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CEO SUMMARY: Throughout the 1990s, Dynacare weathered the wholesale restructuring of health services in several key Canadian provinces where it operates. In the United States, it sought to build a national base of lab testing even as lab consolidation raged and capitated managed care contracts were common. Having survived in both countries, Dynacare now wants …
Get ready for the stock market to begin creating multi-millionaires from today’s generation of commercial laboratory executives. Most laboratorians know that Roche sold $430.5 million of its stock holding in Laboratory Corporation of America stock only seven days ago. Lesser known is the fact that LabCorp executives Thomas McMahon and Brad Smith sold a total …
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Editor’s Note: There is a major push by many well-funded companies to convert lab test ordering and results reporting onto Web-enabled systems. Here’s a sampling of what some companies are attempting to accomplish. AHT, MAKER OF DR.CHART, FILES BANKRUPTCY AND IS ACQUIRED BY BIOSHIELD FOLLOWING A SUMMER OF SQUABBLES with would-be acquirer Bioshield Technologies, AHT …
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IT’S CONSUMER DEMAND which motivated Intel Corporation and iMcKesson LLC to fund a study of how state-of-the-art email connectivity benefits physicians and their patients. The study, announced on October 11, will be conducted at the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) in Ann Arbor Michigan. Led by two internists, Steven J. Katz, M.D., M.P.H. and …
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CEO SUMMARY: Currently the American healthcare system is struggling to evolve away from its “cottage industry” roots and adopt modern corporate management methods. Within the clinical laboratory industry, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated has staked out the high ground. Its strategic objective is to infuse the entire laboratory company with knowledge of specific management methods commonly known …
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TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY to hospital lab administrators and owners of independent commercial laboratories. I would like to offer some friendly counsel: it’s time to pay careful attention to the most successful of your laboratory competitors. Undeniable evidence is mounting that traditional clinical laboratory management methods are inferior to new models of …
CEO SUMMARY: There will be plenty of competition for investors’ dollars this fall. American Medical Laboratories and Dynacare will join Specialty Laboratories in the effort to place an initial public offering (IPO). Three laboratory companies coming to market during the same period will certainly demonstrate whether professional investors truly believe that good times lie ahead …
CEO SUMMARY: Since its acquisition in 1997, American Medical Laboratories’ fast growth was funded by heavy borrowing. Now this Virginia-based lab company needs to raise additional capital so it can restructure its debt and lay a foundation for the next cycle of growth. Its initial public offering of common stock will need to compete with …
CEO SUMMARY: Stock prices for public lab companies zoomed upwards through 2000. For this reason, executives at Specialty Laboratories, Inc. believe it is an auspicious time for their laboratory to bring an initial public offering (IPO) to market. Company officials recently filed a stock registration document with the SEC which provides new insights about the …
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CEO SUMMARY: With the clinical laboratory industry now enjoying growing interest by professional investors, THE DARK REPORT traveled to New York City to meet with financial analyst William B. Bonello, of U S Bancorp Piper Jaffray. Bonello co-authored a just-released overview of what he calls the “diagnostic services industry.” He is bullish on the future …
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