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Clinical Laboratory / By Robert Michel

ARUP TO USE PROXYMED FOR BROWSER-BASED TEST ORDERS & RESULTS ARUP LABORATORIES, INC. and ProxyMed, Inc. signed an agreement that makes ProxyMed’s ProxyLabSM the preferred product for browser-based lab test ordering between physicians and ARUP’s hospital clients. The two companies will jointly market this product. It is designed to allow physicians to both electronically order …

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“February 18, 2002 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

Lab execs and pathologists should pay close attention to this fact: Internet use by Americans significantly increased again last year. The Commerce Department reported that. as of September, 143 million people in the U.S. were using the Internet. This is 54% of the population and represents an increase of 26% from one year earlier. E-mail …

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Healthcare Buyers Move to Change System

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By R. Lewis Dark

ON PAGES 9-14 OF THIS ISSUE, you will read our Editor’s cogent analysis of why healthcare buyers are taking active steps to measure the quality of services provided by hospitals and physicians, then make those measurements available to the public. The Leapfrog Group’s determination to survey hospitals and post the findings on its Web site …

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FNA Clinic Business Becomes Part of Unilab

Clinical Laboratory / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Pathology has a new business model entering the marketplace. The goal of FNA Clinics of America, Inc. is to offer patients speedy access to the FNA procedure and provide referring physicians with a final diagnosis within hours of the FNA procedure. Unilab Corporation recognized the opportunity to support a value-added service and gain …

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IMPATH Buys Tamtron In Surprise Decision

Anatomic Pathology / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: In an unexpected announcement, IMPATH, Inc. announced it would purchase Tamtron Corp., the largest remaining independent vendor of anatomic pathology systems. It was just months earlier that Cerner Corporation acquired Dynamic Healthcare Technologies, Inc. and its CoPath™ product. IMPATH’s goal is to implement Tamtron’s PowerPath™ System throughout its network of pathology clients. REMEMBER …

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Provider Performance Ranking Now Hitting Healthcare System

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: When 96 big corporations, employing 28 million people and spending $52 billion on healthcare, begin publishing hospital performance measurements so their employees can make informed choices, that’s big news! THE DARK REPORT predicts this is a major step toward detailed measurement of the quality and cost performance of providers, including pathology groups and …

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Clinical Labs Discover Benchmarking

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By R. Lewis Dark

IN OUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE to the clinical lab industry and the pathology profession, THE DARK REPORT has consistently been first to identify important trends and explain their relevance to those responsible for managing the nation’s laboratories. Back in 1995, we predicted that the (then) three blood brothers would strive to obtain exclusive managed …

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Path Trends For 2002 Show Future Direction

Pathology Trends / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Even as pressures to squeeze costs and consolidate within the pathology profession ease, a different set of market trends is exerting influence. Collectively, these trends portend the end of the small pathology group’s dominance of its local healthcare marketplace. It will become increasingly important for successful pathology groups to offer a full range …

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Histology Lab Goes Mobile To Serve Customers On-Site

Pathology Trends / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: During the 1990s, pathologists at Palm Beach Pathology recognized that more and more procedures were being done in ambulatory surgery centers and physicians’ offices. To maintain access to these patients, Palm Beach Pathology developed a strategic marketing plan with a unique feature: a mobile laboratory that could process specimens at the clients’ site …

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“January 7, 2002 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

Here’s an early conjunction of: 1) consumer demand for sophisticated healthcare services; 2) healthcare ecommerce, and 3) telemedicine. In Cleveland and Boston, major health systems have introduced a Web-based “second opinions” service. In the case of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, patients can log on and learn how to go about getting a second opinion. If the …

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