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Digene, Ivax Diagnostics, Myriad Genetics, Bioscientia, LabOne, Aetna
ROTARY CLUBS LAUNCH MEXICO-BASED CERVICAL SCREENING EFFORT IN MEXICO, Rotary International will attack the problem of cervical cancer among Mexican women by supporting a screening program that utilizes human papillomavirus (HPV) testing. Called “Test for Life,” the prog…
“July 23, 2001 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Chairman and CEO Mark Chandler recently disclosed that researchers within Luminex Corporation are developing new detection capabilities that would permit its LabMap system to “simultaneously perform a broad range of cellular, microbial, and related tests, such as complete blood cou…
Memorial Hermann Lab Launches Crash Rebuild
CEO SUMMARY: This 600-bed hospital and core laboratory are in a crash rebuilding program as a result of flooding from tropical storm Allison. One important management lesson learned is the value of consolidating and integrating laboratory services within a health system. Previous lab inte…
Connecticut Hospital Labs Win HMO Test Contracts
CEO SUMMARY: Connecticut Hospital Laboratory Network, LLC was formed in 1996 with the specific goal of winning managed care lab testing contracts. During the past five years it has steadily increased the number of patients covered by such contracts. Along the way, it has learned important…
Lab Competitors Form Common Test Data Repository for Doctors
CEO SUMMARY: Integrated hospital systems, government health plans and private insurers can frequently threaten the status quo for commercial laboratories in both the United States and Canada. Motivated by the desire to offer greater value, two commercial lab companies in British Columbia …
Bio-Reference Labs, Sunquest, Beckman Coulter, Vysis
BIO-REFERENCE LABS REPORTS STRONG GROWTH IN REVENUE & EARNINGS LIKE MOST PUBLIC LAB COMPANIES, the financial news continues to be good at Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc., based in Elmwood Park, NJ. For second quarter ending April 30, 2001, the lab reported revenues of …
LIS Sales Decline in 2000 As Labs Shift Emphasis
CEO SUMMARY: THE DARK REPORT’S annual ranking of the Top Ten LIS Vendors reveals that sales of new LIS products declined for the second consecutive year. This is evidence that the influence of multi-hospital health systems is changing the way LIS is purchased and implemented. It is also…
Esoterix, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, California Hospitals, Myriad Genetics
ESOTERIX, INC. LAUNCHES TEST REPORTS VIA WEB BROWSER WEB-ACCESSED LAB TEST REPORTING is now available at Esoterix, Inc., based in Austin, Texas. The accomplishment represents a major milestone for the lab company. It now has a common lab test reporting capability that draws…
UnitedHealth Using Lab Data To Improve Health Outcomes
CEO SUMMARY: Managed Care is shifting into a new operational model that places prime emphasis on using clinical information to drive improvements in the quality of healthcare. At UnitedHealth Group, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, early efforts to analyze clinical data have…
Investors Pump $107 Million Into Unilab’s Stock Offering
HERE’S ENCOURAGING NEWS for owners of independent regional laboratories: investors on Wall Street continue to like the laboratory business…a lot! Latest confirmation of this fact came on June 6, when Unilab Corporation of Tarzana, California funded its initial public offering (I…
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Volume XXXIII, No. 4 – March 23, 2026
A federal court ruling has established a safe harbor for clinical labs when they run tests ordered by physicians. Lab leaders should examine this briefing for pitfalls. Also, it turns out that providers may be ordering inappropriate vitamin D tests, according to one expert.
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