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Pursuing More Benefits From Next Generation Lab Automation
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVIII No. 1 – January 18, 2011 Issue
CEO Summary: Once it was decided to replace an aging, five-year-old laboratory automation system at the laboratory of Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Illinois, the administration at the hospital issued a challenge. It asked the laboratory team to deliver an immediate 10% cos…
New Clinical Lab Trends To Shape Events in 2010
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVII No. 1 – January 4, 2010 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In presenting this list of macro trends for clinical laboratories, several themes are in play. They range from a continued emphasis on improving lab operations to the need to acquire and deploy sophisticated information technology. During the next few years, the long…
Kaiser in Colorado Uses Lab Test Data to Improve Cardiac Care
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVI No. 6 – April 27, 2009 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Proud of a 73% reduction in mortality among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) at Kaiser Permanente Colorado, clinical care teams there demonstrate how integrated care and more effective use of laboratory test data can lead to remarkable improvements in pati…
Illinois Pathologists Dodge Medicaid CP Payment Cut
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 13 – September 29, 2008 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Pathologists in Illinois acted swiftly to this month’s announcement that the Illinois Medicaid program would cease to directly pay pathologists directly for clinical pathology professional services. The new policy was to take effect on October 1, 2008. As t…
Lab Automation Viewed As Essential Solution
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 5 – April 14, 2008 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: A merger of three hospitals in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, forced PinnacleHealth’s lab director to find new ways to increase efficiency. A lab automation project helped improve turnaround time and staff productivity and cut costs. The cost savings is about 50 cents per test, …
Hospitals Saw Several Benefits In Forming Laboratory Joint Venture
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 3 – March 3, 2008 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: For the past eight years, growing numbers of hospitals and health systems have launched laboratory outreach programs. Hospital CEOs are recognizing that laboratory outreach programs generate worthwhile operational gains, along with steadily-increasing revenues. However, labor…
Middleware Produces Data In Real Time for Lab Managers
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIII No. 13 – September 25, 2006 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: With sustained pressure on laboratories to cut costs, reduce errors, and raise quality, lab managers need faster access to detailed information about lab work processes. One solution is to use middleware to collect data in real time from the LIS and other sources, then analyz…
Pathologist-Entrepreneurs Offer New Lab Automation
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIII No. 11 – August 14, 2006 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Since October 2003, the core laboratory of Detroit Medical Center University Laboratories has operated with a home-grown total laboratory automation (TLA) system. The 100-foot automated line currently connects to 11 instruments and the hardware cost only $200,000 to build and…
More Labs Opt to Use and Lab Automation
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIII No. 8 – June 12, 2006 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Many of the nation’s more innovative laboratory organizations are paying closer attention to laboratory productivity and operational performance. To achieve improved operations, these labs are putting three tools to greater use. They are using targeted automation solutions …
Tour of Korean Labs Has Plenty to Teach
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIII No. 6 – May 1, 2006 Issue
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 …
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