Feb 21, 2023 | Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Management & Operations
How one PCR laboratory optimized workflows, reduced costs, and pivoted operations for improving profitability post-COVID As variants of SARS-CoV-2 continue to confront physicians, PCR (polymerase chain reaction) instruments purchased for COVID-19 testing may still stand idle more often than not at reference and hospital laboratories. To make matters worse, clinical laboratory administrators must still deal with fluctuating demand for COVID testing, improving the...
Dec 13, 2022 | Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Resources, Management & Operations, News From Dark Daily
Negative margins, a shift to nontraditional care sites, and an increasingly complex logistics environment should prompt clinical labs and anatomic pathology groups to quickly evaluate shipping costs and data analysis In September, American Hospital Association (AHA) leaders and Kaufman Hall healthcare analysts posted a particularly dismal status update for US hospitals, saying more than half are projected to operate in negative margins for the rest of the year. As a result, hospital and...
Sep 25, 2022 | Clinical Laboratory/Pathology Management Recruiters & Staffing Resources, Clinical Laboratory/Pathology Sales Training and Mentoring, Laboratory Hiring & Human Resources, Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Testing, Management & Operations, Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Conferences
Answers and effective solutions to the lab profession’s most urgent challenges will be front and center at the innovative ‘Lab Management Essentials Workshop’ Three powerful forces are slamming clinical laboratories today. One is the urgent need to cut costs. Second is the struggle to achieve and maintain full lab staffing. Third is the pressure to increase revenue and expand market share. All of this is happening even as hospitals and health systems must deal with almost identical issues....
Jul 15, 2022 | Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory News, Laboratory Resources, Laboratory Testing, Management & Operations
Retail giant now has primary care clinics at stores in five states, but the rollout has not gone smoothly Healthcare is increasingly being driven by consumerism and one clear sign of this trend is Walmart’s ambitious plan to open health clinics at its retail locations. The retail giant set its plans in motion in 2019 with its first primary care site in a suburban Atlanta store, however, the rollout since then has presented certain challenges. Nevertheless, the trend of placing nearly...
Mar 1, 2022 | Digital Pathology, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Testing, Management & Operations, News From Dark Daily, Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Conferences, Precision Medicine, Uncategorized
Proof of vaccination, masking, and availability of on-site testing will continue to be measures taken at in-person events for pathologists and medical laboratory professionals Organizers of in-person clinical laboratory conferences face an interesting dilemma as they plan events in 2022: Where do they draw the line with COVID-19 safety protocols? On one hand, the surge of cases caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant seems to be in its waning stages and large swaths of the population are...
Jan 27, 2022 | Clinical Laboratory/Pathology Automation, Analyzers, Testing Systems, Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Resources, Laboratory Testing, Management & Operations, News From Dark Daily
By automating clinical chemistry and immunoassay testing, clinical laboratory leaders can improve throughput while reducing the stress on staff, laboratory expert says The American Society for Clinical Pathology regularly conducts a vacancy survey of medical laboratories throughout the US. While the problem of lab department vacancy rates has been ongoing, the last survey reported showed increased rates for laboratory positions across all departments surveyed. Last year, burnout among...
