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Leveraging Custom Software For Enhanced Financial Management in a Laboratory
In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, laboratories face increasing pressure to deliver accurate results quickly while adhering to stringent quality and regulatory standards and maintaining financial health. Custom software automation can be the key to unlocking your lab’s full potential. This white paper will present a case study exploring the benefits of software automation in three key areas of genetics laboratory administration: clinical laboratory operations, accounts payable, and claims management.
Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: Aligning Policy, Advocacy, and Scientific Innovation
This white paper serves as a practical guide to enhance the understanding of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which is a growing global health crisis that threatens human, animal, and environmental health. AMR results in higher rates of illness and death, as infections become increasingly difficult to manage, and it is projected to surpass cancer as the leading cause of death by 2050, underscoring the critical importance of addressing this issue across local, state, and global levels.
Guide to AI-Enabled Revenue Cycle Management for Molecular Diagnostics and Pathology Practices
In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, molecular diagnostics and pathology laboratories face increasing challenges in maximizing revenue. Accurately estimating out-of-pocket costs and collecting payments efficiently can be challenging, often leading to delays and patient dissatisfaction. Additionally, ensuring timely and accurate claim submissions is crucial for maximizing revenue, but manual processes can be time-consuming and error-prone.
Best Practices in Molecular Assay Validation for Laboratory-Developed Tests
This comprehensive white paper is designed to be your go-to guide, providing invaluable insights into critical success factors and essential functions crucial for maintaining compliance and delivering reliable results. Tailored for clinical molecular laboratory staff, this resource delves into the tangible aspects of compliant method validation, offering practical strategies for proving the accuracy and efficacy of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs).
Point of Care Testing for Infectious Diseases: Navigating CLIA Compliance and Ensuring Quality
When it comes to point-of-care (POC) testing for infectious diseases, a meticulously crafted quality system is not just an option—it’s a necessity. Ensuring safety and satisfaction hinges on having the right practices in place. This comprehensive white paper is designed to be your go-to guide, providing invaluable insights into critical success factors and essential functions crucial for maintaining compliance and delivering reliable results. Tailored for POC teams outside the clinical laboratory, this resource delves into the tangible aspects of good laboratory practice and regulatory compliance, offering practical knowledge applicable to both routine and urgent patient care settings.
Virus Surveillance: Empowering Communities Through Early Genotypic Testing for HIV Drug Resistance
Covering genotypic testing for drug-resistant mutations, virus cluster detection and response, and programs in action, this free white paper is for health laboratory directors interested in reducing the impact of HIV drug resistance.
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Clinical Lab Tariff Strategies Include Component Audits and Refurbished Equipment
Diagnostic laboratories must dig into where their suppliers source their items to avoid surprises Clinical laboratories in the US are under additional financial and operational pressure because of tariff fluctuations from the federal government among global trading...
Kansas City Tuberculosis Outbreak One of the Largest in History
Hospital laboratories are likely to see an increase in test orders for bacteria-borne infections, such as tuberculosis The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City, Kan., is one of the largest in the US within a one-year period over the past several decades. Hospital...
Drones Fly over London to Transport Blood Samples between NHS Hospital Laboratories
Six-month trial program seeks to speed test turnaround times and increase patient safety Hospitals around the world are increasingly employing drone services to deliver laboratory samples and medical supplies between clinical laboratories. One such six-month test...
FDA Tussles with Medical Community over COVID-19 Vaccines
The federal agency says it will mandate randomized, controlled clinical trials for vaccination of younger, healthy individuals It’s been a confusing past few weeks in terms of what the general public’s access to COVID-19 vaccinations will be like in the future. Public...
WSJ Reports That States Wasted Billions in Duplicate Medicaid Managed Care Payments
Insurers continued receiving payments even after beneficiaries moved to other states, the paper reported As Congress considers cuts in Medicaid funding, The Wall Street Journal reported that Medicaid managed care plans received at least $4.3 billion in duplicate...
US Rep. Mark Green, MD, Reintroduces Legislation Aimed at Reducing Delays in Medical Care Due to Prior Authorization Requirements
Bill has bipartisan support and, if passed, would require physician involvement in any decision of medical necessity Harmful effects caused by delays in care due to payer preauthorization requirements are receiving renewed attention with the refiling of the Reducing...
Epic Expands EHR Market Share as Rivals Lose Customers
KLAS Research characterized partnership and responsiveness as key drivers of customer satisfaction Epic Systems has bolstered its status as the dominant player among vendors of electronic health records (EHR) software, winning nearly 70% of new hospital contracts in...
Regeneron Agrees to Purchase Most Assets of 23andMe for $256 million
All of 23andMe’s employees in the acquired business units will retain their jobs One of the most consequential acquisitions in the clinical laboratory genetic testing industry is about to take place. On May 19, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced it had entered...
New Prostate Cancer Test Uses Machine Learning to Efficiently Spot New Cancer Biomarkers Accurately and Non-Invasively
Researchers in Sweden develop urine test that more effectively screens for prostate cancer than standard PSA test Clinical laboratories may soon have a new inexpensive, non-invasive urine test to screen for prostate cancer that produces superior results compared to...
Stanford University Simulation Model Paints Grim Picture If Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination Rates Continue to Drop
Even a 10% decline in vaccination rates would cause cases to skyrocket, leading to massive increase in demand for clinical laboratory MMR testing As policymakers consider revisions to the current childhood vaccination schedule, a simulation model developed at Stanford...
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2025 Laboratory Revenue Cycle Management Trends: Leveraging Automation and Predictive Analytics to Future-Proof Your Lab Operations
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