on the list of the seven lowest paying jobs, most of which require at least a bachelor’s degree. The…
- New Innovation Gives Clinical Pathology Laboratories Opportunity to Use Dried Blood Spot Specimens in Medical Lab Testing by: jude
December 16, 2011, 05:00
New breakthroughs are creating the opportunity to use “dried blood spot” (DBS) technology in an expanded number of pathology and clinical laboratory…
- Pathology Laboratory Testing at the Crossroads: Will Payers Deeply Discount Prices for Genetic Tests, or Will Value-Based Pricing Prevail? by: Justin M Clark
December 15, 2011, 08:24
Big changes are coming in how payers handle code stacked claims for genetic tests and molecular diagnostic assays! However, few pathologists and clinical…
- World’s First Bedside Genetic Test Provides Results in 60 Minutes without Need to Send Specimen to the Central Pathology Laboratory by: jude
December 14, 2011, 05:00
Here’s a milestone in genetic testing that should catch the attention of pathologists and clinical laboratory managers everywhere. It is a test that is…
- UK’s Association for Clinical Biochemistry Calls for Better Blood-draw Training for ED Doctors by: jude
December 12, 2011, 05:00
Improving the quality of medical laboratory specimens collected by the staff of emergency departments is an ongoing issue in most American hospitals. Now comes…
- In the New Health Engagement Model of Health Benefits, Clinical Pathology Laboratories Can Help Beneficiaries through Timely Medical Lab Testing by: jude
December 9, 2011, 05:00
Across the nation, pathologists and clinical laboratory managers will want to learn about a new model of healthcare reform. It is the “health engagement…
- Inaccurate Medical Laboratory Test Results and Misdiagnoses in Nigeria Widely Reported by Media by: jude
December 7, 2011, 05:00
In Nigeria, patients are complaining about the problems caused by both misdiagnosis and faulty medical laboratory test results. There is also the problem that…
- Australia’s ‘Hospital in the Home’ Care Model Demonstrates Major Cost Savings and Comparable Patient Outcomes by: Justin M Clark
December 5, 2011, 08:19
Momentum continues to build in favor of the “Hospital in the Home” movement, known by the acronym HITH. For certain health conditions, this care model…
- Sequencing Developers’ Unprecedented Success Drives More Ambitious Goals For Genomics X Prize by: jude
December 2, 2011, 05:00
The newly-named Archon Genomics X PRIZE Presented by Medco® (X Prize) competition is seeking one hundred healthy centenarians to donate their genomes to…
- More Physician Use of EHRs Could Increase Medical Malpractice Claims by: jude
November 30, 2011, 05:00
Some experts predict that the great expansion in the number of physicians using electronic health record (EHR) systems may trigger an increase in medical…
- Fewer Biopsies Go to Pathology Labs when Gastroenterologists Use New Miniature Microscope by: jude
November 29, 2011, 05:00
Gastroenterologists are beginning to use what is being called the “world’s smallest microscope” to view tissue in situ and diagnose disease. It is a…
- Innovative Clinical Pathology Laboratories Use Quality Management Systems (QMS) to Deliver Added Value to Physicians by: Justin M Clark
November 18, 2011, 05:00
DATELINE: San Antonio, Texas—This week, a large and enthusiastic crowd of clinical laboratory managers and pathologists gathered here to participate in the…
- Three Trends in High-Throughput Gene Sequencing for Pathologists and Clinical Laboratory Managers by: jude
November 16, 2011, 05:00
Gene sequencing is the hot technology in both the biotech and clinical laboratory testing industries. That is because the cost of rapid gene sequencing systems…
- Palmetto GBA Execs Explain MolDx, Its New “Molecular Diagnostic Services” Program for Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
November 15, 2011, 05:00
Clinical laboratory managers and pathologists have dozens of questions about the proposed draft local coverage determinations (LCDs) that Medicare carrier…
- Senators Baucus and Grassley Want Documents from Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp Relating to Discounted Medical Lab Test Pricing Practices by: jude
November 14, 2011, 05:00
Is it a coincidence that discounted medical laboratory test pricing offered by the nation’s two largest clinical laboratory companies appears to now be the…
- Palmetto, Medicare’s Biggest Carrier, Proposes to End Code Stacking for Molecular Clinical Laboratory Tests by: jude
November 11, 2011, 05:00
Medicare’s biggest local carrier is ready to tackle the problems created when clinical pathology laboratories use code stacks to submit claims for genetic…
- Hospitals, Physicians, and Clinical Pathology Laboratories Scramble to Prepare for Use of Form 5010 Beginning January 1, 2012 by: jude
November 9, 2011, 05:00
Less than eight weeks remain before the January 1, 2012, deadline for implementation of Form 5010. Every sector of the healthcare system—from government and…
- Helping Pathologists Use New Technology to Identify and Classify Cancer-Related Cells Research by: Justin M Clark
November 7, 2011, 10:34
Surgical pathologists may have an exciting new tool for identifying and classifying cancer-related cells. Medical researchers at Duke University are demonstrati…
- WellPoint’s New Pay-for-Performance Program to Pay Hospitals More for Meeting Quality Measures by: jude
November 4, 2011, 05:00
Pay-for-performance just took a leap forward with news that one of the nation’s largest health insurers will link the reimbursement it pays to hospitals to…
- Clinical Pathology Laboratories in the United States Face Tougher Accreditation and CLIA Environment by: jude
November 3, 2011, 05:00
Across the United States, medical laboratory accreditation and CLIA compliance is quietly getting tougher. This is a trend which affects every clinical…
- Meet the World’s Largest Concentration of Hospitals, Physicians, and Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
November 2, 2011, 05:00
If someone asked you to identify where the world’s largest concentration of hospitals, physicians, and medical research institutions is located, would you…
- Clinical Pathology Laboratories Should Expect More Direct-to-Consumer Testing by: jude
October 31, 2011, 05:00
In an interesting twist on the direct-to-consumer (DTC) diagnostic testing market, QuickCheck Health (QCH) is developing a DTC testing platform that brings…
- Aetna, Humana, Kaiser, UnitedHealth Put Five Billion Medical Claims into Database for Healthcare Cost, Utilization Research by: jude
October 28, 2011, 05:00
In what may turn out to be a positive development for clinical laboratories and pathology group practices, four of the nation’s five biggest health insurance…
- Anatomic Pathology in China Is a Booming Growth Industry by: Justin M Clark
October 24, 2011, 08:00
DATELINE: Hangzhou, China—More than 1,200 Chinese pathologists and medical laboratory scientists assembled this weekend in a city marked by 1,500 years of…
- More Medical Laboratory Testing Expected as Retail Clinics Change Delivery of Routine Healthcare Services by: jude
October 24, 2011, 05:00
Retail clinics (RC)—often called “rapid clinics”—are growing at a phenomenal rate. At the same time, more hospitals and health systems are deciding to…
- Million Federal Grant Funds Clinical Laboratory Scientist Training at San Jose State University by: jude
October 21, 2011, 05:00
Everyone is aware of the shortage of medical technologists (MT) clinical laboratory scientists that plagues clinical laboratories in almost every region of the…
- Why Congress Is Considering Deep Cuts to Medical Laboratory Test Fees by: jude
October 19, 2011, 05:00
Unprecedented cuts in funding for clinical laboratory services are expected from Congress! That’s because federal legislators need deep cuts from many…
- Non-Invasive Early Diagnostic Pathology Test for Gastric Cancer Developed by University Of Georgia Researchers by: Justin M Clark
October 17, 2011, 08:06
Early detection of certain types of cancer may eventually become as easy as taking a home pregnancy test. That’s the prediction of researchers who are…
- Good News for Clinical Labs and Phlebotomists: Safety-engineered Devices Reduce Needlestick Injuries by: Justin M Clark
October 14, 2011, 08:31
Plebotomists and safety managers in clinical laboratories across the nation will welcome the results of several studies on phlebotomy needlestick injuries.…
- Concierge Medicine Trend Continues and Creates New Clients for Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: Justin M Clark
October 10, 2011, 08:36
Concern about healthcare reforms and lower reimbursement motivate a growing number of physicians to consider practicing concierge medicine. This is a practice…
- Medical Laboratories in Toronto Move Forward with Digital Pathology and Clinical Lab Consolidation by: jude
October 7, 2011, 05:00
DATELINE: Toronto, Ontario, Canada—Here in the downtown area of Ontario’s largest city is a healthcare organization known as University Health Network…
- Elekta Sells Its PowerPath Pathology Software to Sunquest by: Justin M Clark
October 3, 2011, 08:04
Earlier today, a deal was announced which has major implications for the anatomic pathology informatics marketplace. Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.,…
- Survey Set to Measure Impact of Trend by Urologists and GIs to Create Their Own In-Office Anatomic Pathology Laboratories by: Justin M Clark
September 30, 2011, 08:23
One trend reshaping the profession of anatomic pathology with surprising speed is the growth of in-clinic pathology laboratories by specialist physicians. As…
- Federal Court Issues Ruling in the Gene Patent Case Involving Myriad Genetics and the Association of Molecular Pathology by: jude
September 28, 2011, 05:00
There’s news regarding the widely-watched federal lawsuit that challenges the gene patents owned by Myriad Genetics. On September 13 a Federal Circuit panel…
- Famed Pathologist Dr. Rudolph Virchow’s Collection of Medical Specimens May Soon Be Closed to the Public by: jude
September 23, 2011, 05:00
Pathologists across the globe will be interested to learn that the pathological-anatomical collection of the famous Doctor Rudolph Virchow, housed for almost…
- Pharma Companies Lay Off Sales Reps and Use More Digital Tools to Market to Office-Based Physicians by: jude
September 21, 2011, 05:00
For more than two decades, pharmaceutical sales representatives have been ubiquitous in doctors’ offices. But in a surprise development, many of the…
- HHS and CMS Team Up to Propose New Rule to Give Patients Direct Access to their Clinical Pathology Laboratory Test Results by: jude
September 19, 2011, 05:00
Big changes lie ahead in how clinical laboratories and pathology groups must give patients access to their medical laboratory test results. Last week, federal…
- Calgary Laboratory Services Represents One Model of Regional Consolidation of Clinical Laboratories by: jude
September 16, 2011, 05:00
DATELINE: Calgary, Alberta, Canada—When it comes to regional consolidation of clinical laboratory and pathology organizations, this city at the foot of the…
- Biomedical and Molecular Diagnostics Firms Compete To Hire Already-Scarce Medical Laboratory Technologists by: jude
September 14, 2011, 05:00
Competition for already hard-to-find medical technologists (MT) and clinical laboratory scientists (CLS) is heating up as biomedical and molecular development…
- Entering the Clinical Laboratory Testing Business: Is it Better to Buy or to Build? by: jude
September 12, 2011, 05:00
Over the past 15 years, there have been few examples of pathologists and medical laboratory executives willing to start up a new clinical laboratory company…
- Researchers Want to Introduce Breath Analysis into Clinical Pathology Laboratory Testing by: jude
September 9, 2011, 05:00
Does breath analysis have a promising future in pathology and clinical laboratory testing? That day may not be far off. Scientists in multiple research…
- Hospitals Take Steps to Drive Down Medical Errors in Their Emergency Departments by: jude
September 7, 2011, 05:00
Hospital emergency rooms (ER) across the country are intensifying their focus on improving patient safety and reducing errors. The cost of malpractice lawsuits…
- It’s No Surprise Why More Consumers Use the Internet to Order Lower-Priced Clinical Laboratory Tests by: jude
September 2, 2011, 05:00
It’s nearly impossible to do a web search for any term that includes “medical laboratory tests” and not have the search engine return paid listings for…
- 50 Years of Service in Clinical Laboratories Celebrating the Careers of Two Medical Technologists by: jude
August 31, 2011, 05:00
On opposite coasts of the United States, two medical technologists (MT) were each recognized by local newspapers for more than 50 years of service in clinical…
- Researchers Say Volume of Blood Collected from Hospitalized Myocardial Infarction Patients Can Contribute to Anemia by: Justin M Clark
August 29, 2011, 08:09
What is the proper quantity of blood to draw from a patient for medical laboratory testing purposes? That question has been debated regularly for decades by…
- Why Pathology Labs Need To Keep Pace with Big Changes Unfolding in the Field of Pathology Informatics by: jude
August 26, 2011, 05:00
One respected expert in pathology informatics says that a “sea change” is underway in the clinical market. He recommends that anatomic pathology laboratorie…
- Medicare Officials Announce Bundled Reimbursement Initiative and Clinical Pathology Laboratory Tests Are to Be Included by: Justin M Clark
August 24, 2011, 11:55
Yesterday, Medicare officials took the first steps to implement a program for bundled Medicare payments by issuing documents which describe how this program…
- Moody’s Says Slowest Rate of Growth in 20 Years at Not-For-Profit Hospitals by: Justin M Clark
August 22, 2011, 11:40
During 2010, not-for-profit hospitals showed the lowest rate of growth in at least two decades, according to a report released by Moody’s Investors Service,…
- NEW White Papers Are Now Available for Clinical Laboratory Professionals by: Justin M Clark
August 20, 2011, 05:00
The White Paper resource library is another example of how the Internet and Web 2.0 creates new educational opportunities for medical laboratory professionals…
- National Data Points to Major Victory in War on Hypertension by: jude
August 19, 2011, 05:00
There’s a big win in the decade-long national effort to reduce high blood pressure in a large number of Americans. Researchers and health policy experts are…
- Clinical Pathology Laboratory Outreach Programs Are Revenue Bright Spot for Nation’s Health Systems and Hospitals by: jude
August 18, 2011, 05:00
If there is one bright spot in the revenue picture for many hospitals and health systems, it is how well-run hospital laboratory outreach programs produce…
- Rapid HIV Test Could Revolutionize Clinical Laboratory Testing Performed in Developing Nations by: jude
August 17, 2011, 05:00
New clinical laboratory testing technology is about to revolutionize how HIV and syphilis testing is conducted in developing nations and remote areas. For the…
- Pathologist Shortage and Delays in Lab Test Reports Get Publicity in Saskatchewan by: Justin M Clark
August 15, 2011, 05:00
Even as the Province of Manitoba deals with some highly-publicized issues in anatomic pathology, over in the neighboring Province of Saskatchewan, a sizeable…
- Google Health’s Pending Demise Highlights PHR Challenges for Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: Justin M Clark
August 12, 2011, 05:00
It is notable that Google, Inc. NASDAQ:GOOG), on January 1, 2012, will shut down Google Health, its patient health record (PHR) platform. That announcement was…
- McKinsey & Co. Study Says Health Reform Law May Cause 30% of Employers to Drop Healthcare Benefit Programs by: jude
August 10, 2011, 05:00
It was not welcome news to many healthcare policymakers when McKinsey & Company released the findings of a survey that indicated that as many as 30% of…
- Pathology Problems Hit the Headlines in Two Canadian Provinces by: jude
August 8, 2011, 09:55
Recent news accounts about errors in anatomic pathology testing, and shortages of pathologists in certain regions, have made national headlines in Canada once…
- Detroit News Hails the Lean and Process Improvement Successes of the Clinical Laboratory at Henry Ford Health System by: Justin M Clark
August 3, 2011, 05:00
It is perfect irony that the Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Medicine at the Henry Ford Health System is among the most effective Lean…
- Hospital Laboratories Take Note: Medicaid will Cease Reimbursing for Hospital-Acquired Conditions in 2012 by: Justin M Clark
August 1, 2011, 05:00
Medicare was the first government program to announce that it would not reimbursement hospitals for certain hospital-acquired conditions. Pathologists will be…
- Clinical Chemists and Medical Laboratory Professionals Gather at AACC’s Annual Meeting in Atlanta by: Justin M Clark
July 29, 2011, 05:00
DATELINE: Atlanta, Georgia—Yesterday was the close of the 2011 annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC). Organizers played…
- Britain Rescinds Plans for Added Privatization Intended to Help Cut Costs at the National Health Service by: Justin M Clark
July 27, 2011, 05:00
If there is one thing that the healthcare systems of the United States and the United Kingdom share in common, it is the respective budget crises engulfing the…
- Mayo Medical Laboratories Enters Pathology Testing Agreement with China’s Kindstar by: jude
July 25, 2011, 05:00
In a trans-Pacific Ocean collaboration with major implications, two important players in clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology testing in their respective…
- In Alberta, Clinical Laboratories Adapt to One Integrated Province-Wide Health Services Administration Model by: jude
July 20, 2011, 05:00
DATELINE: EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA—Over the past decade and a half, this economically-prosperous province has implemented several extensive re-alignments of…
- 65-Year Old Baby Boomers Ready to Fight for Right to Opt Out of Medicare by: Justin M Clark
July 18, 2011, 07:56
Will the oldest Baby Boomers, now turning 65 years old this year, accept enrollment in the Medicare program or will they challenge it—as they have challenged…
- It’s Back on the Table! Medicare Patient Co-Pay for Clinical Laboratory Tests Is One of 27 Cost-Cutting Proposals in Federal Debt Ceiling Negotiations by: jude
July 15, 2011, 05:00
Spending cuts of between 4 billion and 3 billion over the next 10 years are on the table in the negotiations over the federal debt ceiling. The bad news…
- Pathology Groups and Clinical Laboratories Should Prepare for Medicare RAC Auditors by: jude
July 14, 2011, 05:00
During the next 12 months, many pathology groups and clinical laboratories will undergo their first audit as part of Medicare’s recently-expanded RAC…
- World’s Largest Food Company Spends 7 Million to Buy into Pathology Laboratory Testing and Pharmaceuticals by: jude
July 13, 2011, 05:00
When it comes to the brave new world of genetics in pathology and clinical laboratory testing, such terms as pharmacogenomics, companion diagnostics, and…
- Clinical Laboratory Leader from Uganda Wins Scholarship, Takes New Knowledge Back to Uganda by: Justin M Clark
July 11, 2011, 05:00
Over in Africa, one of Uganda’s main clinical laboratory organizations is about to go “Lean.” Credit for that development goes to one intrepid medical…
- Some Hospitals and Health Systems Get Bigger in Bid to Increase Efficiency and Profit Margins by: Justin M Clark
July 8, 2011, 07:38
When it comes to multi-hospital health systems, the biggest are getting bigger. But many health systems are not covering their costs. These were the findings…
- CMS to Conduct Public Meeting on Genetic and Molecular Laboratory Test Billing by: Justin M Clark
July 6, 2011, 05:00
How the Medicare program will reimburse pathology groups and clinical laboratories for genetic tests and molecular diagnostic assays will be one of the…
- Health of Pathology Laboratory Technicians at Risk from Common Solvents like Xylene and Toluene by: Justin M Clark
July 5, 2011, 05:00
Pathologists responsible for health and safety in histology and cytology laboratories will be interested in the results of a newly published study involving…
- Clinical Laboratories and Pathologists Dodge a Bullet as CMS Publishes Proposed Repeal Rule Dealing with Physician Signature Requirement on Paper Requisitions for Lab Tests by: Justin M Clark
July 1, 2011, 07:38
Yesterday, pathologists and clinical laboratory managers got an early Fourth of July present. That’s because the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
- Modern Healthcare’s Top 10 Largest Health System Rankings also Reveal Nation's Largest Hospital-Based Laboratories by: jude
June 29, 2011, 05:00
When it comes to the nation’s largest healthcare systems, it is no surprise that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) tops the list, at least when…
- Vermont Enacts Nation’s First Single-Payer Healthcare System Amid Controversy by: Justin M Clark
June 27, 2011, 07:41
In classic cart-before-the-horse thinking, Vermont enacted a law to institute a single-payer universal-coverage healthcare system within the state, starting in…
- Walgreens Introduces a Blood Glucose Testing Product for a Diabetes Management System That Links Pharmacists, Physicians, and Patients by: jude
June 24, 2011, 05:00
Clinical laboratory testing performed in pharmacies and other retail outlets has long been predicted as a natural progression, following the public acceptance…
- Many Hospitals and Doctors Not Happy with Federal Rules for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) by: jude
June 21, 2011, 05:00
It may be that the Obama administration bit off more than it can chew with its first release of proposed rules for Accountable Care Organizations. Lining up in…
- Cognitive Robots in Emergency Departments Could Reduce Wait Times and Help Pathologists with Diagnoses by: jude
June 20, 2011, 05:00
Pathologists and clinical laboratory managers might soon have new cognitive robotic tools to help them diagnose disease. Engineers and emergency medicine…
- Pathologists May Want to Re-think Their Medical Laboratory’s Use of Digital Pathology by: jude
June 17, 2011, 05:00
Is digital pathology ready for prime time in the specialty of anatomic pathology? Many proponents of digital pathology would say “yes,” and the pathology…
- After Taking on Jeopardy Contestants, IBM’s Watson Super Computer Might Be a Resource for Pathologists by: jude
June 15, 2011, 05:00
When IBM’s Watson “super computer” squared off against human contestants on the Jeopardy game show last February, there certainly were some pathologists…
- New Pathology Testing Device Enables Oncologists to Diagnose Cancer in One Hour at the Bedside with 96% Accuracy by: jude
June 13, 2011, 05:00
For years, pathologists have wondered when technology would make it feasible to diagnose cancer at the patient’s beside. Eliminating the need for a traditiona…
- Even in New Hampshire, There is Increased Competition for Clinical Pathology Laboratory Test Referrals by: jude
June 10, 2011, 05:00
DATELINE: MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE—Here in the Granite State, clinical laboratories and pathology groups must respond to a growing number of healthcare…
- Community Hospital Creates Mobile App to Deliver Clinical Laboratory Test Results to Its Physicians by: jude
June 8, 2011, 05:00
At one community hospital in New Jersey, physicians love getting clinical laboratory test results over their smartphones or similar wireless devices. Radiology…
- CDC Reports that Hospital Improvement Programs Cut ICU Infection Rate by 58% by: jude
June 6, 2011, 05:00
Clinical pathology laboratory testing played a role in reducing rate of ICU infections Here’s a big win for improved patient outcomes, and clinical labs…
- Rapid Advances in Healthcare Informatics Raise Stakes for Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
June 3, 2011, 05:00
During this first year of federal incentives for adoption of electronic health records (EHR), large numbers of hospitals and office-based physicians are…
- Medicare’s Final Rule for Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Draws Fire from Healthcare Provider Groups by: Justin M Clark
May 31, 2011, 05:00
Pathologists and clinical laboratory managers have a ringside seat as the fight to introduce Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) gets underway. On one side is…
- Physicians Embrace mHealth Technology, Creating New Opportunities for Clinical Laboratories to Add Value by: jude
May 27, 2011, 05:00
Mobile-health technology (mHealth) is the hot ticket with physicians. The advent of mobile computing, smart phones, and iPad-types of devices is fueling a…
- Clinical Laboratories Beware: Many Payers May Not Be Ready for HIPAA 5010 on January 1, 2012 by: Justin M Clark
May 24, 2011, 09:48
Two disruptive events in the world of coding, billing, and claims reimbursement are about to engage the full attention of clinical laboratories and pathology…
- Quest Diagnostics Discloses Pending Agreement to Pay California 1 Million to Settle Medi-Cal Medical Laboratory Test Pricing Case by: jude
May 20, 2011, 05:00
Authorities in California and Quest Diagnostics Incorporated http://www.questdiagnostics.com/ (NYSE: DGX) appear to be close to resolving a major lawsuit…
- IFCC WorldLab 2011 Conference in Berlin Provides Look at Developing Trends in Clinical Laboratory Testing Products by: Justin M Clark
May 19, 2011, 07:37
DATELINE: BERLIN, GERMANY: With so many changes happening to clinical pathology laboratory testing in developed nations around the world, there is keen…
- Severe Shortage of Pathologists Threatens Israel’s Health System—Especially Cancer Testing by: jude
May 18, 2011, 05:00
Inadequate numbers of pathologists will soon threaten the quality and integrity of clinical pathology laboratory testing in the nation of Israel. That’s the…
- Seattle Hospital Credits Lean for Its Financial Turnaround by: jude
May 16, 2011, 05:00
In Seattle, Washington, one of the nation’s earliest hospitals to embrace and implement Lean and the Toyota Production System reports strong improvement in…
- Hospitals Object to CMS’s Web Posting of Raw Data on Hospital-Acquired Infections by: Justin M Clark
May 13, 2011, 07:51
In further step to create transparency in patient outcomes delivered by individual hospitals, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has posted…
- Hospital CIOs Pessimistic about Pace of EHR Adoption, as Numbers Show Mixed Story by: jude
May 11, 2011, 05:00
For all the excitement about hospital and physician adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems, many CIOs of the nation’s leading health systems and…
- Graduating Physicians Opt for Jobs in Hospital-Owned Practices over Private Practices by: jude
May 9, 2011, 10:28
More physicians now join hospital-owned practices than any other type of practice. That’s one conclusion reported in a survey conducted by the Medical Group…
- British Health Authorities Criticize Medical Laboratory Tests for Consumers by: jude
May 6, 2011, 05:00
In the wake of a damning General Accountability Office (GAO) report that unveiled an alarming error rate for Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) genetic tests—coupled…
- Innovations in Clinical Pathology Laboratory Management at the 2011 Executive War College in New Orleans: Day Two by: jude
May 5, 2011, 12:06
Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana—Day two of the 16th annual Executive War College (EWC) gave clinical laboratory managers and pathologists an insider’s…
- Innovations in Clinical Pathology Laboratory Management at the 2011 Executive War College in New Orleans by: jude
May 4, 2011, 10:19
Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana—Here at the 16th annual Executive War College (EWC) on laboratory and pathology management, a crowd of record size has…
- Medical Lab Testing Company Myriad Genetics Acquires Rules-Based Medicine for Million by: Justin M Clark
May 2, 2011, 04:00
Genetic testing giant Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYGN) will pay million to acquire Rules-Based Medicine http://www.rulesbasedmedicine.com/ (RBM) of…
- “Death” of Pathology in Russia Lamented by Nation’s Leading Pathologists by: jude
April 29, 2011, 05:00
Because pathologists work out of the sight of the public in medical laboratories, their essential role in the quality of medicine that is delivered in a nation…
- Medical Laboratory Tests for Consumers Under Investigation on Two Continents by: Justin M Clark
April 27, 2011, 07:34
Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) medical tests are under attack by multiple federal agencies here in the United States, even as authorities in the United Kingdom (UK)…
- Vacancy Rates for MTs and Technical Staff in Medical Laboratories Continue to Climb by: Justin M Clark
April 25, 2011, 07:47
Staffing shortages of medical technologists (MT) continue to be a significant problem for clinical laboratories across America. Moreover, the vacancies rates…
- Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments in the Myriad Genetics’ Gene Patent Case by: Justin M Clark
April 22, 2011, 07:56
Patents involving human genes have always been controversial among pathologists and clinical laboratory managers. This is one reason why many in the medical…
- Pioneering Oncology Group Earns Recognition as a Medical Home by: Justin M Clark
April 21, 2011, 07:40
Recently a pioneering oncology practice in Philadelphia was recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a medical home. Though the…
- Revisiting the Clinical Pathology Lab’s Problem of Floaters and Other Contaminates by: jude
April 19, 2011, 05:00
Any histotech and pathologist familiar with the manual work processes commonly in use in histopathology laboratories knows about “floaters.” These are the…
- SmartPills Could Bring Pathologists Even Closer to Primary Care by: Justin M Clark
April 18, 2011, 08:24
Though still in early development, “SmartPills”—a technology now being adapted for therapeutic drug delivery and monitoring—could be used in ways that…
- Zooming Sales of Defibrillators for Home Use Signal More In-Home Medical Laboratory Testing by: jude
April 15, 2011, 01:00
One of the fastest-growing markets in healthcare is the sale of defibrillators to consumers for home use. In fact, independent market research publisher…
- Bad News for Clinical Pathology Laboratory Workers: Salaries Not Keeping Pace with Cost of Living Increases by: jude
April 13, 2011, 04:00
Salaries and compensation paid to medical technologists (MT) and other skilled clinical laboratory professionals are not keeping pace with yearly increases in…
- Why Gen X makes it Four Generations Now Working in Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
April 12, 2011, 05:00
Here’s a challenge that’s unique in the modern history of medical laboratory management and operations. There are now four different generations of workers…
- Teaching the Next Generation of Clinical Pathology Laboratory Managers by: jude
April 11, 2011, 05:07
During the next five years, experts predict a significant turnover of senior executives and administrators in the nation’s clinical laboratories and…
- Threat to Clinical Pathology Laboratories is Payer Pre-Authorization of Genetic Tests by: jude
April 8, 2011, 05:00
For many clinical laboratories and pathology groups, genetic tests and molecular diagnostic assays are the fastest-growing part of the test menu. This is true…
- In Montreal, Clinical Pathology Laboratory Managers Urged to "Communicate Quality" by: Justin M Clark
April 7, 2011, 12:37
DATELINE: MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA—This week, microbiologists, pathologists, and clinical laboratory scientists from across Canada are gathered for the…
- Pathologists Will Benefit from Cancer Research to Describe 50 Tumor Types by: jude
April 6, 2011, 05:00
Surgical pathologists are likely to gain great benefit from a worldwide research collaboration that has 0 million in funding, and whose participants plan to…
- Good News for Clinical Pathology Laboratories! CMS Will Not Enforce Physician-Signature Rule by: Justin M Clark
April 5, 2011, 10:38
Officials at the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will continue to delay enforcement of a rule requiring physician signatures on paper…
- Pathology Testing for Molecular Genetics “Not Ready for Prime Time” by: jude
April 4, 2011, 05:00
It may surprise many pathologists and clinical laboratory managers to learn that a number of prominent healthcare leaders recently voiced significant reservatio…
- OIG Estimates that 1 in 7 Medicare Patients are Injured or Killed by Healthcare Providers by: jude
April 1, 2011, 05:00
Each month, one out of seven Medicare patients is injured or killed by their healthcare providers. These medical errors cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of…
- Prices of Clinical Pathology Laboratories Are Rising Due to Buyer Demand by: jude
March 31, 2011, 05:00
For owners and sellers of clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups in the United States, the past six months have been rosy times. That’s because…
- Oncologists Advised to Build Their Own In-Clinic Medical Laboratories by: jude
March 30, 2011, 05:00
In-office anatomic pathology laboratories owned by specialist physicians have sparked a troubling trend for the pathology profession in recent years. In the…
- Use of 3D Computer-Assisted Diagnosis Raises Sensitivity of Malignant Melanoma Detection by: jude
March 28, 2011, 05:00
Dermatopathologists will be interested to learn about new imaging technology that significantly boosts the accuracy of this methodology to analyze images of…
- Ranking Top 10 Hospital EMR Vendors by Number of Installed Systems by: jude
March 25, 2011, 05:00
Tis the season of electronic health records (EHR), now that both hospitals and physicians can qualify to earn incentives from the federal government when they…
- Clinical Pathology Labs Are on Track to Get New Genetic Test That Screens for 448 Rare Childhood Diseases by: jude
March 23, 2011, 05:00
Rapidly-evolving molecular diagnostics technology is about to trigger a major expansion in pre-conception genetic. In turn, this could benefit clinical…
- Clinical Laboratory Company Quest Diagnostics Agrees to Acquire Celera Corp. for 7 Million by: Justin M Clark
March 21, 2011, 08:23
For the second time since the New Year, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NSYE:DGX) has announced an acquisition. Last Friday, Quest Diagnostics said it had…
- Stanford Medical Students Undergo Genetic Testing to Study Their Own Genotypes by: jude
March 18, 2011, 05:00
Genetic testing of participating university students was part of a special class conducted at the Stanford University School of Medicine last summer. The…
- FDA Clears First Mobile Radiology Diagnostic App. Is Digital Pathology Next? by: jude
March 16, 2011, 05:00
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared—for the first time—a mobile application for Radiology Diagnostics, it set the scene for…
- Veterans Administration’s Website with Hospital Compare Website Delivers Improved Transparency to Patients by: jude
March 14, 2011, 05:00
Veterans, their family members and their healthcare providers can now go online to compare the performance of their local Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)…
- Medical Laboratories in Egypt Are Earning ISO 15189 Accreditation by: jude
March 11, 2011, 05:00
DATELINE: CAIRO, EGYPT—Here in Egypt’s capital city, the Egyptian Society of Laboratory Medicine (ESLM) is conducting its 22nd Annual Conference. One of…
- Globalization of Laboratory Medicine is Seen in Two Big Cairo Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
March 9, 2011, 02:00
DATELINE: CAIRO, EGYPT—on Monday, your Dark Daily editor was privileged to visit two clinical laboratories here in Cairo. Each site visit provided ample…
- New Study Finds that Hospitals with “Clout” Are Often Paid Higher Prices by Private Insurers by: jude
March 7, 2011, 05:00
Across the clinical pathology laboratory testing industry, the use of deeply-discounted prices for medical laboratory tests has always been a flash point. But…
- Scripps Researchers Study Consumer Response to Results of Predictive Genetic Tests by: jude
March 4, 2011, 05:00
How consumers will react to the results of genetic tests is a subject of constant debate by many health policy wonks. This same debate has its counterpart in…
- Hospital Outcomes Transparency Gets New Tools in Washington State by: Justin M Clark
March 2, 2011, 04:09
Tally up the State of Washington as the latest to implement a program to bring greater transparency to patient outcomes produced by different hospitals. In…
- Laboratory Automation One Solution to Workforce Shortages in Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
February 28, 2011, 05:00
If there is a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of pathologists and clinical laboratory managers, it is the largest workforce shortage in the history of…
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- Two Studies Find that Patients Want Access to their Health Records, Including Clinical Pathology Test Data by: jude
February 3, 2012, 05:00
Data from two studies here in the United States affirms that patients want access to their health records. Consequently, health systems are increasingly making…
- In United Kingdom, Clinical Pathology Laboratories Must Transform to Help Primary Care Physicians Achieve Improved Patient Outcomes by: jude
February 2, 2012, 05:00
DATELINE—BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND: Healthcare in the United Kingdom is undergoing a host of reforms. At this year’s Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine (FiLM),…
- In Massachusetts, Blues Ink Pact with Partners HealthCare to Implement Alternative Quality Contract with Global Payment by: jude
February 1, 2012, 05:00
The Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) model is gaining acceptance as a way to slow healthcare spending and improve care. Partners HealthCare has agreed to…
- More Use of Whole Gene Sequencing Poised to Play Important New Roles in Microbiology and Medical Laboratory Testing by: Justin M Clark
January 30, 2012, 07:57
In clinical laboratories across the nation, microbiology has greatly benefited from the introduction of molecular diagnostics in clinical practice. Now the…
- Federal Government Agrees to Open Access to Medicare Data about Individual Doctors by: jude
January 27, 2012, 05:00
Many pathologists may consider it a big step forward for public access to data about provider outcomes, not that the Department of Health and Human Services…
- Changing Role for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Testing Discussed at Personalized Medicine World Conference in Silicon Valley by: jude
January 25, 2012, 10:46
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA—Here in Silicon Valley at the Personalized Medicine World Conference (PMWC), the role of clinical laboratory testing and anatomic…
- Clinical Pathology Labs Take Note! Six ACO Early Adopters Seek Accreditation from NCQA by: jude
January 24, 2012, 05:00
Pathologists and clinical laboratory managers will be interested to learn that six accountable care organizations (ACO) stepped up and applied for accreditation…
- Aptamer-Based Blood Protein Detection Technology May Soon Be Used By Medical Laboratories in Tests for Cancer, Diabetes, and Other Diseases by: Justin M Clark
January 20, 2012, 08:33
New diagnostic technology has been developed that has the potential to accurately detect such diseases as cancer and diabetes, even when the patient is…
- New In Vivo Implant Device Monitors Tumor Growth Remotely by: jude
January 18, 2012, 05:00
Pathologists, take note! In vivo clinical diagnostic testing just took a giant step forward. A team of medical engineers at the Technical University of Munich…
- Why Many Baby Boomers May Not Likely Retire When They Hit 65 by: jude
January 13, 2012, 05:00
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…
- Many Clinical Laboratories, Other Providers Struggle to Transition to 5010; Likely To See Payment Shortfall by: Justin M Clark
January 12, 2012, 05:00
clinical laboratories and pathology groups are holding their collective breath as they wait to see whether implementation of the electronic claim Form 5010…
- In the United Kingdom, Pathology and Medical Laboratory Testing Face Tough Challenges as the NHS Implements Reforms and Budget Cuts by: jude
January 11, 2012, 05:00
Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine (FiLM) has demonstrated, why, for decades, the pathology and medical laboratory service in the United Kingdom has been the…
- Quest Diagnostics Opens the New Year by Acquiring S.E.D. Laboratories by: jude
January 9, 2012, 05:06
In the first significant clinical laboratory acquisition of 2012, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX) acquired S.E.D. Medical Laboratories of Albuquerque…
- Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Groups Voice Concerns about Two Proposed Genetic Test Registries by: jude
January 4, 2012, 05:00
Registries for genetic tests and molecular diagnostic assays don’t seem to be going over well with clinical laboratories and pathology groups. Two different…
- MinuteClinics and Axis-Shield Ink Agreement to Provide Point-of-Care Hemoglobin A1c Tests in 600 CVS Pharmacies by: Justin M Clark
December 30, 2011, 07:19
Dark Daily has often predicted that rapid clinics in retail stores would actively look for opportunities to add specific medical laboratory tests to their…
- VA Wants to Collect Clinical Laboratory Blood Specimens from One Million Veterans to Create World’s Largest Medical Database and Gene Repository by: jude
December 28, 2011, 05:00
Imagine a massive data repository that contains the blood specimens of thousands of individuals, along with a detailed medical history for each patient that…
- New Diagnostic Technology Creates Opportunities for Clinical Laboratories to Help Physicians with Faster, More Accurate Diagnoses by: jude
December 27, 2011, 05:00
New diagnostic technologies are literally tumbling out of research laboratories and biotech development companies at an increasing pace. The sheer volume of…
- Growing Cost of Telemedicine, Telepathology, and Medical Data Transmissions Is a Budget-Buster in Oklahoma by: jude
December 23, 2011, 05:00
Rapid expansion in the use of telemedicine, telepathology, and similar digital data applications is creating an unexpected problem. The cost of the bandwidth…
- Positive News for Clinical Pathology Laboratories on Compensation for Medical Technologists and Clinical Laboratory Scientists by: jude
December 21, 2011, 05:00
Never say that readers of Dark Daily are not ready to express opinions and speak out! On Monday, we published an e-briefing that reported on the inclusion of…
- Experts Predict Shortage of Clinical Laboratory Labor Will Create Need for More Sophisticated Laboratory Information Systems by: jude
December 20, 2011, 05:00
Clinical laboratories nationwide are realizing they need new and more powerful laboratory information systems (LIS) as they seek to process larger volumes of…
- New Innovation Gives Clinical Pathology Laboratories Opportunity to Use Dried Blood Spot Specimens in Medical Lab Testing by: jude
December 16, 2011, 05:00
New breakthroughs are creating the opportunity to use “dried blood spot” (DBS) technology in an expanded number of pathology and clinical laboratory…
- World’s First Bedside Genetic Test Provides Results in 60 Minutes without Need to Send Specimen to the Central Pathology Laboratory by: jude
December 14, 2011, 05:00
Here’s a milestone in genetic testing that should catch the attention of pathologists and clinical laboratory managers everywhere. It is a test that is…
- UK’s Association for Clinical Biochemistry Calls for Better Blood-draw Training for ED Doctors by: jude
December 12, 2011, 05:00
Improving the quality of medical laboratory specimens collected by the staff of emergency departments is an ongoing issue in most American hospitals. Now comes…
- In the New Health Engagement Model of Health Benefits, Clinical Pathology Laboratories Can Help Beneficiaries through Timely Medical Lab Testing by: jude
December 9, 2011, 05:00
Across the nation, pathologists and clinical laboratory managers will want to learn about a new model of healthcare reform. It is the “health engagement…
- Inaccurate Medical Laboratory Test Results and Misdiagnoses in Nigeria Widely Reported by Media by: jude
December 7, 2011, 05:00
In Nigeria, patients are complaining about the problems caused by both misdiagnosis and faulty medical laboratory test results. There is also the problem that…
- Sequencing Developers’ Unprecedented Success Drives More Ambitious Goals For Genomics X Prize by: jude
December 2, 2011, 05:00
The newly-named Archon Genomics X PRIZE Presented by Medco® (X Prize) competition is seeking one hundred healthy centenarians to donate their genomes to…
- More Physician Use of EHRs Could Increase Medical Malpractice Claims by: jude
November 30, 2011, 05:00
Some experts predict that the great expansion in the number of physicians using electronic health record (EHR) systems may trigger an increase in medical…
- Fewer Biopsies Go to Pathology Labs when Gastroenterologists Use New Miniature Microscope by: jude
November 29, 2011, 05:00
Gastroenterologists are beginning to use what is being called the “world’s smallest microscope” to view tissue in situ and diagnose disease. It is a…
- Three Trends in High-Throughput Gene Sequencing for Pathologists and Clinical Laboratory Managers by: jude
November 16, 2011, 05:00
Gene sequencing is the hot technology in both the biotech and clinical laboratory testing industries. That is because the cost of rapid gene sequencing systems…
- Palmetto GBA Execs Explain MolDx, Its New “Molecular Diagnostic Services” Program for Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
November 15, 2011, 05:00
Clinical laboratory managers and pathologists have dozens of questions about the proposed draft local coverage determinations (LCDs) that Medicare carrier…
- Senators Baucus and Grassley Want Documents from Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp Relating to Discounted Medical Lab Test Pricing Practices by: jude
November 14, 2011, 05:00
Is it a coincidence that discounted medical laboratory test pricing offered by the nation’s two largest clinical laboratory companies appears to now be the…
- Palmetto, Medicare’s Biggest Carrier, Proposes to End Code Stacking for Molecular Clinical Laboratory Tests by: jude
November 11, 2011, 05:00
Medicare’s biggest local carrier is ready to tackle the problems created when clinical pathology laboratories use code stacks to submit claims for genetic…
- Hospitals, Physicians, and Clinical Pathology Laboratories Scramble to Prepare for Use of Form 5010 Beginning January 1, 2012 by: jude
November 9, 2011, 05:00
Less than eight weeks remain before the January 1, 2012, deadline for implementation of Form 5010. Every sector of the healthcare system—from government and…
- WellPoint’s New Pay-for-Performance Program to Pay Hospitals More for Meeting Quality Measures by: jude
November 4, 2011, 05:00
Pay-for-performance just took a leap forward with news that one of the nation’s largest health insurers will link the reimbursement it pays to hospitals to…
- Clinical Pathology Laboratories in the United States Face Tougher Accreditation and CLIA Environment by: jude
November 3, 2011, 05:00
Across the United States, medical laboratory accreditation and CLIA compliance is quietly getting tougher. This is a trend which affects every clinical…
- Meet the World’s Largest Concentration of Hospitals, Physicians, and Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
November 2, 2011, 05:00
If someone asked you to identify where the world’s largest concentration of hospitals, physicians, and medical research institutions is located, would you…
- Clinical Pathology Laboratories Should Expect More Direct-to-Consumer Testing by: jude
October 31, 2011, 05:00
In an interesting twist on the direct-to-consumer (DTC) diagnostic testing market, QuickCheck Health (QCH) is developing a DTC testing platform that brings…
- Aetna, Humana, Kaiser, UnitedHealth Put Five Billion Medical Claims into Database for Healthcare Cost, Utilization Research by: jude
October 28, 2011, 05:00
In what may turn out to be a positive development for clinical laboratories and pathology group practices, four of the nation’s five biggest health insurance…
- Anatomic Pathology in China Is a Booming Growth Industry by: Justin M Clark
October 24, 2011, 08:00
DATELINE: Hangzhou, China—More than 1,200 Chinese pathologists and medical laboratory scientists assembled this weekend in a city marked by 1,500 years of…
- More Medical Laboratory Testing Expected as Retail Clinics Change Delivery of Routine Healthcare Services by: jude
October 24, 2011, 05:00
Retail clinics (RC)—often called “rapid clinics”—are growing at a phenomenal rate. At the same time, more hospitals and health systems are deciding to…
- Million Federal Grant Funds Clinical Laboratory Scientist Training at San Jose State University by: jude
October 21, 2011, 05:00
Everyone is aware of the shortage of medical technologists (MT) clinical laboratory scientists that plagues clinical laboratories in almost every region of the…
- Why Congress Is Considering Deep Cuts to Medical Laboratory Test Fees by: jude
October 19, 2011, 05:00
Unprecedented cuts in funding for clinical laboratory services are expected from Congress! That’s because federal legislators need deep cuts from many…
- Non-Invasive Early Diagnostic Pathology Test for Gastric Cancer Developed by University Of Georgia Researchers by: Justin M Clark
October 17, 2011, 08:06
Early detection of certain types of cancer may eventually become as easy as taking a home pregnancy test. That’s the prediction of researchers who are…
- Blockbuster Pathology Deal Sees Japan’s Miraca Holdings Pay 5 Million to Acquire Caris Diagnostics by: jude
October 12, 2011, 10:59
Pathology and clinical laboratory testing companies continue to go global and last week’s big acquisition in anatomic pathology gave one of Japan’s biggest…
- Concierge Medicine Trend Continues and Creates New Clients for Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: Justin M Clark
October 10, 2011, 08:36
Concern about healthcare reforms and lower reimbursement motivate a growing number of physicians to consider practicing concierge medicine. This is a practice…
- Medical Laboratories in Toronto Move Forward with Digital Pathology and Clinical Lab Consolidation by: jude
October 7, 2011, 05:00
DATELINE: Toronto, Ontario, Canada—Here in the downtown area of Ontario’s largest city is a healthcare organization known as University Health Network…
- In Canada, Clinical Pathology Laboratories Face Growing Lab Test Utilization and Shrinking Lab Test Budgets by: jude
October 5, 2011, 10:44
DATELINE: Toronto, Ontario, Canada—This week, clinical laboratory and pathology leaders from across Canada gathered here at the fifth Executive Edge…
- Federal Court Issues Ruling in the Gene Patent Case Involving Myriad Genetics and the Association of Molecular Pathology by: jude
September 28, 2011, 05:00
There’s news regarding the widely-watched federal lawsuit that challenges the gene patents owned by Myriad Genetics. On September 13 a Federal Circuit panel…
- Famed Pathologist Dr. Rudolph Virchow’s Collection of Medical Specimens May Soon Be Closed to the Public by: jude
September 23, 2011, 05:00
Pathologists across the globe will be interested to learn that the pathological-anatomical collection of the famous Doctor Rudolph Virchow, housed for almost…
- Pharma Companies Lay Off Sales Reps and Use More Digital Tools to Market to Office-Based Physicians by: jude
September 21, 2011, 05:00
For more than two decades, pharmaceutical sales representatives have been ubiquitous in doctors’ offices. But in a surprise development, many of the…
- Biomedical and Molecular Diagnostics Firms Compete To Hire Already-Scarce Medical Laboratory Technologists by: jude
September 14, 2011, 05:00
Competition for already hard-to-find medical technologists (MT) and clinical laboratory scientists (CLS) is heating up as biomedical and molecular development…
- Entering the Clinical Laboratory Testing Business: Is it Better to Buy or to Build? by: jude
September 12, 2011, 05:00
Over the past 15 years, there have been few examples of pathologists and medical laboratory executives willing to start up a new clinical laboratory company…
- Researchers Want to Introduce Breath Analysis into Clinical Pathology Laboratory Testing by: jude
September 9, 2011, 05:00
Does breath analysis have a promising future in pathology and clinical laboratory testing? That day may not be far off. Scientists in multiple research…
- Hospitals Take Steps to Drive Down Medical Errors in Their Emergency Departments by: jude
September 7, 2011, 05:00
Hospital emergency rooms (ER) across the country are intensifying their focus on improving patient safety and reducing errors. The cost of malpractice lawsuits…
- It’s No Surprise Why More Consumers Use the Internet to Order Lower-Priced Clinical Laboratory Tests by: jude
September 2, 2011, 05:00
It’s nearly impossible to do a web search for any term that includes “medical laboratory tests” and not have the search engine return paid listings for…
- 50 Years of Service in Clinical Laboratories Celebrating the Careers of Two Medical Technologists by: jude
August 31, 2011, 05:00
On opposite coasts of the United States, two medical technologists (MT) were each recognized by local newspapers for more than 50 years of service in clinical…
- Why Pathology Labs Need To Keep Pace with Big Changes Unfolding in the Field of Pathology Informatics by: jude
August 26, 2011, 05:00
One respected expert in pathology informatics says that a “sea change” is underway in the clinical market. He recommends that anatomic pathology laboratorie…
- Medicare Officials Announce Bundled Reimbursement Initiative and Clinical Pathology Laboratory Tests Are to Be Included by: Justin M Clark
August 24, 2011, 11:55
Yesterday, Medicare officials took the first steps to implement a program for bundled Medicare payments by issuing documents which describe how this program…
- National Data Points to Major Victory in War on Hypertension by: jude
August 19, 2011, 05:00
There’s a big win in the decade-long national effort to reduce high blood pressure in a large number of Americans. Researchers and health policy experts are…
- Clinical Pathology Laboratory Outreach Programs Are Revenue Bright Spot for Nation’s Health Systems and Hospitals by: jude
August 18, 2011, 05:00
If there is one bright spot in the revenue picture for many hospitals and health systems, it is how well-run hospital laboratory outreach programs produce…
- Rapid HIV Test Could Revolutionize Clinical Laboratory Testing Performed in Developing Nations by: jude
August 17, 2011, 05:00
New clinical laboratory testing technology is about to revolutionize how HIV and syphilis testing is conducted in developing nations and remote areas. For the…
- Google Health’s Pending Demise Highlights PHR Challenges for Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: Justin M Clark
August 12, 2011, 05:00
It is notable that Google, Inc. NASDAQ:GOOG), on January 1, 2012, will shut down Google Health, its patient health record (PHR) platform. That announcement was…
- Pathology Problems Hit the Headlines in Two Canadian Provinces by: jude
August 8, 2011, 09:55
Recent news accounts about errors in anatomic pathology testing, and shortages of pathologists in certain regions, have made national headlines in Canada once…
- Detroit News Hails the Lean and Process Improvement Successes of the Clinical Laboratory at Henry Ford Health System by: Justin M Clark
August 3, 2011, 05:00
It is perfect irony that the Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Medicine at the Henry Ford Health System is among the most effective Lean…
- Mayo Medical Laboratories Enters Pathology Testing Agreement with China’s Kindstar by: jude
July 25, 2011, 05:00
In a trans-Pacific Ocean collaboration with major implications, two important players in clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology testing in their respective…
- In Alberta, Clinical Laboratories Adapt to One Integrated Province-Wide Health Services Administration Model by: jude
July 20, 2011, 05:00
DATELINE: EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA—Over the past decade and a half, this economically-prosperous province has implemented several extensive re-alignments of…
- It’s Back on the Table! Medicare Patient Co-Pay for Clinical Laboratory Tests Is One of 27 Cost-Cutting Proposals in Federal Debt Ceiling Negotiations by: jude
July 15, 2011, 05:00
Spending cuts of between 4 billion and 3 billion over the next 10 years are on the table in the negotiations over the federal debt ceiling. The bad news…
- Pathology Groups and Clinical Laboratories Should Prepare for Medicare RAC Auditors by: jude
July 14, 2011, 05:00
During the next 12 months, many pathology groups and clinical laboratories will undergo their first audit as part of Medicare’s recently-expanded RAC…
- World’s Largest Food Company Spends 7 Million to Buy into Pathology Laboratory Testing and Pharmaceuticals by: jude
July 13, 2011, 05:00
When it comes to the brave new world of genetics in pathology and clinical laboratory testing, such terms as pharmacogenomics, companion diagnostics, and…
- Clinical Laboratory Leader from Uganda Wins Scholarship, Takes New Knowledge Back to Uganda by: Justin M Clark
July 11, 2011, 05:00
Over in Africa, one of Uganda’s main clinical laboratory organizations is about to go “Lean.” Credit for that development goes to one intrepid medical…
- Some Hospitals and Health Systems Get Bigger in Bid to Increase Efficiency and Profit Margins by: Justin M Clark
July 8, 2011, 07:38
When it comes to multi-hospital health systems, the biggest are getting bigger. But many health systems are not covering their costs. These were the findings…
- CMS to Conduct Public Meeting on Genetic and Molecular Laboratory Test Billing by: Justin M Clark
July 6, 2011, 05:00
How the Medicare program will reimburse pathology groups and clinical laboratories for genetic tests and molecular diagnostic assays will be one of the…
- Health of Pathology Laboratory Technicians at Risk from Common Solvents like Xylene and Toluene by: Justin M Clark
July 5, 2011, 05:00
Pathologists responsible for health and safety in histology and cytology laboratories will be interested in the results of a newly published study involving…
- Modern Healthcare’s Top 10 Largest Health System Rankings also Reveal Nation's Largest Hospital-Based Laboratories by: jude
June 29, 2011, 05:00
When it comes to the nation’s largest healthcare systems, it is no surprise that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) tops the list, at least when…
- Vermont Enacts Nation’s First Single-Payer Healthcare System Amid Controversy by: Justin M Clark
June 27, 2011, 07:41
In classic cart-before-the-horse thinking, Vermont enacted a law to institute a single-payer universal-coverage healthcare system within the state, starting in…
- Walgreens Introduces a Blood Glucose Testing Product for a Diabetes Management System That Links Pharmacists, Physicians, and Patients by: jude
June 24, 2011, 05:00
Clinical laboratory testing performed in pharmacies and other retail outlets has long been predicted as a natural progression, following the public acceptance…
- Many Hospitals and Doctors Not Happy with Federal Rules for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) by: jude
June 21, 2011, 05:00
It may be that the Obama administration bit off more than it can chew with its first release of proposed rules for Accountable Care Organizations. Lining up in…
- Cognitive Robots in Emergency Departments Could Reduce Wait Times and Help Pathologists with Diagnoses by: jude
June 20, 2011, 05:00
Pathologists and clinical laboratory managers might soon have new cognitive robotic tools to help them diagnose disease. Engineers and emergency medicine…
- Pathologists May Want to Re-think Their Medical Laboratory’s Use of Digital Pathology by: jude
June 17, 2011, 05:00
Is digital pathology ready for prime time in the specialty of anatomic pathology? Many proponents of digital pathology would say “yes,” and the pathology…
- After Taking on Jeopardy Contestants, IBM’s Watson Super Computer Might Be a Resource for Pathologists by: jude
June 15, 2011, 05:00
When IBM’s Watson “super computer” squared off against human contestants on the Jeopardy game show last February, there certainly were some pathologists…
- New Pathology Testing Device Enables Oncologists to Diagnose Cancer in One Hour at the Bedside with 96% Accuracy by: jude
June 13, 2011, 05:00
For years, pathologists have wondered when technology would make it feasible to diagnose cancer at the patient’s beside. Eliminating the need for a traditiona…
- Even in New Hampshire, There is Increased Competition for Clinical Pathology Laboratory Test Referrals by: jude
June 10, 2011, 05:00
DATELINE: MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE—Here in the Granite State, clinical laboratories and pathology groups must respond to a growing number of healthcare…
- Community Hospital Creates Mobile App to Deliver Clinical Laboratory Test Results to Its Physicians by: jude
June 8, 2011, 05:00
At one community hospital in New Jersey, physicians love getting clinical laboratory test results over their smartphones or similar wireless devices. Radiology…
- CDC Reports that Hospital Improvement Programs Cut ICU Infection Rate by 58% by: jude
June 6, 2011, 05:00
Clinical pathology laboratory testing played a role in reducing rate of ICU infections Here’s a big win for improved patient outcomes, and clinical labs…
- Rapid Advances in Healthcare Informatics Raise Stakes for Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
June 3, 2011, 05:00
During this first year of federal incentives for adoption of electronic health records (EHR), large numbers of hospitals and office-based physicians are…
- Physicians Embrace mHealth Technology, Creating New Opportunities for Clinical Laboratories to Add Value by: jude
May 27, 2011, 05:00
Mobile-health technology (mHealth) is the hot ticket with physicians. The advent of mobile computing, smart phones, and iPad-types of devices is fueling a…
- Quest Diagnostics Discloses Pending Agreement to Pay California 1 Million to Settle Medi-Cal Medical Laboratory Test Pricing Case by: jude
May 20, 2011, 05:00
Authorities in California and Quest Diagnostics Incorporated http://www.questdiagnostics.com/ (NYSE: DGX) appear to be close to resolving a major lawsuit…
- Severe Shortage of Pathologists Threatens Israel’s Health System—Especially Cancer Testing by: jude
May 18, 2011, 05:00
Inadequate numbers of pathologists will soon threaten the quality and integrity of clinical pathology laboratory testing in the nation of Israel. That’s the…
- Seattle Hospital Credits Lean for Its Financial Turnaround by: jude
May 16, 2011, 05:00
In Seattle, Washington, one of the nation’s earliest hospitals to embrace and implement Lean and the Toyota Production System reports strong improvement in…
- Hospital CIOs Pessimistic about Pace of EHR Adoption, as Numbers Show Mixed Story by: jude
May 11, 2011, 05:00
For all the excitement about hospital and physician adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems, many CIOs of the nation’s leading health systems and…
- Graduating Physicians Opt for Jobs in Hospital-Owned Practices over Private Practices by: jude
May 9, 2011, 10:28
More physicians now join hospital-owned practices than any other type of practice. That’s one conclusion reported in a survey conducted by the Medical Group…
- British Health Authorities Criticize Medical Laboratory Tests for Consumers by: jude
May 6, 2011, 05:00
In the wake of a damning General Accountability Office (GAO) report that unveiled an alarming error rate for Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) genetic tests—coupled…
- Innovations in Clinical Pathology Laboratory Management at the 2011 Executive War College in New Orleans: Day Two by: jude
May 5, 2011, 12:06
Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana—Day two of the 16th annual Executive War College (EWC) gave clinical laboratory managers and pathologists an insider’s…
- Innovations in Clinical Pathology Laboratory Management at the 2011 Executive War College in New Orleans by: jude
May 4, 2011, 10:19
Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana—Here at the 16th annual Executive War College (EWC) on laboratory and pathology management, a crowd of record size has…
- “Death” of Pathology in Russia Lamented by Nation’s Leading Pathologists by: jude
April 29, 2011, 05:00
Because pathologists work out of the sight of the public in medical laboratories, their essential role in the quality of medicine that is delivered in a nation…
- Vacancy Rates for MTs and Technical Staff in Medical Laboratories Continue to Climb by: Justin M Clark
April 25, 2011, 07:47
Staffing shortages of medical technologists (MT) continue to be a significant problem for clinical laboratories across America. Moreover, the vacancies rates…
- Pioneering Oncology Group Earns Recognition as a Medical Home by: Justin M Clark
April 21, 2011, 07:40
Recently a pioneering oncology practice in Philadelphia was recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a medical home. Though the…
- Revisiting the Clinical Pathology Lab’s Problem of Floaters and Other Contaminates by: jude
April 19, 2011, 05:00
Any histotech and pathologist familiar with the manual work processes commonly in use in histopathology laboratories knows about “floaters.” These are the…
- SmartPills Could Bring Pathologists Even Closer to Primary Care by: Justin M Clark
April 18, 2011, 08:24
Though still in early development, “SmartPills”—a technology now being adapted for therapeutic drug delivery and monitoring—could be used in ways that…
- Zooming Sales of Defibrillators for Home Use Signal More In-Home Medical Laboratory Testing by: jude
April 15, 2011, 01:00
One of the fastest-growing markets in healthcare is the sale of defibrillators to consumers for home use. In fact, independent market research publisher…
- Bad News for Clinical Pathology Laboratory Workers: Salaries Not Keeping Pace with Cost of Living Increases by: jude
April 13, 2011, 04:00
Salaries and compensation paid to medical technologists (MT) and other skilled clinical laboratory professionals are not keeping pace with yearly increases in…
- Why Gen X makes it Four Generations Now Working in Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
April 12, 2011, 05:00
Here’s a challenge that’s unique in the modern history of medical laboratory management and operations. There are now four different generations of workers…
- Teaching the Next Generation of Clinical Pathology Laboratory Managers by: jude
April 11, 2011, 05:07
During the next five years, experts predict a significant turnover of senior executives and administrators in the nation’s clinical laboratories and…
- Threat to Clinical Pathology Laboratories is Payer Pre-Authorization of Genetic Tests by: jude
April 8, 2011, 05:00
For many clinical laboratories and pathology groups, genetic tests and molecular diagnostic assays are the fastest-growing part of the test menu. This is true…
- Pathologists Will Benefit from Cancer Research to Describe 50 Tumor Types by: jude
April 6, 2011, 05:00
Surgical pathologists are likely to gain great benefit from a worldwide research collaboration that has 0 million in funding, and whose participants plan to…
- Good News for Clinical Pathology Laboratories! CMS Will Not Enforce Physician-Signature Rule by: Justin M Clark
April 5, 2011, 10:38
Officials at the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will continue to delay enforcement of a rule requiring physician signatures on paper…
- Pathology Testing for Molecular Genetics “Not Ready for Prime Time” by: jude
April 4, 2011, 05:00
It may surprise many pathologists and clinical laboratory managers to learn that a number of prominent healthcare leaders recently voiced significant reservatio…
- OIG Estimates that 1 in 7 Medicare Patients are Injured or Killed by Healthcare Providers by: jude
April 1, 2011, 05:00
Each month, one out of seven Medicare patients is injured or killed by their healthcare providers. These medical errors cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of…
- Prices of Clinical Pathology Laboratories Are Rising Due to Buyer Demand by: jude
March 31, 2011, 05:00
For owners and sellers of clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups in the United States, the past six months have been rosy times. That’s because…
- Oncologists Advised to Build Their Own In-Clinic Medical Laboratories by: jude
March 30, 2011, 05:00
In-office anatomic pathology laboratories owned by specialist physicians have sparked a troubling trend for the pathology profession in recent years. In the…
- Use of 3D Computer-Assisted Diagnosis Raises Sensitivity of Malignant Melanoma Detection by: jude
March 28, 2011, 05:00
Dermatopathologists will be interested to learn about new imaging technology that significantly boosts the accuracy of this methodology to analyze images of…
- Ranking Top 10 Hospital EMR Vendors by Number of Installed Systems by: jude
March 25, 2011, 05:00
Tis the season of electronic health records (EHR), now that both hospitals and physicians can qualify to earn incentives from the federal government when they…
- Clinical Pathology Labs Are on Track to Get New Genetic Test That Screens for 448 Rare Childhood Diseases by: jude
March 23, 2011, 05:00
Rapidly-evolving molecular diagnostics technology is about to trigger a major expansion in pre-conception genetic. In turn, this could benefit clinical…
- Stanford Medical Students Undergo Genetic Testing to Study Their Own Genotypes by: jude
March 18, 2011, 05:00
Genetic testing of participating university students was part of a special class conducted at the Stanford University School of Medicine last summer. The…
- FDA Clears First Mobile Radiology Diagnostic App. Is Digital Pathology Next? by: jude
March 16, 2011, 05:00
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared—for the first time—a mobile application for Radiology Diagnostics, it set the scene for…
- Veterans Administration’s Website with Hospital Compare Website Delivers Improved Transparency to Patients by: jude
March 14, 2011, 05:00
Veterans, their family members and their healthcare providers can now go online to compare the performance of their local Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)…
- Medical Laboratories in Egypt Are Earning ISO 15189 Accreditation by: jude
March 11, 2011, 05:00
DATELINE: CAIRO, EGYPT—Here in Egypt’s capital city, the Egyptian Society of Laboratory Medicine (ESLM) is conducting its 22nd Annual Conference. One of…
- Globalization of Laboratory Medicine is Seen in Two Big Cairo Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
March 9, 2011, 02:00
DATELINE: CAIRO, EGYPT—on Monday, your Dark Daily editor was privileged to visit two clinical laboratories here in Cairo. Each site visit provided ample…
- New Study Finds that Hospitals with “Clout” Are Often Paid Higher Prices by Private Insurers by: jude
March 7, 2011, 05:00
Across the clinical pathology laboratory testing industry, the use of deeply-discounted prices for medical laboratory tests has always been a flash point. But…
- Scripps Researchers Study Consumer Response to Results of Predictive Genetic Tests by: jude
March 4, 2011, 05:00
How consumers will react to the results of genetic tests is a subject of constant debate by many health policy wonks. This same debate has its counterpart in…
- Laboratory Automation One Solution to Workforce Shortages in Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
February 28, 2011, 05:00
If there is a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of pathologists and clinical laboratory managers, it is the largest workforce shortage in the history of…
- Quest Diagnostics to Pay 0 Million to Acquire Athena Diagnostics from Thermo Fisher by: jude
February 24, 2011, 03:24
Today, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) announced that it was selling its Athena Diagnostics clinical pathology laboratory business to Quest Diagnostic…
- Pathology Labs Might Benefit from Million Challenge to Sequence the Genome of a Single Cancer Cell by: Justin M Clark
February 23, 2011, 05:42
Pathologists and clinical laboratory managers will find the latest “prize” for a genetic breakthrough to have direct relevance to molecular diagnostics.…
- Pathologists Are Included in the Updated CMS “Physician Compare” Website by: jude
February 21, 2011, 05:00
Medicare officials are making progress in their efforts to help patients “shop” for doctors, including pathologists. It has gone live with a new website…
- Cyber-Attacks against Internet-Enabled Medical Devices are New Threat to Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
February 16, 2011, 05:00
Clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups face a growing security threat to the integrity of their analyzers, laboratory information systems (LIS),…
- Hospital and Physician Adoption of EHRs Will Accelerate Because of Federal Incentives by: jude
February 11, 2011, 05:00
The clock is ticking and time is running out for hospitals and physicians to receive federal payments under the government’s health information technology…
- Beckman Coulter Acquired by Danaher as In Vitro Diagnostics Industry Consolidates by: jude
February 8, 2011, 05:10
Yesterday came news that Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) of Washington, D.C., would acquire Beckman Coulter, Inc., (NYSE: BEC) of Brea, California, in a…
- More Clinical Pathology Laboratories are Purchasing Digital Pathology Systems by: jude
February 7, 2011, 05:00
Anatomic pathology laboratories continue to purchase and deploy digital pathology systems at a brisk rate. It is confirmation that ever more pathologists are…
- California’s Medi-Cal Program May Be Close to a 1 Million Settlement with Nation’s Largest Clinical Pathology Laboratory Company by: jude
February 4, 2011, 05:00
In California, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX) and several other pathology testing laboratories, including Laboratory Corporation of America (NYSE:…
- Proactive Healthcare Emphasized as United Kingdom Works to Reform Healthcare System and Clinical Pathology Laboratory Testing by: jude
February 2, 2011, 02:00
DATELINE: BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND—As our North American readers of Dark Daily arrive for work this morning, it will be late afternoon here in the United Kingdom…
- VA Uses Integrated Health Informatics to Produce Billion in Savings by: jude
January 31, 2011, 06:00
Investment in health informatics saved the Veterans Administration over billion during the past 10 yeas. This was the finding of a newly-published study in…
- Behavioral Economics Likely to Push Up Utilization of Clinical Pathology Laboratory Tests by: jude
January 28, 2011, 06:00
Pathologists and clinical laboratory managers know that smoking, obesity and unnecessary utilization are major factors in the skyrocketing cost of healthcare.…
- How Clinical Pathology Laboratories Can Add Value to Physicians Practicing in the Medical Home Model by: jude
January 26, 2011, 05:00
New models for integrated healthcare, such as medical homes and accountable care organizations (ACO), are moving from concept to reality. This will create new…
- Novartis To Pay 0 million To Buy Pathology Testing Company Genoptix by: Justin M Clark
January 25, 2011, 19:38
In a deal with implications for independent clinical pathology laboratories, pharmaceutical giant Novartis (NYSE:NVS) announced that it would acquire pathology…
- Clinical Pathology Laboratories Should Prepare for the iPad Era! by: jude
January 24, 2011, 17:00
Evidence is building that iPads is a hit with physicians. Experts are astonished at the rate at which physicians are adopting iPads for their daily clinical…
- Fully Automated Molecular Diagnostic Solutions Find a Home in Hospital Laboratories by: Justin M Clark
January 21, 2011, 19:09
Automation is one important reason why more community hospital laboratories and local pathology groups can now perform a growing menu of molecular diagnostic…
- American Pathology Partners Announces Acquisition of Laboratory Assets of Palm Beach Pathology by: jude
January 19, 2011, 14:00
Today it was announced that American Pathology Partners had acquired the anatomic pathology laboratory assets of Palm Beach Pathology, the private pathology…
- Sonic Healthcare Buys California Clinical Pathology Laboratory Company by: Justin M Clark
January 17, 2011, 05:00
Sonic Healthcare, Ltd., (ASX: SHL) acquired Physicians Automated Laboratory, Inc., (PAL) of Bakersfield, California, in a transaction that closed on December…
- British Health Service Budget Cuts Mean Less Funding for Pathology Laboratories by: Justin M Clark
January 6, 2011, 05:00
Many pathologists and clinical laboratory managers outside of the United Kingdom remain unaware of government budget-cutting initiatives that call for all…
- Medical Laboratory Technologists a U.S. News & World Report “Best Career” for 2011 by: Justin M Clark
January 5, 2011, 05:00
Medical technologists (MT) and clinical laboratory scientists (CLS) were declared among “The 50 Best Careers of 2011.” by U.S. News & World Report (USNWR)…
- Sunquest Information Systems Acquired by Huntsman Gay Capital in 8 Million Deal by: Justin M Clark
December 29, 2010, 05:00
Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., has a new owner. Earlier this month, Huntsman Gay Capital, on behalf of an investment consortium, paid an estimated 8…
- Pathologists Watch as New Lab-on-a-Chip Technology Is Developed for Testing Patients in Doctor’s Offices by: Justin M Clark
December 27, 2010, 05:00
New microfluidic nanotechnology has the potential to create reliable “mini-labs” that can allow physicians to do many of the same medical laboratory tests…
- NEW White Papers Are Now Available for Clinical Laboratory Professionals by: jude
December 24, 2010, 05:00
There is a new resource library for clinical laboratory managers and pathologists that contains White Papers on contemporary topics involving clinical…
- Pathology Errors Trigger Efforts to Improve Standards in Canadian Medical Labs by: Justin M Clark
December 15, 2010, 07:01
In Canada, anatomic pathology has a public black eye due to disclosures of pathology misdiagnoses occurring in multiple medical laboratories over the past six…
- Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) Claims Hospitals and Clinical Laboratories Don’t Get Best Pricing from GPO Contracts by: jude
December 13, 2010, 05:00
Even as Congress shines a spotlight on the business activities of group purchasing organizations (GPOs), the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA)…
- Warning to Clinical Pathology Laboratories: Medicare's RAC Program Expands on December 31st! by: jude
December 8, 2010, 05:00
Clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups will have new legal responsibilities to perform as of December 31, 2010. That’s when the Medicare…
- Mayo Clinic Biobank Shows How Pathologists and Researchers Are Interacting with Patients in Biobanking Ventures by: jude
December 6, 2010, 05:00
Increasingly, pathologists and clinical laboratories are playing a role in genetic research and biobanking by providing specimens. One credible example of this…
- Do GPOs Help Hospitals and Clinical Laboratories Save Money? GAO Report Answers That Question by: jude
December 3, 2010, 05:00
For years, hospitals and clinical pathology laboratories have wondered exactly how much money is saved when they use the services of group purchasing organizati…
- More Hospitals Advertise Shorter Patient Wait Times for Their Emergency Departments by: jude
November 29, 2010, 05:00
Anyone who says there’s not much competition for patients has ignored the marketing battle among hospitals to attract patients to their emergency departments…
- Boston Pathologists at the Forefront of Whole Human Genome Sequencing by: jude
November 26, 2010, 05:00
More than 800 whole human genomes were sequenced and the data was recently made available in a public database by the 1000 Genomes Project. This development is…
- Two Studies Find that Patients Want Access to their Health Records, Including Clinical Pathology Test Data by: jude
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- New In Vivo Implant Device Monitors Tumor Growth Remotely by: jude
January 18, 2012, 05:00
Pathologists, take note! In vivo clinical diagnostic testing just took a giant step forward. A team of medical engineers at the Technical University of Munich…
- New Diagnostic Technology Creates Opportunities for Clinical Laboratories to Help Physicians with Faster, More Accurate Diagnoses by: jude
December 27, 2011, 05:00
New diagnostic technologies are literally tumbling out of research laboratories and biotech development companies at an increasing pace. The sheer volume of…
- Helping Pathologists Use New Technology to Identify and Classify Cancer-Related Cells Research by: Justin M Clark
November 7, 2011, 10:34
Surgical pathologists may have an exciting new tool for identifying and classifying cancer-related cells. Medical researchers at Duke University are demonstrati…
- Good News for Clinical Labs and Phlebotomists: Safety-engineered Devices Reduce Needlestick Injuries by: Justin M Clark
October 14, 2011, 08:31
Plebotomists and safety managers in clinical laboratories across the nation will welcome the results of several studies on phlebotomy needlestick injuries.…
- Elekta Sells Its PowerPath Pathology Software to Sunquest by: Justin M Clark
October 3, 2011, 08:04
Earlier today, a deal was announced which has major implications for the anatomic pathology informatics marketplace. Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.,…
- Pharma Companies Lay Off Sales Reps and Use More Digital Tools to Market to Office-Based Physicians by: jude
September 21, 2011, 05:00
For more than two decades, pharmaceutical sales representatives have been ubiquitous in doctors’ offices. But in a surprise development, many of the…
- NEW White Papers Are Now Available for Clinical Laboratory Professionals by: Justin M Clark
August 20, 2011, 05:00
The White Paper resource library is another example of how the Internet and Web 2.0 creates new educational opportunities for medical laboratory professionals…
- Walgreens Introduces a Blood Glucose Testing Product for a Diabetes Management System That Links Pharmacists, Physicians, and Patients by: jude
June 24, 2011, 05:00
Clinical laboratory testing performed in pharmacies and other retail outlets has long been predicted as a natural progression, following the public acceptance…
- Zooming Sales of Defibrillators for Home Use Signal More In-Home Medical Laboratory Testing by: jude
April 15, 2011, 01:00
One of the fastest-growing markets in healthcare is the sale of defibrillators to consumers for home use. In fact, independent market research publisher…
- Laboratory Automation One Solution to Workforce Shortages in Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
February 28, 2011, 05:00
If there is a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of pathologists and clinical laboratory managers, it is the largest workforce shortage in the history of…
- Leapfrog Study Shows Hospital Use of CPOE Can Affect Clinical Pathology Laboratory Test Utilization by: Justin M Clark
January 19, 2011, 05:00
Many experts believe that wider use of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems can contribute to the better utilization of clinical pathology…
- Pathologists and Clinical Labs Can Expect to See More Companion Diagnostic Tests by: Justin M Clark
January 10, 2011, 05:00
Growing acceptance of companion diagnostics is a trend with the potential to greatly increase the value that clinical pathology laboratory testing delivers to…
- Pathologists Watch as New Lab-on-a-Chip Technology Is Developed for Testing Patients in Doctor’s Offices by: Justin M Clark
December 27, 2010, 05:00
New microfluidic nanotechnology has the potential to create reliable “mini-labs” that can allow physicians to do many of the same medical laboratory tests…
- Immunoassay and Infectious Disease Analyzers Evaluated during Use by Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: jude
September 14, 2010, 05:00
It’s not often that pathologists and clinical laboratory managers can access a Consumer Reports-type of comparison of laboratory analyzers as they prepare to…
- Good News for Anatomic Pathology Laboratories: Tissue-Based Diagnostics Market Predicted to Double by 2016 by: jude
September 8, 2010, 05:00
There’s good news for anatomic pathologists in the forecast from one expert watching the U.S. market in equipment for clinical diagnostics. According to…
- University Engineering Student Invents Cheap Point-of-Care Fluorescence Microscope by: jude
August 16, 2010, 05:00
Pathologists know the engineering complexity and expense of today’s state-of-the-art fluorescence microscopes. Now comes news that a Rice University…
- Understanding the Epigenome’s Role in Cancer May lead to New Clinical Pathology Laboratory Tests by: jude
June 21, 2010, 08:00
Pacific Biosciences is using its game-changing technology to drop the cost of sequencing DNA methylation from 0,000 per individual to less than ,000.…
- Billion in HITECH Act Funding Encourages Doctors to Adopt EMRs; Integration with the Clinical Laboratory LIS is Crucial by: jude
May 10, 2010, 10:35
EMR adoption by office-based physicians is about to seriously challenge the capability of the nation’s clinical pathology laboratories to quickly build…
- Pathology Companies Leica and Omnyx Beef Up Their Access to Digital Pathology Technology by: jude
April 16, 2010, 04:00
Laboratory News - More pathology laboratories are acquiring and deploying digital scanners and digital pathology systems. In response to the growing demand for…
- Felder Predicts Clinical Laboratory Automation to Become Faster, More Efficient by: jude
April 7, 2010, 07:59
laboratory news - Most large clinical pathology laboratories in the United States and other developed nations now have a decade or more of experience with…
- Experts in Clinical Pathology Laboratory Automation to Gather in Yokohama by: jude
April 6, 2010, 04:00
Laboratory News - Many of the world’s most innovative pathologists and experts in clinical laboratory automation are about to gather in Yokohama, Japan, for…
- Laboratory Transforms Manual Urinalysis with Automation and More by: jude
November 2, 2009, 04:00
Manual urinalysis testing is ready for a major makeover. Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center’s clinical laboratory use automated urinalysis and Lean Six Sigma…
- FDA Panel to Consider Digital Pathology and Whole Slide Imaging by: Justin M Clark
October 16, 2009, 11:50
Next week, an FDA review committee will consider if digital pathology imaging technology is ready to replace conventional light microscopy for diagnostic…
- European LIS Competitor Eyes U.S. Market Via Lab Industry Survey by: Justin M Clark
November 17, 2008, 18:08
European Union is exploring how to enter the LIS market here in the United States
- Microgripper Can Harvest "Microbiopsies" Via Minimally Invasive Surgery by: Justin M Clark
November 14, 2008, 18:36
New tool that makes it possible to collect microbiopsies using minimally-invasive surgery
- One Barrier to EMR Adoption May be "Close to Retirement" Doctors by: Justin M Clark
October 1, 2008, 10:58
One barrier to all-electronic environment adoption may be the large number of physicians nearing retirement.
- Researchers Put Lab Tests on Paper, Send Results by Cell Phone by: Justin M Clark
August 29, 2008, 12:42
Harvard University researchers aim to develop tests that are easy-to-use, cheap, portable, and disposable.
- Digital Pathology Moves Forward Using TIFF File Format by: Justin M Clark
May 18, 2007, 11:14
Pathologists using digital imaging will soon encounter the “BigTIFF” file format. This new technology allows for TIFF files of any size. Previously, TIFF…
- Doctors Get Electronic Help with Their Diagnoses Via Decision Support Software by: Justin M Clark
March 5, 2007, 16:24
Misdiagnosis by doctors leads to many of the cases that we hear about in the news (or on the TV show “House.”). We live in an age where doctors are under…
- New In Vivo Implant Device Monitors Tumor Growth Remotely by: jude
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- Many Clinical Laboratories, Other Providers Struggle to Transition to 5010; Likely To See Payment Shortfall by: Justin M Clark
January 12, 2012, 05:00
clinical laboratories and pathology groups are holding their collective breath as they wait to see whether implementation of the electronic claim Form 5010…
- VA Wants to Collect Clinical Laboratory Blood Specimens from One Million Veterans to Create World’s Largest Medical Database and Gene Repository by: jude
December 28, 2011, 05:00
Imagine a massive data repository that contains the blood specimens of thousands of individuals, along with a detailed medical history for each patient that…
- New Diagnostic Technology Creates Opportunities for Clinical Laboratories to Help Physicians with Faster, More Accurate Diagnoses by: jude
December 27, 2011, 05:00
New diagnostic technologies are literally tumbling out of research laboratories and biotech development companies at an increasing pace. The sheer volume of…
- Positive News for Clinical Pathology Laboratories on Compensation for Medical Technologists and Clinical Laboratory Scientists by: jude
December 21, 2011, 05:00
Never say that readers of Dark Daily are not ready to express opinions and speak out! On Monday, we published an e-briefing that reported on the inclusion of…
- Pathology Laboratory Testing at the Crossroads: Will Payers Deeply Discount Prices for Genetic Tests, or Will Value-Based Pricing Prevail? by: Justin M Clark
December 15, 2011, 08:24
Big changes are coming in how payers handle code stacked claims for genetic tests and molecular diagnostic assays! However, few pathologists and clinical…
- Innovative Clinical Pathology Laboratories Use Quality Management Systems (QMS) to Deliver Added Value to Physicians by: Justin M Clark
November 18, 2011, 05:00
DATELINE: San Antonio, Texas—This week, a large and enthusiastic crowd of clinical laboratory managers and pathologists gathered here to participate in the…
- Three Trends in High-Throughput Gene Sequencing for Pathologists and Clinical Laboratory Managers by: jude
November 16, 2011, 05:00
Gene sequencing is the hot technology in both the biotech and clinical laboratory testing industries. That is because the cost of rapid gene sequencing systems…
- Hospitals, Physicians, and Clinical Pathology Laboratories Scramble to Prepare for Use of Form 5010 Beginning January 1, 2012 by: jude
November 9, 2011, 05:00
Less than eight weeks remain before the January 1, 2012, deadline for implementation of Form 5010. Every sector of the healthcare system—from government and…
- WellPoint’s New Pay-for-Performance Program to Pay Hospitals More for Meeting Quality Measures by: jude
November 4, 2011, 05:00
Pay-for-performance just took a leap forward with news that one of the nation’s largest health insurers will link the reimbursement it pays to hospitals to…
- Clinical Pathology Laboratories in the United States Face Tougher Accreditation and CLIA Environment by: jude
November 3, 2011, 05:00
Across the United States, medical laboratory accreditation and CLIA compliance is quietly getting tougher. This is a trend which affects every clinical…
- Anatomic Pathology in China Is a Booming Growth Industry by: Justin M Clark
October 24, 2011, 08:00
DATELINE: Hangzhou, China—More than 1,200 Chinese pathologists and medical laboratory scientists assembled this weekend in a city marked by 1,500 years of…
- More Medical Laboratory Testing Expected as Retail Clinics Change Delivery of Routine Healthcare Services by: jude
October 24, 2011, 05:00
Retail clinics (RC)—often called “rapid clinics”—are growing at a phenomenal rate. At the same time, more hospitals and health systems are deciding to…
- In Canada, Clinical Pathology Laboratories Face Growing Lab Test Utilization and Shrinking Lab Test Budgets by: jude
October 5, 2011, 10:44
DATELINE: Toronto, Ontario, Canada—This week, clinical laboratory and pathology leaders from across Canada gathered here at the fifth Executive Edge…
- HHS and CMS Team Up to Propose New Rule to Give Patients Direct Access to their Clinical Pathology Laboratory Test Results by: jude
September 19, 2011, 05:00
Big changes lie ahead in how clinical laboratories and pathology groups must give patients access to their medical laboratory test results. Last week, federal…
- Calgary Laboratory Services Represents One Model of Regional Consolidation of Clinical Laboratories by: jude
September 16, 2011, 05:00
DATELINE: Calgary, Alberta, Canada—When it comes to regional consolidation of clinical laboratory and pathology organizations, this city at the foot of the…
- Entering the Clinical Laboratory Testing Business: Is it Better to Buy or to Build? by: jude
September 12, 2011, 05:00
Over the past 15 years, there have been few examples of pathologists and medical laboratory executives willing to start up a new clinical laboratory company…
- It’s No Surprise Why More Consumers Use the Internet to Order Lower-Priced Clinical Laboratory Tests by: jude
September 2, 2011, 05:00
It’s nearly impossible to do a web search for any term that includes “medical laboratory tests” and not have the search engine return paid listings for…
- Researchers Say Volume of Blood Collected from Hospitalized Myocardial Infarction Patients Can Contribute to Anemia by: Justin M Clark
August 29, 2011, 08:09
What is the proper quantity of blood to draw from a patient for medical laboratory testing purposes? That question has been debated regularly for decades by…
- Medicare Officials Announce Bundled Reimbursement Initiative and Clinical Pathology Laboratory Tests Are to Be Included by: Justin M Clark
August 24, 2011, 11:55
Yesterday, Medicare officials took the first steps to implement a program for bundled Medicare payments by issuing documents which describe how this program…
- Moody’s Says Slowest Rate of Growth in 20 Years at Not-For-Profit Hospitals by: Justin M Clark
August 22, 2011, 11:40
During 2010, not-for-profit hospitals showed the lowest rate of growth in at least two decades, according to a report released by Moody’s Investors Service,…
- NEW White Papers Are Now Available for Clinical Laboratory Professionals by: Justin M Clark
August 20, 2011, 05:00
The White Paper resource library is another example of how the Internet and Web 2.0 creates new educational opportunities for medical laboratory professionals…
- In Alberta, Clinical Laboratories Adapt to One Integrated Province-Wide Health Services Administration Model by: jude
July 20, 2011, 05:00
DATELINE: EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA—Over the past decade and a half, this economically-prosperous province has implemented several extensive re-alignments of…
- Seattle Hospital Credits Lean for Its Financial Turnaround by: jude
May 16, 2011, 05:00
In Seattle, Washington, one of the nation’s earliest hospitals to embrace and implement Lean and the Toyota Production System reports strong improvement in…
- Clinical Pathology Laboratories Should Prepare for the iPad Era! by: jude
January 24, 2011, 17:00
Evidence is building that iPads is a hit with physicians. Experts are astonished at the rate at which physicians are adopting iPads for their daily clinical…
- NEW White Papers Are Now Available for Clinical Laboratory Professionals by: jude
December 24, 2010, 05:00
There is a new resource library for clinical laboratory managers and pathologists that contains White Papers on contemporary topics involving clinical…
- Use of Lean by Clinical Pathology Laboratories Continues to Be Important Trend in Laboratory Medicine by: Justin M Clark
December 14, 2010, 12:00
One major trend in laboratory medicine still gathering momentum is the use of Lean and similar process improvement methods by clinical laboratories and…
- Medical Homes Means Better Utilization of Clinical Laboratory Tests by: Justin M Clark
December 10, 2010, 05:00
Early evidence indicates that patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) may be great for patients and beneficial to primary-care physicians and insurers—but not…
- Two Laboratories Make the “Best Places to Work in Healthcare” List by: Justin M Clark
November 19, 2010, 05:00
For the past three years Modern Healthcare has published its annual “100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare,” and this year anatomic pathology groups will…
- British Professor Advocates Less Pathology Testing for Cervical Cancer by: jude
November 15, 2010, 05:45
Here’s a spicy new subject for debate among pathologists and women’s health specialists. Would it be safe for a woman who has been vaccinated for HPV…
- Social Networking Can Help Clinical Labs Recruit More and Better Medical Technologists by: jude
November 12, 2010, 05:00
Everyone in the clinical laboratory testing industry knows that there is an acute shortage of medical technologists (MTs) and clinical laboratory scientists…
- Canadian Province of Ontario Makes Progress on Standardizing EORLA’s 19 Clinical Pathology Laboratories by: Justin M Clark
November 8, 2010, 04:00
In Canada’s Ontario Province, an ambitious effort to create a single, multi-site regional clinical pathology laboratory system is moving forward. Called the…
- Is “Meaningful Use” the Elephant in the Pathology Lab’s Living Room? by: jude
October 25, 2010, 05:00
In 2011, physicians can begin earning federal incentives for adopting electronic medical record (EMR) systems and demonstrating “meaningful use.” Every…
- Genentech Scientists Zero in on “Liquid Biopsies” as a Way to Replace Tissue Biopsies in Breast Cancer by: jude
October 13, 2010, 05:00
It might soon be possible to determine the HER2 status of breast cancer patients from blood samples rather than tissue biopsies. If this new technology proves…
- Digital Pathology to be Highlighted at This Year’s Annual Pathology Informatics Conference by: jude
September 13, 2010, 05:00
Among the three dominant trends in anatomic pathology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_pathology informatics, digital pathology http://en.wikipedia.org/w…
- From Digital Pathology to Clinical Laboratory Automation, White Papers Are Available for Medical Laboratory Professionals by: jude
September 6, 2010, 05:00
By publishing a series of White Papers on contemporary topics involving clinical laboratory management, pathology administration, and the medical laboratory…
- Many Genetic Tests Offered to Consumers Over the Internet are Misleading and of No Practical Use by: Justin M Clark
August 27, 2010, 10:03
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests from the four companies 23andMe, Navigenics, Knome, and Illumina, are generating results “that are misleading and of…
- Alberta’s Next Round of Clinical Laboratory Consolidation Alarms Pathologists by: jude
July 19, 2010, 08:09
Alberta pathologists have sent letters of protest to Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky over the planned consolidation of Pap Smear testing at just two centralized…
- Total Laboratory Automation Gives Clinical Pathology Labs More Ways to Achieve Significant Efficiency and Savings by: Justin M Clark
July 16, 2010, 05:00
For clinical pathology laboratories, this free downloadable white paper offers a comprehensive look at total laboratory automation and work flow redesign of…
- Why Health Insurers Want to Pre-Authorize Genetic and Expensive Clinical Pathology Lab Tests by: Justin M Clark
July 6, 2010, 05:00
Unfolding events make it likely that genetic testing will become a good news/bad news story for local clinical laboratories and pathology groups. The good news…
- Pathology Groups and Clinical Labs Prepare to Deliver Test Results to Smart Phones by: Justin M Clark
July 2, 2010, 05:00
With the advent of data-capable smart phones, disease management is taking a giant step forward. That has important implications for pathologists and clinical…
- Hospitals, Clinical Labs, and Pathology Groups Will Soon Adopt Global Location Numbers by: jude
June 2, 2010, 05:00
There’s a new global healthcare standard that will change how hospitals, clinical laboratories, and pathology groups get get supplies from vendors. The U.S.…
- Hospitals on Buying Spree Snap Up Physician Practices by: jude
June 1, 2010, 05:00
American hospitals are buying up physician practices in an effort to created integrated systems that can compete on the basis of dual cost/quality goals.…
- Preparing the Next Generation of Clinical Pathology Laboratory Managers by: jude
May 21, 2010, 04:00
With so many pathologists, clinical laboratory managers and administrators of the Baby Boomer generation making retirement plans, it is timely for laboratories…
- Rising Demand for Clinical Laboratory Tests, Combined with Falling Payments Put Pressure on Australian Pathologists by: Justin M Clark
April 26, 2010, 06:21
An increase in older, sicker patients with chronic diseases is causing an increase in pathology and clinical laboratory testing in Australia. With the…
- Performance-based Pathology Part A Agreements Are Win-Win with Hospitals by: jude
April 20, 2010, 04:00
Pathology Audio Conference - Now pathologists have a new approach to reverse the trend for hospitals and health systems to pay even less for Part A pathology…
- Finding Reliable Outcomes Measures for Hospitals Continues to Be a Challenge by: jude
April 14, 2010, 09:26
Laboratory News - Dark Daily has long predicted that healthcare quality rating and ranking efforts would boost the fortunes of clinical pathology laboratory…
- Companion Direct Point of Care System Helps Doctors Collect Payment Quickly by: Justin M Clark
April 13, 2010, 10:53
With more and more consumers participating in high-deductible health plans, health savings accounts, and other forms of consumer-directed health plans,…
- Quintiles Expands Its China Laboratory Services to Include Anatomic Pathology Tests by: Justin M Clark
March 8, 2010, 08:31
Global CRO leader Quintiles is now offering anatomic pathology testing services in its Beijing medical laboratory to better serve the research and clinical…
- Thermo Fisher Trumped by Merck KGaA's .2 Billion Bid to Acquire Millipore by: Justin M Clark
March 3, 2010, 06:40
It was more consolidation among suppliers of clinical pathology laboratories as Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL) found a buyer willing to outbid Thermo Fisher…
- Adoption of EMRs Creates Demand for New Healthcare Job of "Scribes" by: Justin M Clark
March 1, 2010, 08:54
Clinical pathology laboratories will soon see another consequence of the growing adoption of electronic medical record (EMR). Implementation of EMR systems…
- National Survey of Clinical Lab Executive Compensation Is Under Way by: jude
February 23, 2010, 04:19
Laboratory News - In recent years, the clinical pathology laboratory profession has lacked a reliable national survey of compensation trends for clinical…
- Sonic Healthcare to Acquire Belgium’s Second Largest Clinical Pathology Laboratory by: jude
February 8, 2010, 08:09
Laboratory News - Pathology laboratory company Sonic Healthcare, Ltd., (SHL.AX) of Sydney, Australia, said last Friday that it would acquire 100% of Medhold…
- Australia’s Government Launches Review of Clinical Laboratory Testing Fees by: jude
February 4, 2010, 04:07
Laboratory News - Funding for pathology services and clinical laboratory testing in Australia is now undergoing review by the government health service. There…
- Pathologists and Clinical Lab Professionals Urged to Think in “21st Century” Terms by: jude
February 1, 2010, 07:10
Laboratory News - Pathologists and clinical laboratory scientists were advised to “manage knowledge as though it is money” by Sir Muir Gray at last…
- Merger of Spectrum Laboratory Network and Carilion Labs Creates Big Clinical Laboratory Company by: Justin M Clark
January 28, 2010, 07:33
Pathology News : It was big news in the clinical laboratory industry yesterday when Spectrum Laboratory Network http://www.spectrumlab.org/ of Greensboro,…
- Clinical Laboratories in Ireland Will Soon Undergo Nationwide Restructuring by: jude
January 25, 2010, 07:55
Laboratory News - DUBLIN, IRELAND—Pathology testing and clinical laboratories in Ireland will soon be involved in a major project to overhaul the entire…
- Two Pathology Lab Deals Launch the New Year, One is Worth 0 Million by: jude
January 6, 2010, 04:02
Laboratory News - PathGroup, Inc., a pathology laboratory in Brentwood, Tennessee, raised 0 million in a leveraged recapitalization managed by Brentwood…
- PART TWO: Quebec’s Debate about Breast Cancer Test Errors Turns to Questions about Defining Accuracy of Pathology Laboratory Testing by: jude
December 28, 2009, 04:00
Laboratory News - Public debate in Quebec about inaccurate pathology tests for breast cancer by the province’s pathology laboratories has turned attention…
- Spectrum Laboratory Network Sells to Welsh Carson for 0 Million by: jude
December 16, 2009, 07:59
Laboratory News - Clinical laboratory company Spectrum Laboratory Network LINK of Greensboro, North Carolina, will be acquired by Welsh, Carson, Anderson, &…
- Underfunding Affects the Public Face of Clinical Laboratories by: Justin M Clark
December 11, 2009, 07:08
Laboratory News & Laboratory Management and Operations : Garrison Keillor of Priarie Home Companion fame has written about his depressing visits to medical…
- New “Best Practices” Turbocharge How Labs Use Lean and Six Sigma by: jude
December 8, 2009, 04:00
Clinical laboratories and pathology groups using Lean Six Sigma methods are blowing right past the dismal economy and posting strong improvements in operations…
- Pathogen Audit at Canadian Labs Triggers Increased Bio-Security Measures by: jude
December 7, 2009, 07:05
Laboratory News : Laboratories are invariably out of the public eye—until there is a problem. In Canada, The Canadian Press reported earlier this year that…
- Multiple Wrong Site Surgeries Earn 0,000 Fine for Rhode Island Teaching Hospital by: Justin M Clark
November 30, 2009, 06:13
Rhode Island Hospital, a teaching hospital for Brown University, was assessed a whopping 0,000 fine for wrong site surgery (WSS), the largest ever. This was…
- Auckland Hospital Laboratories Play Defined Role in Supporting Patient Care by: jude
November 25, 2009, 13:56
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND—In this nation’s single payer health system, clinical laboratory testing services are allotted to hospital laboratories and commercial…
- Senate Votes to Advance its Health Reform Bill, But Fails to Extend Universal Health Coverage to Millions of Americans by: Justin M Clark
November 23, 2009, 05:00
Pathology News - All of the nation’s uninsured may not get health coverage under the Senate healthcare reform bill passed last Saturday. Now, in both the…
- Meet the Virtual Dermatopathology Lab, Doing Global Business From Boston by: jude
November 20, 2009, 08:03
Telepathology including digital pathology imaging and are the cornerstones of DermatopathologyConsultations.com, a flourishing second opinion business by…
- Pathology Testing Prices as a Commodity: Australia’s Health System Stands at a Crossroads by: Justin M Clark
November 18, 2009, 11:45
DATELINE: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA—Pathology testing is under the gun in Australia. Dark Daily observes that fast-rising utilization of pathology testing over…
- Gunman Enters Clinical Laboratory in Oregon Yesterday, Two Dead, Two Injured by: jude
November 11, 2009, 04:05
Yesterday, a gunman entered a laboratory facility owned by Legacy MetroLab http://www.legacyhealth.org/body_lab.cfm?id=506 in Tualatin, Oregon and shot his…
- MountainStar–PAML Lab Joint Venture Doubles in Size in 24 Months by: jude
November 9, 2009, 04:00
Since its formation less than two years ago, MountainStar Clinical Laboratories, LLC, has more than doubled in size. This unique laboratory outreach joint…
- James Peter, M.D., Ph.D., Founder of Specialty Laboratories, Dies of Cancer by: Justin M Clark
November 3, 2009, 08:21
James B. Peter, M.D., Ph.D., died in his home of cancer on Oct. 30. Peter was the founder of Specialty Laboratories, Inc.
- Clinical Labs Make Money by Using Revenue Cycle Management by: Justin M Clark
October 23, 2009, 10:45
Revenue Cycle Management is the hot new management tool for clinical laboratories and pathology groups. The Dark Report offers a free download of its definitive…
- Sonic’s Diagnostic Medlab Signs New Contract with Auckland Health Boards by: jude
October 14, 2009, 04:30
Ever since Labtests http://www.labtests.co.nz/ began its contract as the exclusive provider of pathology services and lab testing to the greater Auckland…
- Seven Deadly Sins of Quality Management Are Found in Many Clinical Laboratories by: Justin M Clark
September 25, 2009, 10:39
Clinical lab quality expert Lucia Berte recognizes that the true root causes of non-conforming events in clinical laboratories and pathology groups are not…
- Pathology’s Most Intrepid Computer Nerds Are Busy and Innovative by: jude
September 23, 2009, 06:00
It is all about digital imaging and digital pathology systems at this week’s gathering of pathology informatics gurus and innovators here in Pittsburgh at…
- Lab Operations and Cost-Cutting Breakthroughs Get Center Stage in Atlanta by: jude
September 17, 2009, 12:51
“Cash is King!” aptly describes how Lab Quality Confab will teach clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups to squeeze additional cost savings…
- Introducing “Pathology 2.0” as a Transformational Factor in Surgical Pathology by: jude
September 15, 2009, 08:07
Mayo Clinic pathologist Keith Kaplan, M.D., coined the term “Pathology 2.0” to describe how a multitude of informatics innovations will transform the…
- Tough Economic Times Motivate Clinical Laboratories to Cut Costs by Year End by: Justin M Clark
September 11, 2009, 12:26
Belt-tightening by clinical labs and pathology groups continues as the current economic recession approaches the end of its second full year. Lab Quality…
- Latest Clinical Findings Shared at European Pathology Congress This Week by: Justin M Clark
September 8, 2009, 09:35
FLORENCE, ITALY—As many as 3,000 pathologists from nations across the globe have gathered in Florence this week for the 22nd Annual European Congress of…
- In Italy, Visinoni’s Vision of “Patient First” Anatomic Pathology Services by: jude
September 4, 2009, 09:15
Franco Visinoni is remaking histopathology pre-analytical processes to achieve a “patient first” outcome of same day pathology diagnosis. Dark Daily…
- FISH-Based Test to Diagnose Melanoma is Goal of Neogenomics by: jude
August 26, 2009, 06:25
Neogenomics believes that diagnostic testing for melanoma generates a substantial number of tests annually. That makes it a lucrative target for any clinical…
- Three Trends Now Fueling Wider Adoption of Digital Pathology by: Justin M Clark
August 24, 2009, 09:43
Digital pathology is entering a new phase of development marked as pathologists move from use of digital systems in niche settings to full-scale adoption. LIS…
- Boston’s Caritas Christi Health Sells its Lab Outreach Business, Forms Alliance with Quest Diagnostics by: Justin M Clark
August 21, 2009, 11:46
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated http://www.questdiagnostics.com (NYSE:DGX) acquired the laboratory outreach business of Caritas Christi Health Care http://www.ca…
- Sonic Healthcare’s Latest Lab Buying Spree Nets Two U.S. Labs for Million by: Justin M Clark
August 13, 2009, 09:19
Sonic Healthcare, Ltd., of Sydney, Australia, continued to expand in the United States, acquiring its eighth and ninth U.S. clinical laboratories since 2003.
- Consolidation of Nation’s Health Insurers Is Bad Medicine for Local Labs and Pathologists by: jude
August 10, 2009, 05:45
At this moment, currently just nine companies control 76.7% of all privately-insured individuals in the United States! Moreover, the three biggest of these…
- Whole Animal Assays Use Lab-On-A-Chip at MIT by: jude
August 5, 2009, 06:00
Make way for what is being called “whole animal assays.” This new approach at MIT utilizes a lab on a chip to allow researchers to perform whole animal…
- Single Certification Means Good-bye to Med Techs (MTs) and Clinical Lab Scientists (CLSs)! by: Justin M Clark
August 3, 2009, 09:20
The American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Registry (BOR) and the National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA) formed a single…
- Digital Pathology Moves Forward with Two New Digital Imaging Products by: Justin M Clark
July 31, 2009, 05:00
Two new digital pathology imaging products launched this month show that vendors are advancing the capabilities of digital imaging and digital pathology…
- Republicans and Democrats Offer Complex and Convoluted Healthcare Reform Charts by: Justin M Clark
July 27, 2009, 09:45
Republicans use the chart “ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS’ HEALTH PLAN” to depict how complex the system will be under healthcare reform.…
- Somber Mood Prevails at Nation’s Largest Gathering of Laboratory Testing Professionals by: Justin M Clark
July 24, 2009, 15:36
Yesterday ended the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) in Chicago, Illinois. Your Dark Daily team was there to ferret…
- Laboratory Outreach Program Flourishes at Evanston Hospital by: Justin M Clark
July 23, 2009, 06:00
Many hospital laboratory outreach programs continue to grow and prosper, such as the laboratory outreach program of Evanston Hospital, which is posting solid…
- Daschle Tells Lab Executives to Expect Cost Cuts as Part of Health Reform by: Justin M Clark
July 13, 2009, 09:39
Former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle tells an ACLA audio conference that a key part of solving the healthcare reform puzzle involves finding the money to make it…
- CDC Data Shows Why Clinical Labs Continue to Identify Cases of A/H1N1 Flu by: jude
July 8, 2009, 05:00
Analysis of CDC data show that while seasonal flu of 2008-09 has ended, U.S. labs are in the middle of a second flu season. This second season was spawned by…
- LabCorp Pays 6.7 Million for Monogram Biosciences in Personalized Medicine Play by: jude
June 23, 2009, 15:26
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH) of Burlington, North Carolina, will strengthen its position in companion diagnostics and personalized medicinewi…
- St. Elizabeth Medical Center May Be First U.S. Hospital to Hold Three ISO Accreditations by: jude
June 19, 2009, 11:32
Administrators at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica, New York, believe being accredited by DNV Healthcare Inc., has helped the 201-bed hospital increase…
- Study Indicates Errors in Breast Cancer Testing in Canadian Province of Quebec by: jude
June 1, 2009, 11:08
Questions about a possible high rate of errors in breast cancer testing done in the Canadian province of Quebec surfaced last week. Government health officials…
- VA Investigates Medical Errors at Three Facilities by: jude
May 27, 2009, 12:22
Reforms in the healthcare system are requiring fundamental changes in how hospitals and other healthcare providers, including clinical laboratories, report…
- Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems Are Here: Is Your Clinical Laboratory and Pathology Group Ready? by: jude
May 26, 2009, 11:52
Published data indicates that about 90% of the nation’s hospitals have implemented an electronic health record (EHR) system. This remarkable statistic has…
- Why Some Clinical Laboratories Prosper During Tough Economic Times by: jude
May 8, 2009, 15:19
The Executive War College explains that some labs prosper from economic downturn.
- Offsetting the Rising Costs of Hospital Laboratory Reference and Send-out Testing by: jude
May 6, 2009, 11:14
Constantly-rising cost of reference tests and send-out referrals are now a prime target for hospital laboratory budget-cutters across the United States, says…
- Seattle’s Valley Medical Center says: “Quest Out, PACLAB In!” by: jude
April 24, 2009, 11:42
Valley Medical Center http://www.valleymed.org/ announced a new laboratory testing relationship with PACLAB Network Laboratories http://www.paclab.com of…
- U.S. Hospital Employment Declines for First Time Since 2004! by: jude
April 14, 2009, 11:13
First-ever Gathering of Lab CFOs, Controllers to take place at the Executive War College on April 28-29, 2009 in New Orleans, where they will learn the news…
- California Whistleblower Lawsuit Ensnares Major Lab Companies by: jude
March 27, 2009, 12:54
It’s the first major whistleblower lawsuit in the laboratory industry in recent years. On March 20, California State Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr.…
- Family History “Remains Most Valuable Genetic Test” by: jude
March 18, 2009, 11:25
Watson spoke last Friday at the XXV World Congress of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, produced by World Association of Societies of Pathology and Laboratory…
- Labs Likely to Face Expensive Conversion Costs for ICD-10 by: Justin M Clark
October 28, 2008, 10:31
Federal officials underestimated the costs and time needed to implement the complex new codes for ICD-10
- 15-Minute Diagnostic Biomarkers for Cancer, Other Conditions Unveiled in UK by: Justin M Clark
October 24, 2008, 10:32
Antibodies that detect biomarkers in as little as 15 minutes.
- CMS Approves Norwegian Company for Hospital Accreditation in the U.S. by: Justin M Clark
October 15, 2008, 10:50
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently disrupted the accreditation status quo.
- Survey of EMR Adoption by Doctors Provides "Best Data There's Ever Been!" by: Justin M Clark
October 13, 2008, 10:51
Survey of EMR Adoption by Doctors Provides Best Data There's Ever Been.
- Making Managers in Your Laboratory More Productive and More Effective by: Justin M Clark
October 7, 2008, 00:00
Ways to making your laboratory managers more productive and more effective.
- Swedish Hospital Uses Lean to Advance Patient Care and Lab Services by: Justin M Clark
September 24, 2008, 11:05
St. Göran Hospital's Lean journey to improved clinical outcomes and better customer service for its patients.
- New Insights on the Globalization of Healthcare and Laboratory Testing by: Justin M Clark
September 17, 2008, 11:31
Clinical laboratories must respond to globalization efforts with appropriate lab tests and services.
- Two Labs in Friendly Race to Win First ISO 15189 Accreditation in U.S. by: Justin M Clark
September 11, 2008, 00:00
Piedmont Medical Laboratory and Avera Health Laboratories race to be first laboratory in the United States to earn accreditation under ISO 15189:2007.
- Big Policy Shift on EMR and E-Health by American College of Physicians by: Justin M Clark
September 8, 2008, 12:28
American College of Physicians shifts its policy use of electronic medical record systems and e-health services.
- Survey Shows Most Wired Hospitals Have Better Outcomes, Lower Mortality Rates by: Justin M Clark
September 3, 2008, 12:36
Hospitals that invest in health information technology (HIT) have better outcomes.
- Leaders Call on Anatomic Pathologists to Develop New Skills by: Justin M Clark
August 25, 2008, 12:45
Anatomic pathologists need new skills to be successful in a clinical and business environment that is now more intensely competitive.
- Innovative Labs Combining Lean and Automation in Clever Ways by: Justin M Clark
August 21, 2008, 11:13
Sophisticated laboratories are combining Lean process improvement methods with latest-generation automation solutions and highly-automated analyzers.
- LabCorp Expects to Acquire and Close Stanford Outreach Lab By August 1 by: Justin M Clark
July 28, 2008, 13:50
Laboratory Corporation of America (NYSE:LH), confirmed that the sale is imminent.
- Kaizen Events Catch on with Labs and Hospitals Using Lean & Six Sigma by: Justin M Clark
July 18, 2008, 14:00
Kaizen events are winning favor in a growing number of laboratories and hospitals.
- Lab Acquisition Activity Stays Busy as Stanford and Carilion Negotiate with Buyers by: Justin M Clark
July 8, 2008, 14:14
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the lab industry continues to grow across the United States.
- Patient-Centric E-Health Envisioned by American College of Physicians by: Justin M Clark
June 27, 2008, 14:29
ACP\'s new position paper demonstrates how the physician community is recognizing the role integrated healthcare.
- Eradicating Bloodstream Infections in the Pediatric ICU by: Justin M Clark
July 2, 2007, 21:19
Here’s an important example of how setting a clinical goal, then monitoring progress toward that goal can lead to significant improvements in clinical…
- Why Lab Managers and Pathologists Are Excited about Lean & Six Sigma by: Justin M Clark
June 28, 2007, 20:58
Over the past month, your Dark Daily editors have been busy talking to lab directors and pathologists who are at the cutting edge of the most powerful trend…
- Wireless Technology Goes Everywhere in Hospitals and Clinics by: Justin M Clark
June 18, 2007, 19:37
According to a study entitled Critical Needs of Today's Healthcare System, many healthcare institutions are within two years of purchasing wireless networking.…
- Pathologist Becich ID's Three Most Important Developments in Pathology Informatics by: Justin M Clark
June 12, 2007, 17:45
Dark Daily recently caught up with Michael J. Becich, M.D., Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is the Course Director of the…
- What You Told Us: Results from the Dark Daily Survey by: Justin M Clark
June 1, 2007, 11:51
Thanks to everyone who participated in our first Dark Daily reader survey earlier this month. We got a fantastic turnout for our first survey and got some…
- Siemens Health CEO Erich Reinhardt Discusses Integration of Imaging and Lab Testing by: Justin M Clark
May 30, 2007, 13:42
On Wednesday of last week, Prof. Dr. Erich R. Reinhardt, President and CEO of Siemens Medical Solutions (NYSE: SI), traveled from Germany to the United States…
- Confidentiality Issues with Personal Health Records by: Justin M Clark
May 17, 2007, 10:47
Personal Health Records (PHRs, also referred to as Electronic Medical Records or EMRs) are on the rise across the United States. As noted in earlier Dark Daily…
- LabCorp CEO Speaks About Managed Care Contracting at Executive War College by: Justin M Clark
May 14, 2007, 10:33
For Dark Daily readers who didn't make it to the Executive War College in Miami, Florida last week, you missed the first public appearance to the laboratory…
- Public Access to Provider Outcomes Data Improves Healthcare by: Justin M Clark
May 6, 2007, 15:14
Evidence is now in on the benefits of public access to data on provider outcomes. The Joint Commission released a report on hospital quality and safety in…
- Molecular Diagnostics News for Hospital Laboratories by: Justin M Clark
May 2, 2007, 14:14
When the Golden Gate Chapter of CLMA conducted its sixth annual Spring Fling conference at the Hotel Monaco in San Francisco, California, last Saturday, it…
- Whistle-Blower Law Tightens with Changes to False Claims Act by: Justin M Clark
April 27, 2007, 13:50
For laboratories concerned about exposure to internal whistle-blowers, there is positive news. The whistle-blower law, which allows employees of a company to…
- National Standards Emerging for Patient ID in Hospitals by: Justin M Clark
April 25, 2007, 12:03
Use of colored wristbands is widespread in hospitals across the country. Different colors signify such things about a patient, such as allergies, a “do not…
- Delaware Launches First Health Information Network by: Justin M Clark
March 30, 2007, 15:49
Delaware seems to be taking the early lead in the race to implement a successful electronic health record and health information exchange. The Delaware Health…
- Data Innovations Receives FDA Clearance for Its Instrument Manager Software by: Justin M Clark
March 26, 2007, 15:23
Dark Daily was recently forwarded a press release entitled Data Innovations Receives FDA Clearance for Instrument Manager. Our first response was to wonder why…
- How “Isabel” Clinical Diagnosis Decision Support System Alters Physician Utilization of Lab Tests by: Justin M Clark
March 23, 2007, 14:04
After Dark Daily mentioned the Isabel clinical decision support system in Doctors Get Electronic Help with Their Diagnoses Via Decision Support Software, we…
- Spectrum Laboratory Network Now Offers Wireless Access to Lab Test Data by: Justin M Clark
March 21, 2007, 11:43
To stay at the cutting edge of healthcare IT, Spectrum Laboratory Network is preparing to give client physicians and hospitals access to laboratory test data…
- How Some Hospitals Strive to Achieve the Acme of Customer Satisfaction by: Justin M Clark
March 19, 2007, 09:48
In recent years, we've written plenty about one major change in how hospitals and other healthcare organizations undergo accreditation. That is the requirement…
- How Local Laboratories Can Make Money from Molecular Diagnostics by: Justin M Clark
March 13, 2007, 10:39
As these examples demonstrate, molecular diagnostics and molecular pathology each can offer plenty of upside and opportunity for local laboratories and…
- LabCorp Ousted from Aetnas National Contract by: Justin M Clark
March 1, 2007, 15:36
In the heavyweight championship fight taking place between the two blood brothers, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated has just won the next round. Earlier today,…
- Integration of Pathology and Radiology to Be Debated at Lab InfoTech Summit 2007 by: Justin M Clark
February 23, 2007, 14:33
With both Siemens and General Electric placing big bets on in vitro diagnostics during the past nine months, there is much speculation about plans to integrate…
- Is New York State's Hospital Ratings System Actually a Hit List? by: Justin M Clark
February 14, 2007, 11:34
However, the effort by New York's Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century to create a rating system for hospitals and nursing homes demonstrate…
- Kaiser Permanente Responds to CDHP Trend by Offering First-Ever Non-HMO Products by: Justin M Clark
February 12, 2007, 11:16
Laboratories and pathology groups need to track the progress of the CDHP trend. Consumers covered under high-deductible policies and HSA plans are being…
- FDA Gets an Earful During Public Meeting on Guidance Document for IVD-MIAs by: Justin M Clark
February 9, 2007, 10:54
The gist of both Mertz' presentation, and a November/December 2006 article in IVD Technology was that the goal of the draft guidelines was a good one, but the…
- New Healthcare Business Model Outpatient Zones Generate Rising Revenue for Hospitals by: Justin M Clark
February 7, 2007, 10:35
Dark Daily notes that the likely result of the rapid growth of outpatient zones will result in a fundamental change in the locale of many hospital laboratories.…
- Why HIEs and RHIOs Will Change the Flow of Laboratory Test Data by: Justin M Clark
February 5, 2007, 10:06
Doctors, hospitals, and laboratories are each expected to benefit from the ability to transfer patient information seamlessly across city and state lines, but…
- Using the Web for Blood Utilization Reviews: Innovative Business Model Offered by a New Company by: jude
January 31, 2007, 13:50
another use of the Internet to lower the cost of laboratory operations. Now hospital laboratories can have blood utilization reviews performed via a Web-based…
- Slow EHR Adoption from Doctors Affects E-Connectivity of Labs by: jude
December 6, 2006, 12:00
Only one in four physicians, or 24.9%, currently uses some sort of electronic health record (EHR) under the loosest possible definition of the term.
- Clinical Laboratory Operations in a City that is 8,300 feet Above Sea Level by: jude
December 4, 2006, 12:00
The state of the laboratory profession in Colombia is well developed and the country's healthcare system is recognized as providing high quality services.
- In Argentina, Pathologists Don't Operate Clinical Laboratories And Patients Deliver Their Own Lab Test Reports to Their Doctors by: jude
October 27, 2006, 06:00
My hosts on this trip are Sysmex Corporation and Roche Diagnostics Argentina. Pathologists do not own clinical laboratories in Argentina, nor do they manage…
- The Flipside of the Pay-for-Performance Program Results in Britain by: jude
October 18, 2006, 06:42
We wanted to make sure to report on the success of the pay-for-performance program in Britain and give it adequate space in Dark Daily and it's full due.…
- Early Lessons from Provider Pay-for-Performance Program in Britain by: jude
October 16, 2006, 06:39
Pay-for-Performance programs are not limited to the United States. In 2004, the National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom introduced a pay-for-perform…
- Many Clinical Laboratories, Other Providers Struggle to Transition to 5010; Likely To See Payment Shortfall by: Justin M Clark
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- In Massachusetts, Blues Ink Pact with Partners HealthCare to Implement Alternative Quality Contract with Global Payment by: jude
February 1, 2012, 05:00
The Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) model is gaining acceptance as a way to slow healthcare spending and improve care. Partners HealthCare has agreed to…
- Federal Government Agrees to Open Access to Medicare Data about Individual Doctors by: jude
January 27, 2012, 05:00
Many pathologists may consider it a big step forward for public access to data about provider outcomes, not that the Department of Health and Human Services…
- Clinical Pathology Labs Take Note! Six ACO Early Adopters Seek Accreditation from NCQA by: jude
January 24, 2012, 05:00
Pathologists and clinical laboratory managers will be interested to learn that six accountable care organizations (ACO) stepped up and applied for accreditation…
- Many Clinical Laboratories, Other Providers Struggle to Transition to 5010; Likely To See Payment Shortfall by: Justin M Clark
January 12, 2012, 05:00
clinical laboratories and pathology groups are holding their collective breath as they wait to see whether implementation of the electronic claim Form 5010…
- UK’s Association for Clinical Biochemistry Calls for Better Blood-draw Training for ED Doctors by: jude
December 12, 2011, 05:00
Improving the quality of medical laboratory specimens collected by the staff of emergency departments is an ongoing issue in most American hospitals. Now comes…
- More Physician Use of EHRs Could Increase Medical Malpractice Claims by: jude
November 30, 2011, 05:00
Some experts predict that the great expansion in the number of physicians using electronic health record (EHR) systems may trigger an increase in medical…
- Senators Baucus and Grassley Want Documents from Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp Relating to Discounted Medical Lab Test Pricing Practices by: jude
November 14, 2011, 05:00
Is it a coincidence that discounted medical laboratory test pricing offered by the nation’s two largest clinical laboratory companies appears to now be the…
- Palmetto, Medicare’s Biggest Carrier, Proposes to End Code Stacking for Molecular Clinical Laboratory Tests by: jude
November 11, 2011, 05:00
Medicare’s biggest local carrier is ready to tackle the problems created when clinical pathology laboratories use code stacks to submit claims for genetic…
- Hospitals, Physicians, and Clinical Pathology Laboratories Scramble to Prepare for Use of Form 5010 Beginning January 1, 2012 by: jude
November 9, 2011, 05:00
Less than eight weeks remain before the January 1, 2012, deadline for implementation of Form 5010. Every sector of the healthcare system—from government and…
- Why Congress Is Considering Deep Cuts to Medical Laboratory Test Fees by: jude
October 19, 2011, 05:00
Unprecedented cuts in funding for clinical laboratory services are expected from Congress! That’s because federal legislators need deep cuts from many…
- Pathology Groups and Clinical Laboratories Should Prepare for Medicare RAC Auditors by: jude
July 14, 2011, 05:00
During the next 12 months, many pathology groups and clinical laboratories will undergo their first audit as part of Medicare’s recently-expanded RAC…
- Hospital Outcomes Transparency Gets New Tools in Washington State by: Justin M Clark
March 2, 2011, 04:09
Tally up the St
- In Massachusetts, Blues Ink Pact with Partners HealthCare to Implement Alternative Quality Contract with Global Payment by: jude
- Two Studies Find that Patients Want Access to their Health Records, Including Clinical Pathology Test Data by: jude