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March 2023

Six Important Executive War College Themes to Help Labs Succeed

Clinical laboratories face business challenges with day-to-day operations, genetic testing, and evolving care delivery models. The 2023 Executive War College on Diagnostics, Clinical Laboratory, and Pathology Management returns on April 25-26 in New Orleans. Participants will learn what is changing in the healthcare and lab testing sectors, along with effective responses that can advance their …

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Come One, Come All to the Executive War College

THIS IS FOR ALL OF YOU LONG-TIME READERS WHO EVERY SPRING SEE NEWS about the Executive War College on Diagnostics, Laboratory, and Pathology Management, tell yourself that you need to attend, but then you put off registering.  Your message today is simple and supported by compelling logic: this is the year for you to make …

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Six Important Themes to Help Labs Succeed

CEO SUMMARY: Clinical laboratories face business challenges with day-to-day operations, genetic testing, and evolving care delivery models. The 2023 Executive War College on Diagnostics, Clinical Laboratory, and Pathology Management returns on April 25-26 in New Orleans. Participants will learn what is changing in the healthcare and lab testing sectors, along with effective responses that can …

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Best Practices for Labs to Secure MT Program Funds

CEO SUMMARY: In securing federal funds for a new MT training center, ARUP Labs and the University of Utah took steps that clinical labs can follow for their own project financing. Among the key lessons is the need to showcase the work a lab does within a community to politicians and decision-makers who control funding …

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Laboratories Can Find Value in Use of Leftover Samples

CEO SUMMARY: After testing on behalf of patients, there are often leftover samples. One company developed a platform to enable life science customers to access the samples and associated diagnostic data for research purposes. For clinical labs, the leftover samples provide an opportunity to earn revenue from life science firms. DOORS ARE OPENING ON A …

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How Histology Can Better Communicate with Physicians

CEO SUMMARY: When ordering physicians or pathologists take issue with histology processes, it’s a sign that change is needed somewhere along the line. At American Oncology Network, the resulting communication often centers on bringing greater clarity to the doctors as to how samples are handled in ways that affect transport times and the integrity of …

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Enzo Biochem’s Lab Business Sold to Labcorp for $146M

COMMERCIAL LABORATORY CONSOLIDATION CONTINUES, this time with news earlier this month that New York City-based Enzo Biochem agreed to sell its clinical laboratory business to Labcorp.  The deal points to the problem many clinical laboratories have as demand for SARS-CoV-2 testing evaporates, along with the decline in revenue associated with these tests. The price of …

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March 27, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

Clinical laboratory leaders watching at-home care evolve should note the new partnership between Best Buy and Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina. As part of the deal, Best Buy Health, a division of the retailer, will assist patients in setting up the technology pieces of Atrium’s Hospital-at-Home program. The partnership enables community paramedics and nurses …

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Sanford/Fairview Merger Has Implications for Clinical Labs

Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis recently announced their intent to merge later this year. The Sanford/Fairview merger, like many blockbuster deals involving integrated delivery networks (IDN), has long-term implications for clinical laboratories. In the new issue of The Dark Report, we explore in detail the motivations behind …

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Acquisitions Bloom, at the Expense of Hospital Labs?

READERS WILL UNCOVER A THEME OF MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATIONS running throughout this issue of The Dark Report. Whether it be health systems acquiring or merging with each other or national laboratory companies seeking to run hospital lab businesses, it is an unstable time for just about any type of healthcare organization.  This is consistent with …

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