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Telemedicine Firms Offer Home Phlebotomy Service
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXIX, No. 13 – September 19, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Telemedicine provider Teladoc Health has announced new services for certain primary care customers that include at-home phlebotomy appointments. The move is evidence of the consumer demand for increased convenience and flexibility in their healthcare. Scarlet Health, a …
Lean Is Smart Approach to Major Lab Cost Savings
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 13 – September 19, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It’s a time when clinical labs are under extreme pressure to cut costs, even as they deal with understaffing. One proven approach to reducing expenses while preserving quality is to apply Lean methods in conjunction with Six Sigma tools. It is often true that successf…
2021 Rankings of the World’s Top 12 IVD Companies
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 12 – August 29, 2022 Issue
WHILE THERE WAS SOME JOCKEYING FOR NEW positions, in vitro diagnostics (IVD) manufacturers remain entrenched in their market based on The Dark Report’s 2021 ranking of the Top 12 IVD Companies. COVID-1…
Public Laboratory Companies Eye More Lab Outreach Acquisitions
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 12 – August 29, 2022 Issue
PUBLICLY-TRADED CLINICAL LABORATORY COMPANIES released second quarter 2022 financial reports that confirmed a softening demand for COVID-19 tests, even as their base business revenues grew compared to last year. While continuing to address ongoing needs…
Tough Times Ahead for Hospitals and Their Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 11 – August 8, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: These are challenging times for the nation’s hospitals, health systems, and clinical labs. A perfect storm involving unprecedented shortages of lab staff, nurses, and other professionals with inflation-fueled cost increases and deteriorating hospital finances was a major topic of…
In Post-COVID-19 Market, IVD Manufacturers Face Supply, Staff Challenges
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 10 – July 18, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: After making billions during the COVID-19 pandemic, in vitro diagnostics (IVD) manufacturers must now adjust their strategies and relationships with clinical laboratory customers. Because many contracts for automated instruments are coming due, some IVD companies have t…
Lab’s Anemia Program Brings in New Revenue
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, Number 9 – June 27, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In Philadelphia, Jefferso…
Atrium, Advocate Aurora Merge into $27b System
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 8 – June 6, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Integrated delivery networks continue to consolidate in the U.S., with the latest example being the merger of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. The deal forms a 67-hospital system across two distinct geographic areas in the Southeast and upper Midwest. IDN mergers raise the…
Amazon to Close Employee COVID-19 Testing Lab in Ky.
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 8 – June 6, 2022 Issue
IN A MOVE THAT MAY SURPRISE SOME OBSERVERS, Amazon announced it will close its COVID-19 employee testing laboratory in Hebron, Ky., which is just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. This is the second large COVID-19 clinical laboratory to publ…
Lab Vendors Adjusting to Changing Sales Practices
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 8 – June 6, 2022 Issue
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