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October 9, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 14 – October 9, 2017 Issue
Sept. 22 was the day that an agreement to sell Miraca Life Sciences (MLS) of Irving, Texas, was announced. Miraca Holdings will sell the anatomic pathology lab company to Avista Capital Partners. As part of the transaction, a new holding company, cal…
December 19, 2016 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIII, No. 17 – December 19, 2016 Issue
Pathologists and lab managers interested in developing diagnostic management teams within their hospitals and health systems will be interested in an upcoming conference on that topic. Organized by Michael Laposata, MD, PhD, Chairman of the Department of Pathology at the University of Texas …
November 16, 2015 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII, Number 16 – November 16, 2015 Issue
Roper Industries, the owner of Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., acquired two more lab informatics companies. On October 26, it announced a definitive agreement to purchase A…
May 11, 2015 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII NO. 7 – May 11, 2015 Issue
Last month, TriCore Reference Laboratories of Albuquerque, New Mexico, announced that it had purchased the Rhodes Group, of Vernon, Connecticut. Rhodes Group provides data integration services for labs and other healthcare providers. TriCore had long been a customer of Rhodes Group. Tr…
January 13, 2014 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 1 – January 13, 2014 Issue
Currently there are 119 operational health information exchanges (HIEs) in the United States. This number is 58% greater than the 75 HIEs that were operational in 2010. These numbers were reported in Health Affairs. The study was authored by researchers at the University of Michigan. Th…
Spate of Lab Informatics Deals Signals Greater Investor Interest
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVII No. 15 – October 25, 2010 Issue
DURING OCTOBER, three laboratory informatics companies were acquired or obtained new capital funding. It is an indication of the growing importance that laboratory informatics will play as healthcare moves toward the goal of the universal patient health record (EHR). The first of the three transacti…
Unprecedented Activity Across Lab Medicine
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIV No. 11 – August 6, 2007 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Laboratory medicine is now considered one of the best opportunities to profit as the demand for healthcare services skyrockets, both in the United States and throughout the world. This is why a flood of investment capital is washing into the laboratory industry. Loaded with c…
July 16, 2007 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIV No. 10 – July 16, 2007 Issue
Another example of the globalization of laboratory testing services is the just-announced acquisition of laboratory middleware provider P.G.P, s.a., of Brussells, Belgium, by Data Innovations, Inc., of South Burlington, Vermont. Data Innovations states that the acqui…
Key Trends Drive Change for Clinical Laboratories
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIV No. 1 – January 8, 2007 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Technology plays an ever-growing role in reshaping the organization and operation of clinical laboratories. New technologies figure prominently in THE DARK REPORT’S 2007 list of key trends in the clinical laboratory industry. Technological advances in instr…
Middleware Provides Opportunity For Labs to Gain New Functions
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XII No. 17 – December 5, 2005 Issue
“Even as more laboratories begin to use middleware, the number of functions and uses for middleware continues to increase —Gregory R Vail, CEO, Data Innovations, Inc. CEO SUMMARY: Middleware is attracting attention throughout the laboratory ind…
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