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Watch Out Pathologists! They’re Coming for Histology!
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXXI, No. 11 – August 12, 2024 Issue
For any lab that depends on revenue from its histology labo…
Identifying Current Lab Trends from Labcorp & Quest Experience
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 11 – August 12, 2024 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Many different factors influence the operations of clinical laboratories in the United States today. One good source of competitive business intelligence is for lab administrators to follow the quarterly earnings calls of the nation’s two biggest public lab corporations. Wi…
Examining the Worldwide Pathologist Shortage
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 4 – March 18, 2024 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Demand for pathology services is growing faster than the number of pathologists available to meet that demand. This is true for the United States and most other nations. Consequently, efforts are underway to more accurately measure the number of pathologists practicing in eac…
Year’s Top 10 Lab Stories Contain Surprises & Twists
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, Number 18 – December 26, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: With the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic now in the rearview mirror of the nation’s clinical labs and pathology groups, the important news stories of 2023 were mostly about developments where the consequences will influence laboratory operations in coming years. Artificial intelligence…
December 26, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, Number 18 – December 26, 2023 Issue
Is the world ready for a diagnostic service that performs a whole genome sequence of embryos conceived by in vitro fertilization? That’s the business plan announced on Dec. 5 by San Francisco-based Orchid Health. In covering this development, Science wrote, “Find the emb…
Digital Pathology Sales Put Gestalt on Inc. 5000’s Fast Growth List
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 12 – August 21, 2023 Issue
Digital pathology workflow provider Gestalt Diagnostics earned a place on the Inc. 5000 2023 list of the fastest growing p…
Digital Pathology Business Plan for Both Clinical and ROI Success
By Kristin Althea O’Connor | From the Volume XXX, No. 9 – June 19, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: More pathology groups are ready to consider adopting whole-slide imaging and digital pathology. The decision to proceed should only be made after identifying the clinica…
CMS Ends Remote Reading of Pathology Glass Slides
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 8 – May 30, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: On the day the federal government ended the public health emergency for SARS-CoV-2, CMS issued an updated FAQ that ended the allowance for remote reviews of glass slides…
Despite COVID-19 Losses, IVD Executives Remain Upbeat
By Donna Marie Pocius | From the Volume XXX, No. 8 – May 30, 2023 Issue
Continuing declines in COVID-19 test revenues was a common theme during the first quarte…
Public IVD Companies Report Q4, Full-Year 2022 Earnings
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX No. 3 – February 13, 2023 Issue
YEAR-END AND Q4 EARNINGS REPORTS FROM MAJOR IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS (IVD) COMPANIES pointed to a welcome sign of core diagnostic business rebounding. That’s the good news for IVD firms. The bad news? All of the SARS-CoV-2 testing revenue that th…
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