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Outreach Nets Hospital Lab $2.5M in One Year
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 14 – October 2, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Tucson Medical Center had sold its outreach business to a commercial laboratory two decades earlier, but wanted to bring those services back to its in-house lab. Early work with the finance de…
Don’t Automate Bad Work Processes in Microbiology
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 13 – September 11, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Automation is not always right for every lab’s microbiology department, according to consultants from bioMérieux. When evaluating automated instruments, it is necessary to review wo…
Actions Pathologists Can Take to Protect Their Income
By jpschlingman | From the Volume XXX, No. 12 – August 21, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Pathology groups may feel their income is under attack from lower Medicare reimbursement rates and rising practice costs. But steps to protect that income can include carefully determin…
Digital Pathology Sales Put Gestalt on Inc. 5000’s Fast Growth List
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 12 – August 21, 2023 Issue
Digital pathology workflow provider Gestalt Diagnostics earned a place on the Inc. 5000 2023 list of the fastest growing p…
Competency Assessments Prove To Be a Nagging CLIA Deficiency
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Competency assessment problems rank high among frequently cited deficiencies during CLIA inspections. Representatives from the CAP, COLA, and The Joint Commission explain what areas to…
Dartmouth Health Lab Recruits and Trains More CLSs
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 10 – July 10, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Keeping clinical laboratories fully staffed may be the single biggest issue confronting labs today. In New Hampshire, the lab team at Dartmouth Health crafted an innovative program that pays students as they pursue their clinical laboratory scientist certification. In…
Data Analytics Improves Lab Productivity, Turnaround Time
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 8 – May 30, 2023 Issue
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…
Elizabeth Holmes Still Wants ‘To Contribute’ in Healthcare
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 8 – May 30, 2023 Issue
CLINICL LABORATORY AND ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY PROFESSIONALS have another reason to shake …
AACC Changes Name to ADLM, Seeking to Broaden Appeal
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 7 – May 8, 2023 Issue
HOPING TO BROADEN ITS INFLUENCE IN THE LABORATORY INDUSTRY, the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) …
Lab Execs Allegedly Lied to FDA about Faulty Tests
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 7 – May 8, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Three former executives of a lab testing company face criminal charges. Federal prosecutors claim that the three plaintiffs who previously worked at Magellan Diagnostics flagrantly hid…
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