Aug 19, 2019 | Clinical Laboratory/Pathology Management Consultants, Digital Pathology, Instruments & Equipment, Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Testing
Especially for busy hospital emergency departments, avoiding blood culture contamination is a constant challenge for those tasked with collecting blood culture specimens Better, faster diagnosis and treatment of sepsis continues to be a major goal at hospitals, health networks, and other medical facilities throughout the United States. Yet microbiologists and clinical laboratory managers continue to be frustrated with how frequently contaminated blood culture specimens show up in the...
Aug 16, 2019 | Clinical Laboratory Middleware, Informatics, Analytics, Clinical Laboratory Proficiency Testing Services, Clinical Laboratory/ Pathology Coding, Billing, and Collection Resources, Clinical Laboratory/Pathology Automation, Analyzers, Testing Systems, Clinical Laboratory/Pathology Sales Training and Mentoring, Digital Pathology, Instruments & Equipment, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Uncategorized
Using animal blood, the researchers hope to improve the accuracy of AI driven diagnostic technology What does a cheetah, a tortoise, and a Humboldt penguin have in common? They are zoo animals helping scientists at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, find biomarkers that can help computer-assisted diagnoses of diseases in humans at early stages. And they are not the only animals lending a paw or claw. In their initial research, the scientists used blood samples that had been collected...
Aug 14, 2019 | Clinical Laboratory Compliance Consultants, Clinical Laboratory/ Pathology Coding, Billing, and Collection Resources, Coding, Billing, and Collections, Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice, Laboratory Hiring & Human Resources, Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Sales and Marketing, Managed Care Contracts & Payer Reimbursement, Management & Operations
Hospitals and other organizations are finding ways to pay physicians for referrals in ways that don’t always look like kickbacks Hospitals nationwide are being scrutinized by the federal Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for allegedly violating federal anti-kickback statutes. This will be of interest to clinical pathology laboratories that have been under a similar spotlight for various referral-kickback schemes and arrangements in the last few years, which Dark Daily repeatedly...
Aug 12, 2019 | Digital Pathology, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology, Management & Operations, Molecular Diagnostics, Genetic Testing, Whole Gene Sequencing
Based on clinical trials of the medical laboratory test, pregnant women can expect a reduced risk for experiencing complications associated with the dangerous blood disorder Clinical pathology laboratories and obstetricians in the UK may soon have a new blood test that can help provide earlier diagnoses of pre-eclampsia, a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy that can cause liver and kidney disfunctions and, if untreated, can lead to eclampsia and deadly seizures. Following a clinical trial...
May 13, 2019 | Clinical Laboratory/ Pathology Coding, Billing, and Collection Resources, Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
US hospitals typically spend $2,424/day to provide inpatient care, according to the KFF report How much does the average hospital spend/day to provide inpatient care? The numbers vary widely, but the latest statistics from Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) State Health Facts show West Coast states incur the highest daily operating and non-operating inpatient costs. This disparity in spending is unlikely to surprise medical laboratory executives working in hospital settings. They know firsthand...
May 29, 2018 | Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice, Laboratory Resources, Molecular Diagnostics, Genetic Testing, Whole Gene Sequencing
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