Feb 12, 2014 | Laboratory Hiring & Human Resources, Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology, Management & Operations
Market indicators support predictions of tougher financial times ahead for hospital-based clinical laboratories and pathology groups New statistics for 2013 on employment in the healthcare and hospital sectors show the lowest rates of growth since 1990. This is a signal to pathologists and clinical laboratory executives that much belt-tightening is taking place by all types of providers. For 2013, the healthcare sector added just 271,000 jobs. This was 2% less than the annual average since...
Dec 19, 2011 | Laboratory Hiring & Human Resources, Laboratory Pathology
UPDATE–DECEMBER 20, 2011: Since the original publication of this Dark Daily e-briefing on December 19, 2011, the version of the story published by 24/7 Wall Street on November 15, 2011 has been edited following a letter, dated December 19, 2011, that was sent by the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS). 24/7 Wall Street has removed the profession it titled “Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians” from its list of the “most-educated and least-paid” professions. It...
Apr 13, 2011 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Blame it on the recession of 2008-2010, but the findings are not auspicious for medical laboratories Salaries and compensation paid to medical technologists (MT) and other skilled clinical laboratory professionals are not keeping pace with yearly increases in the cost of living. This is distressing news for every pathologist and clinical laboratory manager concerned about the constantly growing shortage of MTs and Clinical Laboratory Scientists to staff the nation’s medical laboratories. For...
