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Volume XVIII No. 10 - July 25, 2011

Tougher Financial Times Ahead for Lab Industry

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By

THE YEARS 2008 THROUGH 2010 WERE TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES for all healthcare providers, including clinical laboratories and pathology groups. Moreover, although the deepest recession in 30 years was declared over by mid-2009, many hospitals continue to struggle financially and the national unemployment rate still hovers at about 9%, meaning that millions of Americans cannot find …

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Why Insurers Are Buying Office-Based Physicians

Laboratory Management / By

WHEN THE NEWS BECAME PUBLIC earlier this month that UnitedHealth Group was quietly purchasing physician groups in selected areas of the country, there was a flurry of news articles recognizing this as a new trend. These news stories came after July 1. That’s the date when Kaiser Health News published an analysis of UnitedHealth’s strategy …

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Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp Report Second Quarter Earnings

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By

JUST ONE DAY APART, the nation’s two largest laboratory testing companies reported second quarter and half-year earnings for 2011. Each financial report opened a window into marketplace developments for the first six months of this year. First to release its earnings report was Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. On July 20, it announced that quarterly net revenue …

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Destructive Tornado Hits Joplin Hospital, Lab Rebuilds Swiftly

Clinical Laboratory / By

CEO Summary: One week after one of the worst storms ever to strike a hospital in the U.S., St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri, was back treating patients. Surprisingly, the hospital’s lab was one of the first departments to get up and running again. Within hours of the storm, the lab staff was …

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Doctors Use Mobile Apps To View Lab Results

Laboratory Information Systems / By

CEO SUMMARY: By sending lab test results and other data from the hospital’s electronic health record system to physicians’ smartphones, Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey, is empowering physicians to manage patient care more efficiently. Today, few hospitals send information directly from the electronic health record (EHR) system to a smartphone (meaning an …

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July 25, 2011 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By

In a play to expand its presence in cervical cancer testing, Roche Holdings announced an agreement to acquire mtm laboratories AG, based in Heidelberg, Germany. Roche will pay U.S. $180 million, plus another U.S. $85 million if performance milestones are achieved. mtm laboratories will become a division of Ventana Medical Systems. In its press release, …

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