Dec 22, 2006 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
In recent years, the laboratory industry has debated how to best meet the demand from some consumers to order laboratory tests and receive results without the involvement of their physician. However, direct access testing (DAT) never gained much momentum. Now comes a trend likely to have a greater impact: the Personal Health Record (PHR). In an age where the Internet is a secure way to capture information and paper medical records are slowly being converted to electronic ones, more individuals...