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American Healthcare At a New Crossroads

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

IN SELECTING OUR “TOP TEN” BIGGEST STORIES of the lab industry for 2001, we’ve had some interesting discussions here at THE DARK REPORT about what’s happening in the American healthcare system and how it’s affecting laboratories and pathology group practices. I believe that our healthcare system is at a crossroads. All the evidence says that, during …

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2001’s Ten Big Stories Presage Future Direction

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: During 2001, few labs found themselves under intense pressure to change or react to dramatic events in the healthcare marketplace. Like 2000, this past year was marked by evolutionary progress, not revolutionary change. However, continuing signs indicate that consumers will play a greater role in decisions involving lab tests. One surprise: slow growth …

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Tripath Imaging Ready To Roil Pap Test Market

Laboratory Automation / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Single-handedly, Cytyc Corporation has built the market for thin-layer Pap smear testing. Executives at TriPath Imaging are now ready to challenge Cytyc’s dominance by offering what they believe is a different value proposition to labs: an automated liquid preparation system married to an automated Pap smear screening system that can read both thin-layer …

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Laboratories Worth Watching With Stories as Yet Untold

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By Robert Michel

BURIED IN MY FILES are any number of magnificent examples of innovative laboratory and pathology management that have yet to reach print in THE DARK REPORT. The limitation is space, influenced by the need to report on important breaking news. THE DARK REPORT is, by design, a compact and fast-to-read source of useful intelligence on …

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DIANON Systems, United Health, Aetna, Quest Diagnostics, Orchid, AmeriPath

Clinical Laboratory / By Robert Michel

DIANON SYSTEMS INKS NATIONAL AGREEMENT WITH UNITEDHEALTHCARE A NEW NATIONAL AGREEMENT between DIANON Systems, Inc. and UnitedHealthcare was announced last week. The agreement allows DIANON Systems to provide pathology and genetic testing services to all the beneficiaries in health plans offered by UnitedHealthCare, a division of UnitedHealth Group. It consolidates a number of existing agreements …

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Largest Hospital Lab JV Making Steady Progress

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: It’s a daunting task to rationalize and integrate lab testing services among 21 hospitals spread out between Eastern Wisconsin and the south side of Chicago. Since the joint venture was announced April 2000, management initiatives have generated lower costs. But the number one obstacle to faster progress has turned out to be information …

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Sunquest, Towers Perrin, Aetna, Quest Diagnostics, Roche Diagnostics, Careside

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By Robert Michel

SUNQUEST REAFFIRMS LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO COPATHPLUS PRODUCT EXPECT A FASCINATING competitive battle in the market for anatomic pathology software now that Cerner Corporation is acquiring Dynamic Healthcare Technologies, Inc. (DHT) DHT is the developer and owner of CoPathPlus™ , used by many pathology group practices around the country. One authorized reseller of CoPathPlus is Sunquest …

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“November 26, 2001 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

Here’s clear evidence that laboratories will play a big role in healthcare’s future. AMIDEX Funds, Inc. just launched the first index-based mutual fund that focuses on cancer companies. Called “AMIDEX Cancer Innovations and Healthcare Mutual Fund” (symbol: CNCRX), it holds investments in 45 pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies. Clinical lab industry vendors such as …

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New Legal Trends Now Affecting Pathologists

Pathology Trends / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: During the past 36 months, quiet and significant changes have occurred to certain legal issues involving anatomic pathology services. The resulting new environment exposes pathology groups to different types of threats, particularly to their sources of income. This intelligence briefing launches a new series concerning the law and pathology. WITHOUT MUCH ATTENTION or …

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Pricing Models and RFP Terms For Web Orders and Results

Laboratory Information Systems / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Browser-based systems for lab test ordering and results reporting are now offered by a growing number of vendors. Early adopter labs are successfully acquiring these systems and offering them to their physician-clients. In this third installment of our special series, Cory Fishkin explains how to develop effective RFPs (Request For Proposals). He also …

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