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August 25, 2025, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
As we first reported in Dark Daily earlier this month, several states have taken initiative to regulate how artificial intelligence (AI) applies to clinical laboratory services. For example, a California law that went into effect earlier this year impacts providers who use gene…
AI Hype in Labs: 6 Tips to Sniff Out the BS
CEO SUMMARY: In the final entry of our artificial intelligence series, the co-founders of Sample Healthcare discuss how clinical labs can evaluate AI vendors effectively, with an emphasis on assessing technical credentials and quick proofs of concept. Armed with the right …
For AI Regulation, Look to Data Laws, FDA Action
CEO SUMMARY: AI is creating legal uncertainty for clinical labs, especially around data privacy and FDA oversight of AI tools in diagnostics. Few court cases exist yet that interpret AI use within clinical settings, but labs must watch how HIPAA and state laws wield influence. Vendor soft…
Using Sophisticated Schemes, Fraudsters Hit the Next Level
Investigators and fraudsters appear to be upping their game as the government seeks to punish those filing unscrupulous Medicare claims. These aspects were clear in the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) announcement last month of the largest healthcare fraud takedown reportedly in US history. Cli…
National Enforcement Trends Will Test Labs
This issue is strong on different flavors of enforcement that clinical laboratories, whether they want to or not, will need to contend with. Perhaps you saw news coverage recently when the US military dropped a dozen or so “bunker buster” bombs into underground Ir…
For Lab Veterans, It’s Time to Step into AI’s Shadow
READING THROUGH THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THE DARK REPORT’S analysis about the state of artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical laboratories, this cantankerous observer found himself thinking about ChatGPT. Do I dare to use ChatGPT? Occasionally. …
Workers Use AI More than Lab Leaders Think
CEO SUMMARY: In part one of an analysis about the state of AI in clinical laboratories, The Dark Report explores how frontline workers, especially younger ones, are using AI tools like ChatGPT far more than lab leaders. Recent reports elsewhere in the business world show e…
Others Want Diagnostic Data, Labs Should Too
ONE NEED NOT LOOK FURTHER THAN THE PAGES OF THIS ISSUE OF THE DARK REPORT to once again realize the importance of the diagnostic data residing within your clinical laboratory operations. Perhaps it’s rote to say “diagnostic data is a gold mine” for labs…
Leveraging Data to Create Lab and Healthcare Efficiencies
CEO SUMMARY: In this exclusive interview with The Dark Report, Bradley Bostic, founder, chair, and CEO of healthcare and laboratory data intelligence company hc1 discusses trends in healthcare, how to position clinical laboratories as a strategic asset, and ways to analyze…
Elizabeth Holmes’ Partner Sought Campaign to Get Her Out of Jail
IN A BRIEF MENTION THAT WENT LARGELY UNNOTICED, a well-known marketing professor said he declined a request by Billy Evans—the partner of disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes—to help organize an effort to get Holmes out of prison. “[Evans] reached out t…
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