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Since 1995, The Dark Report (TDR) has been the clinical laboratory industry’s
pre-eminent source for essential market intelligence and business news. It provides strategic information and training to independent lab companies, hospitals and health systems, and pathology group practices.
This hard-hitting intelligence service is issued every third Monday. Fast to read and easy to comprehend, each issue TDR has a carefully curated selection of intelligence briefings.
Most importantly, every article and every intelligence briefing is presented to show the reader how peer labs are cutting costs, expanding market share, deploying new clinical lab technologies, and advancing the clinical effectiveness of their clinical lab and pathology services.
TDR was founded by Robert L. Michel, considered a national thought leader in the medical lab industry. In addition to TDR, Michel is the driving force behind TDIG’s other flagship services, including the annual Executive War College, recognized nationally as “must attend” for laboratory executives, managers, and IVD companies.
CURRENT ISSUE
Volume XXXII, No. 17 – December 8, 2025
Laboratory professionals are urged to make their voices heard in Congress as the end of a brief reprieve to PAMA cuts comes on January 30, 2026. Congress is said to be inclined to address reformation of PAMA now. Also, pathologists are slowly switching to cloud storage for their digital slides.
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