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RFID Lab Inventory System Saves $465K in First Year
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII NO. 8 – June 1, 2015 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Seeking ways to automate every aspect of work flow, the clinical laboratory at St. Francis Health System in Tulsa, Oklahoma, implemented a unique automated laboratory inventory management system that utilizes RFID. In the first four months, the system helped the hosp…
Price Discount Practices May Prove Troublesome
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 3 – February 23, 2004 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Some laboratories continue to offer deeply-discounted prices to the nation’s largest managed care plans as a way to maintain provider status and keep market share. In one case, these deep discounts surprised a long-time lab executive, who decided to share the information, a…
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Embraces New Testing Technology
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 17 – December 4, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Despite a decade of consolidation, competition among the world’s largest diagnostics manufacturers remains intense. In response to this competition, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) is preparing a variety of new products and services for its clinical laboratory customers. I…
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