Aug 25, 2021 | Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice, International Laboratory News, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Testing
Two US clinical laboratories providing testing for the problem-laden program have been targets of lawsuits from women who allege their smear test results were misread In Ireland, the nation’s health service continues to deal with the consequences from problems with its “CervicalCheck” service that is designed to provide timely screening for the early detection of cervical cancer. It became a national scandal when the news media learned that a number of women had received diagnoses of terminal...
May 21, 2021 | International Laboratory News, International Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Resources, Molecular Diagnostics, Genetic Testing, Whole Gene Sequencing, Precision Medicine
Wait times blamed on the Irish National Health System’s ‘overstretched’ services and ‘under-resourced’ commitment to cancer genetic testing done by medical laboratories Histopathologists in the UK and anatomic pathologists in the US understand the important role predictive genetic testing can play in helping patients understand their risk for certain types of breast, bowel, and ovarian cancers. While timely access to cancer testing may be routine in the United States, a report out of Ireland...
Apr 28, 2010 | Laboratory Pathology, News From Dark Daily
Speakers at the Executive War College discuss how their laboratories are supporting integration in support of better information flows and clinical service enhancements As you read this, the second day of the 15th Annual Executive War College on Clinical and Pathology Laboratory Management is taking place in New Orleans, Louisiana. There is an enthusiastic crowd of pathologists, administrators, and lab managers in attendance. During the opening session yesterday morning, a common theme among...
Jan 25, 2010 | Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Irish health service plans to downsize and shut some pathology laboratories while building two or three new stand-alone clinical laboratories DUBLIN, IRELAND—Pathology testing and clinical laboratories in Ireland will soon be involved in a major project to overhaul the entire system of laboratory medicine in this country of 4.5 million people. Today, your Dark Daily editor wraps up a week-long visit to medical laboratories in Dublin and the pending reorganization of clinical laboratories is a...
