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“January 3, 2005 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By

More evidence of the move to an all computer economy has surfaced. During 2003, consumer use of credit cards, debit cards, and other electronic payment methods eclipsed paper checks for the first time. The study was done by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. It reports that 36.7 billion checks were paid in 2003, for …

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TennCareā€™s Collapse and Its Lessons for Labs

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE IMPENDING COLLAPSE of TennCare, the radical Medicaid experiment launched by Tennessee in 1994? It now consumes one-third of the Tennessee state budget and Governor Phil Bredesen announced that the program will probably be ended. It is likely that Tennessee will reinstate a standard Medicaid program. I believe …

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Change Beneath Surface Marks 2004 Lab Stories

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By

CEO SUMMARY: Presented here are THE DARK REPORTā€™S ā€œTen Biggest Lab Stories of 2004.ā€ These are the events we consider most important to the lab industry during the year. However, in contrast to past years, 2004 lacked the types of blockbuster events which radically change and reshape the competitive landscape. Instead, 2004 was a relatively …

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British Early-Adopter Labs Respond to New Trends

Clinical Laboratory / By

CEO SUMMARY: On which side of the Atlantic are clinical labs better operated? This February will be the third consecutive year that progressive lab leaders from the USA and the United Kingdom convene in England to explore each countryā€™s laboratory best practices, to swap innovations, and to expand their professional networks. ā€œFrontiers in Laboratory Medicineā€ …

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Direct Access Testing Must Serve Consumers

Pathology Trends / By

CEO SUMMARY: As growing numbers of people enroll in consumer-directed healthcare benefit programs, laboratories will need to develop ways to directly service the needs of patients interested in ordering their own laboratory tests. Thatā€™s one reason Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories was motivated to develop and offer direct access testing to consumers in Spokane, Washington during …

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Less Complex IT Technologies Will Propel Use of The Internet

Laboratory Information Systems / By

EXPERTS in information technologies (IT) predict that the next paradigm shift in IT will come from reducing the complexity of software and hardware. Analyst Steven Milunovic of Merrill Lynchstates that, as complex IT systems are simplified for users, every single employee will be expected to use IT technology. This will increase the number of Internet …

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Big Seattle Med Center Adopts ā€œLeanā€ Methods

Lean Six Sigma / By

CEO SUMMARY: Laboratory and pathology services at Virginia Mason Medical Center are an integral part of its hospital-wide Lean quality management initiative. Because of the importance of lab test data to so many clinical services, the laboratory often finds itself making key contributions in the process improvement efforts mounted by such clinical services as the …

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HPV Vaccine Developers Racing to Marketplace

Clinical Laboratory / By

CEO SUMMARY: At least ten companies are working on an HPV vaccine that can prevent cervical cancer. The leading two companies have Phase III clinical trials under way and expect to earn regulatory approval within the next 24 to 30 months. The speedy arrival of an HPV vaccine in the market will not affect Pap …

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Aureon Biosciences, Bayer, Competitive Technologies, Rare Blood Infections, Kaiser Permanente

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By

KEVIN JOHNSON AND VIJAY AGGARWAL JOIN AUREON BIOSCIENCES TWO VETERAN LAB EXECUTIVES are back in the business. Kevin Johnson is now the Chairman at Aureon Biosciences Corporation and Vijay Aggarwal, Ph.D. is President and CEO. The fact that both men chose to join Aureon Biosciences will draw attention to the biotech firm. It is developing …

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“November 22, 2004 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By

Community-based pathologists get a featured role on the Learning Channelā€™s Inside Health program. It will be aired Sunday, November 28 at 8:30 am EST. The Learning Channel used pathologists affiliated with Pathology Service Associates (PSA) to help create a segment on the role of pathology in healthcare. PSA plans to make a video of the …

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