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Vitamin D Test Volumes Doubled in Past Year
CEO SUMMARY: Across the nation, labs report a near doubling in the volume of vitamin D tests they are performing. This is a success for laboratory medicine and an appropriate use of diagnostics tests as physicians strive for early detection and early intervention of vitamin D deficiency. …
Lab Testing Hits Two Home Runs For Patients
MANY OF US POINT OUT THAT LABORATORY MEDICINE is an undervalued and under-utilized asset within the American healthcare system. Lab testing is generally a minimal cost relative to the total episode of care, yet lab testing provides essential knowledge to help clinicians make a quick, accurate diagnos…
December 10, 2007 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Last month, Beckman Coulter, Inc., of Fullerton, California, announced that it will acquire the research flow cytometry instrumentation business of Dako Denmark A/S, of Glostrup, Denma…
ARUP, Motoman Automate Thawing and Mixing Steps
CEO SUMMARY: Laboratory automation continues to develop in unexpected new directions. Recently, ARUP Laboratories and Motoman, Inc., collaborated to develop an automated thawing and mixing solution that integrates with ARUP’s existing automated line and replaces manual processes. Put in…
Recognizing Laboratory Leadership
WHEN LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA CLOSES ON THE SALE and becomes the owner of DSI Laboratories, Inc., of Fort Meyers, Florida, it will mark the end of one of the nation’s oldest hospital laboratory outreach programs. I consider this to be a good news/bad news…
Increased Competition For Hospital Lab Referrals
CEO SUMMARY: It’s a buyer’s market for hospital send-out testing because the supply of such tests exceeds demand. To fill excess capacity in their labs, some reference/esoteric lab companies are willing to offer rock-bottom prices to new clients. This situation is also motivating nati…
Tour of Korean Labs Has Plenty to Teach
CEO SUMMARY: Faster turnaround times and better quality seem to be some common motivations for installing automation in the three Korean labs visited by THE DARK …
CYP450 Plays Major Role In Drug Metabolization
CEO SUMMARY: Each year, over 100 million new prescriptions are written for two classes of drugs with metabolic pathways affected by genetic variations in cytochrome P450. There are strong clinical arguments in favor of testing individuals for these genetic mutations to determine whether t…
Labs in United Kingdom Pressured to Change
CEO SUMMARY: Across the United Kingdom, the physical lay-out, instrumentation, and operation of laboratories is very close to that of laboratories in the United States and Canada. The source of most differences is how the healthcare system in the United Kingdom funds clinical services and…
National Reference Labs Undergoing Changes
CEO SUMMARY: Maybe it’s a coincidence. More likely it is a response to changes in the reference/esoteric marketplace. Specialty, Esoterix, ARUP, and Mayo have each recently reassessed their core strategies and are shifting their business emphasis. Because three of these four companies a…
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