Major Healthcare Systems Begin Building In-House Whole Human Genome Sequencing Capabilities, Creating New Opportunities for Pathologists

Feb 5, 2014 | Digital Pathology, Instruments & Equipment, Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology

Partners HealthCare and Geisinger Health are among health systems making investments and developing the clinical utility of genome sequencing Next-generation gene sequencing is making fast inroads among the nation’s largest academic centers and health systems. This is an auspicious development for the clinical laboratory industry. It positions pathologists to play a greater role in clinical care and genetic medicine. News accounts and published research suggest that mega systems—including...

UnitedHealth Offers Medicare 15 Ways to Save $540 Billion, While Improving Care Quality

Jul 10, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

List of recommendations based on UnitedHealth’s extensive database and experience Every sector of the healthcare industry is offering both Congress and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) advice on how to reform the system to improve quality of care, while reducing costs. Too often, the search for ways to save money that can be redirected to covering uninsured is a game of taking money from one existing health service and shifting it to another. Recently UnitedHealth Group...
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