Converting Paper Requisitions to Digital Cut Lab’s Costs

By Joseph Burns

CEO SUMMARY: Health Network Laboratories cut costs and shortened lab test turnaround time by converting paper requisitions to digital data. It did so by scanning paper requisitions and having a vendor do the required data entry. This helped the lab reduce errors in its patient data. Using…

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Attorney Says Labs Face Increased Legal Liability

By Jon Stone | From the Volume XXV No. 6 – April 16, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: For many reasons, including cuts to lab test prices that health insurers pay, narrow networks, and more competition for lab test referrals, a significant number of lab companies are seeking ways to increase market share. These methods include the use of new laboratory test ar…

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Newsmaker Interview: Healthcare’s Transformation Now Bringing Changes to Lab Industry

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 3 – February 12, 2018 Issue

“Today, patients want to get diagnosis and treatment faster with fewer visits to the doctor’s office. They want speedier and more comprehensive delivery of clinical services, be it laboratory tests, imaging, or other procedures.” …

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Hospital Lab Shares Ten Ways to Create Value with Lab Tests

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII No. 14 – October 5, 2015 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Across the nation, labs in hospitals and health systems are feeling pressure from shrinking lab budgets and the need to be a contributor to the integration of clinical care. At Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, the clinical laboratory and department of pathology have respo…

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New company ready to heat up slow digital pathology market

By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXII No. 11 – August 3, 2015 Issue

IN THE 2000S, DIGITAL PATHOLOGY WAS THE HOT NEW TECHNOLOGY that held great potential to transform anatomic pathology in myriad ways, not the least of which was an essential tool to streamline pathologist workflow while suppor…

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New Company Ready to Heat Up Slow Digital Pathology Market

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII No. 11 – August 3, 2015 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: There’s a new competitor in the digital pathology marketplace with ambitious plans to deliver a fully-integrated pathologist workflow solution. Inspirata, Inc., of Tampa, Florida, made its debut in March at an international pathology conference. In this exclusive i…

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Level Two of Value Pyramid Defines Internal Benchmarks

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No.16 – November 24, 2014 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: In this second installment of our series on the laboratory value pyramid, we introduce “Level Two: Establish and Meet Standards of Value.” This second level continues the lab’s focus on its internal operations and activities. The goal is for the lab to develop the working cultu…

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Sonora Quest Builds EMPI To Serve Patients and ACOs

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXI No. 1 – January 13, 2014 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Probably no state has seen a faster transition to ACOs, medical homes, and other types of integrated clinical care organizations than Arizona. Recognizing that this change created a new opportunity to add more value with clinical lab testing services, Sonora Quest Laboratorie…

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Nation’s Lab Innovators Attack Systemic Errors

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XX No.14 – October 21, 2013 Issue

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…

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PathCentral Launches Sale of New Anatomic Pathology LIS

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XX No. 9 – July 8, 2013 Issue

THERE IS A NEW PLAYER in the market for anatomic pathology laboratory information systems (APLIS). This gives pathology groups a new option when it is time to upgrade or replace their existing APLIS. It also brings a new competitor into the existing market for anatomic pathology (AP) software. In re…

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