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UPON THE COMPLETION OF THEIR MERGER AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, Baylor Health Care System and Scott & White Healthcare became the largest not-for-profit health system in Texas, boasting $8 billion in assets and annual revenue of about $6 billion. Now known as Baylor Scott & White Health, the system operates 43 hospitals and 500 …
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CEO SUMMARY: One keynote speaker at this year’s Lab Quality Confab meeting tackled the sensitive subject of recurring bad quality within the lab and the costs associated with it. Lucia M. Berte, MA, MT(ASCP), showed a rapt audience how many sources of recurring bad quality exist and why lab staff must have adequate budgets to …
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CEO SUMMARY: In Portland, Oregon, Legacy Laboratory Services, a division of Legacy Health, continues to post strong volume growth. One driver supporting this growth is the lab’s ability to implement connections between its laboratory information system (LIS) and the electronic health record (EHR) systems of its office-based physician clients. Further, the lab’s strategy is to …
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CEO Summary: Pathologists at Ottawa Hospital not only must handle a large volume of specimens regularly, but are experiencing a 14% per year growth in the number of specimens. Last year, when the average turnaround time for a case was nine days, the pathology department embarked on a series of Lean and process improvement projects. …
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A NEW LAW IN CALIFORNIA allows pharmacists to order laboratory tests for monitoring patients’ medications. But it is unclear if labs will be paid for such tests under the law. California Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill, SB 493, into law on October 1. It raises the status of pharmacists as healthcare providers and widens …
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REIMBURSEMENT FOR CLINICAL laboratory testing has declined, particularly for molecular tests. As a consequence, the nation’s two largest laboratory testing companies are feeling the negative effect of lower lab test prices. Both Quest Diagnostics Incorporated and Laboratory Corporation of America issued their third quarter earnings reports last week. Their respective performances provide insights into several …
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There is progress on the integration of digital pathology systems and proprietary algorithms designed to help pathologists make diagnoses. This month, Visiopharm and Omnyx LLC, announced a joint venture. On its own, in Europe last year, Visiopharm earned a CE mark for its “in vitro diagnostic (IVD) software module for the breast cancer marker HER2.” …
October 21, 2013 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News” Read More »
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