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...
Feb 17, 2023 | International Laboratory News, Laboratory Testing, Molecular Diagnostics, Genetic Testing, Whole Gene Sequencing, Precision Medicine
Project aims to create a new pangenome for genetic testing that will ensure better clinical laboratory testing and healthcare outcomes Recent advances in genetics are motivating some scientists to proclaim the need to update the existing “master human genome”—currently based on a single individual’s genetic sequence—to make it more inclusive. This international research effort will have implications for personalized clinical laboratory testing and precision medicine. Genetic scientists at the...
Feb 15, 2023 | Clinical Laboratory Middleware, Informatics, Analytics, International Laboratory News, Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Management and Operations
Five clinical laboratory information systems are part of the transition that will create a single statewide EMR for all New South Wales patients In a massive project, Australia’s New South Wales Ministry of Health (NSW Health) has selected health information system developer Epic to unify its five pathology laboratory information management systems (LIMS), nine electronic medical record systems (EMR), and six patient administration systems (PAS) into a statewide single digital patient record...
Feb 13, 2023 | International Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Resources, Laboratory Testing, Molecular Diagnostics, Genetic Testing, Whole Gene Sequencing
Study findings could lead to new biomarker targets for clinical laboratories working to identify AMR bacteria Reducing and managing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major goal of researchers and health systems across the globe. And it is the job of microbiologists and clinical laboratories to identify microbes that are AMR and those which are not to guide physicians as to the most appropriate therapies for patients with bacterial infections. Thus, a recent discovery by researchers at the...
Feb 10, 2023 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Resources, Laboratory Testing, Molecular Diagnostics, Genetic Testing, Whole Gene Sequencing
These new insights might lead to a new line of clinical laboratory testing, particularly if the results could guide the patient to microbiome-based repellents that would remain effective for months once applied Researchers are beginning to identify what compounds make individuals more attractive to mosquitos. That is a first step in the development of a biomarker that could be developed into a clinical laboratory test. Question is: would there be enough consumers wanting to do a lab test to...
Feb 8, 2023 | Digital Pathology, International Laboratory News, Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Mergers and Acquisitions, Laboratory Testing
Fujifilm acquired Inspirata’s Dynamyx digital pathology technology and business while GE Healthcare announced a partnership with Tribun Health in Europe Clinical pathology laboratories, especially in the US, have been slow to adopt digital imaging systems. But recent industry deals suggest that the market may soon heat up, at least in the eyes of vendors. These collaborators may hope that, by integrating diagnostic data, the accuracy and productivity of anatomic pathologists will improve while...
