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August 10, 2009 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Last week, the pathology profession got a new professional group. It is the Digital Pathology Association (DPA) and it was formed by several companies offering digital pathology systems and services. DPA’s founders say it will support digital pathology education initiatives, define…

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July 20, 2009 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Larry Siedlick resigned as CEO of Sunrise Medical Laboratories in Hauppauge, New York, effective June 30. It was 2007 when Siedlick and partner Pat Lanza sold their interest in the laboratory they founded back in 1972 to Sonic Healthcare, Ltd. Siedlick tells THE DARK…

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June 29, 2009 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

In recent weeks, the laboratory at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay, Ohio, received its accreditation for ISO 15189: Medical Laboratories. With this achievement, Blanchard Valley becomes only the third lab in the United States to become ISO 15189-accredited. Blanchard Valley’s …

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June 08, 2009 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Earlier this spring, El Camino Hospital of Mountain View, California, announced the launch of what it calls the “Genetic Medicine Institute (GMI).” It claims it is the first hospital in the United States to “integrate genomic medicine into healthcare delivery.” El Camino will…

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May 18, 2009 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Experts are watching hospital finances to see whether slumping economic activity and growing unemployment rates are having an impact. At for-profit Tenet Healthcare Corporation, same-hospital paying admissions declined by 1.3% from Q1-08 to Q1-09. Tenet also said that its bad debt ra…

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April 27, 2009 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

As unemployment rates climb in the United States, employers are ordering fewer pre-employment drugs of abuse (DOA) screening panels. This is expected. It is why investors know that drugs-of-abuse volumes are closely linked to the economic boom/bust cycle. During first quarter earning calls, public la…

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April 6, 2009 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Effective May, 1, 2009, Laboratory Corporation of America will no longer be a contract provider for Regence BlueShield, head-quartered in Seattle, Washington.  Regence notified physicians that it was ending its relationship with LabCorp “as a result of rising co…

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March 16, 2009 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

In the United Kingdom, there is an interesting development regarding anatomic pathology and clinical laboratory services. The trust which operates the famous 986-bed Guy’s Hospital and 957-bed St. Thomas’ Hospital has entered a joint venture with Serco Gr…

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February 23, 2009 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Here’s an interesting development on the road to genetic medicine. In England last month, the press heralded the birth of what it has dubbed the “cancer-free” baby. It turns out the parents had the embryo screened for the BRCA-1 gene before implantation—and this was the first example known in…

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February 02, 2009 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Last week, THE DARK REPORT was in Birmingham, England, to participate in the sixth annual Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine (FiLM) conference. This event is co-produced by the Association of Clinical Biochemistry (ACB) and THE DARK REPORT. It provides an opportunity to learn…

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