Lab Briefs

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 7 – May 24, 2021 Issue

University of Miami Settles Lab Qui Tam Lawsuit for $22 Million EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) announced a settlement with the University of Miami that resolves allegations that the university ordered medicall…

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BioReference Labs to Use Gestalt for Digital Pathology

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 6 – May 3, 2021 Issue

ONE OF THE NATION’S LARGEST CLINICAL LABORATORIEScis moving forward with plans to expand its use of digital pathology and whole-slide imaging. On Mar. 30, it was announced that BioReference Laboratories, Inc. would move forward with Gestalt Diagnostics’ PathFlow digital pathology solu…

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Proscia Lands Major Deals as Digital Pathology Demand Grows

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 2 – February 8, 2021 Issue

EVEN AS THE WORLDWIDE COVID-19 PANDEMIC DERAILED SOME INDUSTRIES, it gave a major boost to digital pathology. That has meant an expanding market for Proscia, a seven-year-old provider of digital and computational pathology solutions. Established in 2014, Proscia recently won …

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Digital Pathology Launched in the ‘Era of COVID-19’

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 1 – January 19, 2021 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Is it smart to initiate digital pathology (DP) systems and whole-slide imaging just as a novel coronavirus upends healthcare and society at large? That was the question asked at Poplar Healthcare, a pathology lab in Memphis. Senior management proceeded with the implemen…

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2020’s Top 10 Lab Stories Are Without Precedent!

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVII, No. 18 – December 28, 2020 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: There are several surprises in The Dark Report’s list of the Top 10 Lab Stories for 2020. Despite the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic dominating every aspect of clinical care, social…

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Joint Pathology Center Goes Digital; Signs Deals with Proscia, Huron

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVII, No. 15 – October 26, 2020 Issue

IT’S A MAJOR ENDORSEMENT of digital pathology and whole slide imaging. Last week, the federal government’s Joint Pathology Center announced agreements with two digital pathology companies. The goal is to digitize incoming slides and archived slides, support a digital pathol…

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October 5, 2020 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVII, No. 14 – October 5, 2020 Issue

Guess who will be partnering with the US Department of Veterans Affairs to support its wider use of digital pathology? It’s Google! Last month, it was announced that the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) of the Department of Defense (DoD) had selected Google …

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Understanding COVID-19’s Changes to Lab Industry

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVII No. 13 – September 14, 2020 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: With the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic about to enter its eighth month in the United States, it remains difficult to predict whether the pandemic will strengthen with the fall influenza season or steadily diminish. What is clear to most pathologists and clinical laboratory executiv…

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Pathology Groups Should Plan to Use Digital Pathology

By Pamela Scherer McLeod

WHEN AN ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY GROUP CONSIDERS IMPLEMENTING digital pathology and whole-slide imaging (WSI) for primary diagnosis, it must identify and understand a range of challenges and opportunities. “Every pathology group should start by considering how it will use the related technologies of a…

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Expert Sees Pros, Cons In DP and WSI Systems

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 13 – September 23, 2019 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Now that the FDA has cleared two digital pathology systems for use in primary diagnosis, a growing number of pathology groups are taking up the question of whether and when they should adopt and use a digital pathology system and whole slide imaging. One pathologist with hand…

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