IVD/Lab Informatics

IVD and Lab Consolidation Reduces Choices for Labs

CEO SUMMARY: Since the launch of The Dark Report in 1995, consolidation of hospitals, physician groups, clinical labs, pathology groups, and IVD manufacturers has been a major trend every year. Toda…

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2022 Ranking of the World’s Top 12 IVD Corporations

WHILE THE TOP FOUR IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS (IVD) MANUFACTURERS kept their collective hold on the market compared to 2021, the big surprise was that Thermo Fisher Scientific’s…

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Atrium Health’s Advice on Epic Beaker Rollouts

CEO SUMMARY: Starting in 2019, Atrium Health began a years-long process to implement Epic Beaker as its laboratory information system. It was an enormous effort, involving dozens of locations across three s…

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Data Analytics Improves Lab Productivity, Turnaround Time

CEO SUMMARY: An increased ability to analyze internal diagnostic data helped MultiCare Health System improve laboratory test turnaround times in real time and more efficiently staff i…

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Despite COVID-19 Losses, IVD Executives Remain Upbeat

Continuing declines in COVID-19 test revenues was a common theme during the first quarte…

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Quest, Labcorp Both Report Growth in Base Lab Business

DURING THE LATEST QUARTERLY EARNINGS REPORTS from Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp, it was largely “same old, same old” as base business continues to improve post-pandemic, while C…

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VA: 120,000 Cancelled Lab Tests Did Not Route to Physicians

OFFICIALS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) AND ORACLE CERNER found themselves on the …

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IVD Firms Prepare for OTC, Home Test Market Expansion

CEO SUMMARY: With public interest in home testing growing, some IVD manufacturers are preparing to serve a fast-expanding market for over-the-counter and at-home tests. IVD firms are banking on the…

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QuidelOrtho Earns $3.3 Billion in First Year as Combined Firm

IN OUR FEBRUARY 13, 2023, ISSUE OF THE DARK REPORT, we analyzed the 2022 full-year and Q4 earnings of major IVD companies. At the time our prior issue went to press, QuidelOrtho had not yet reported its year-end results.  …

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Public IVD Companies Report Q4, Full-Year 2022 Earnings

YEAR-END AND Q4 EARNINGS REPORTS FROM MAJOR IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS (IVD) COMPANIES pointed to a welcome sign of core diagnostic business rebounding.  That’s the good news for IVD firms. The bad news? All of the SARS-CoV-2 testing revenue that th…

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