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Washington’s PacLab Network Succeeds With Standardization

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

PART TWO OF TWO PARTS CEO SUMMARY: In part one of this two-part series, we looked at how changes to healthcare in the state of Washington brought about the creation of PacLab Network Laboratories. In this concluding installment, we explore how PacLab is standardizing laboratory operations and information systems capabilities across the statewide net work. …

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Improved 3rd Quarter Performance Posted By National Laboratories

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

Third quarter financial performance at all three national laboratories improved over the same period of 1997. It is an important sign that the three companies are stabilizing their finances. All three national laboratories continue to emphasize cost-cutting as a major corporate priority. That is to be expected, since increased penetration of managed healthcare maintains a …

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“November 30, 1998 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

ARIZONA For pathologists interested in preserving and enhancing their income, THE DARK REPORT’S Private Pathologist Income Symposium was just the item. Held in Scottsdale on November 13-14, it attracted a sell-out crowd of pathologists and practice administrators. Interest in the symposium was so strong that registrations sold out two weeks before the event. MORE ON:…PATHOLOGIST …

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Kaiser, SBCL To Automate Pap Smear Screening

Laboratory Automation / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Two of the country’s largest Pap screen testing organizations are preparing to introduce automated primary screening into their laboratories. NeoPath’s con- tracts with SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories and Kaiser Permanente mark the beginning of a new market cycle. NeoPath is poised to exploit these developments while continuing to enhance AutoPap’s capabilities. TWO OF …

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Kaiser Plans Widespread Use For Pap Technology

Laboratory Automation / By Robert Michel

WITHIN THE HMO INDUSTRY, Kaiser Permanente is highly respected for its thorough research into the clinical efficacy and economic cost of new healthcare technologies. That is the reason why Kaiser’s decision to adopt NeoPath, Inc.’s automated cytology technology for primary screening of Pap smears is getting widespread attention within the laboratory community. Coupled with a similar …

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Washington State’s PacLab Network Is A Regional Winner

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: As a regional laboratory network, PacLab is unusual in one respect: participating hospital laboratories did not meet endlessly to talk about what they should do. Instead, action was the operative word for these network organizers. Since becoming operational in 1996, their bias for action has rewarded all participating laboratories. Test volumes are up …

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“October 19, 1998 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

Specialty Laboratories continues to make inroads as a national reference laboratory. Amerinet selected Specialty as a clinical laboratory service provider. It joins LabCorp and Quest on Amerinet’s laboratory provider panel. Specialty is aggressively repositioning itself from an esoterics provider to a routine esoterics provider. Earlier this year VHA added Specialty to its laboratory provider panel. …

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Consolidation: Threat Or Opportunity

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

IS CONSOLIDATION GOOD OR BAD FOR OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM? I don’t know if any of us could accurately answer that question. For better or for worse, big corporations will continue to buy up the little guys. I do feel confident in predicting that ongoing consolidation will occur in all areas of healthcare. Among our readership, …

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AutoCyte Moves One Step Closer To FDA Approval

Laboratory Automation / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Until now, AutoCyte has kept a relatively quiet presence in the automated cytology marketplace. That may soon change as the FDA takes action on the company’s PREP™ and SCREEN™ products. AutoCyte expects these products will boost productivity and quality in cytology labs. AutoCyte’s product positioning will be very different than its competitors: NeoPath, …

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Curse Of Consolidation Plagues Health Providers

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By Robert Michel

WITHOUT QUESTION, today’s healthcare world is dominated by a single obvious trend: consolidation. The consequences of consolidation affect every segment of healthcare in the United States. The commercial laboratory industry had the dubious distinction of being the first major segment of healthcare to undergo consolidation. Laboratorians are still dealing with its lingering effects. Major cutbacks in …

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