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Conference Speeches Offer Useful Insights
CEO SUMMARY: There is an interesting dichotomy between Asia and North America. The same problems and challenges exist in both regions—declining reimbursement and budgets, labor force issues, and the need to spend more for new diagnostic technology. Yet laboratories in both regions see a…
Lab “Day of Disaster” Provides Useful Lessons
CEO SUMMARY: On Friday, May 5, laboratory administrators and pathologists who guided their labs through some of the nation’s biggest natural disasters and emergencies will gather in Miami to share their experiences in contingency planning and disaster response. It is no understatement t…
Unique Solution to Control Reagents, Other Supplies
CEO SUMMARY: This San Francisco hospital laboratory hit a home run with its clever use of automated materials management units, originally used in pharmacies. Reagents, phlebotomy supplies, and other laboratory consumables are stored in an access-controlled environment. Benefits have been…
“September 20, 2004 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. now has access to Qdot® nanocrystal technology for in vitro diagnostic applications in anatomic pathology and cytology. Ventana recently licensed the technology from Quantum Dot Corporation (QDC), based in Hayward California. It will us…
“June 28, 2004 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
There’s early evidence that health benefit costs for 2005 may only increase by a single digit percentage. Hewitt Associates is gathering data from 160 large companies for its annual healthcare cost survey. It reports that an average increase of 13.7% appears likely, compared to a 1…
Molecular Diagnostics’ “Gap in Expectations”
CEO SUMMARY: This year’s Executive War College provided strong evidence that the twin trends of molecular diagnostics and Lean management methods are taking root within the laboratory industry. Each is a trend in its infancy. Molecular diagnostics will require considerable time before i…
LAB-Interlink Clients Experience Highs & Lows
CEO SUMMARY: It was right before Thanksgiving weekend when LAB-Interlink laid off most of its staff and was left with a skeleton crew. Since that date, at least one major laboratory customer was unable to get needed service and parts, causing a total shutdown of its automated line. Howeve…
These Leaders in Lab Management Took Risks
BY NOW THE NEWS IS GETTING OUT. Hospital laboratory administrators and pathologists are learning there now exists a management approach that cuts the average turnaround time from order to verified result by as much as 50% in as few as 12 weeks! If that’s not enough, this management approach will s…
How “Lean” is Benefiting Early-Adopter Laboratories
CEO SUMMARY: First steps toward a radical change in clinical laboratory operations are under way in a handful of early-adopter laboratories. This movement is so new that little information about their successes can be published. But the early evidence is compelling. For those labs willing…
Last Week’s Power Outage Affects Labs in Many Regions
EVERY AFFECTED LABORATORY knows the precise time. Somewhere between 4:00 and 4:15 P.M. EST last Thursday is when the local power company stopped feeding electricity in cities ranging from New York City west to Toledo, Detroit and parts of Canada. As of press time, many labs in affected cities lacked…
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