HHS Issues Final Rule to Deal with Information Blocking

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 11 – August 12, 2024 Issue

ANY HEALTHCARE PROVIDER DETERMINED TO HAVE COMMITTED “INFORMATION BLOCKING” can now be asse…

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Why Ransomware Attacks Are a Threat to Your Lab

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXXI, No. 7 – May 20, 2024 Issue

  Have you and your lab management team noticed the major…

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Final Rule on AI Transparency Can Benefit Clinical Labs

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 5 – April 8, 2024 Issue

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND MACHINE LEARNING are becoming ubiquitous in today’s modern hospital systems and clinical laboratories. In response to these developments, federal officials issued a new rule that has major implications on how healthcare providers use artificial intelligence. T…

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HHS Publishes Final Rule for Health IT Interoperability

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 3 – February 26, 2024 Issue

THERE IS A NEW FEDERAL RULE intended to improve interoperability and portability of patient information. This rule could be a significant benefit for clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups. In December, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Offi…

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Google, Epic to Help Hospitals Migrate EHR Data to Cloud

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, Number 1 – January 16, 2024 Issue

GOOGLE CLOUD OF MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF., inked a new deal with Epic Systems designed to encourage healthcare providers to move electronic health record (EHR) data to the cloud. This relationship will include efforts to step up the use of artificial intelligence (AI) an…

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Clinisys CEO Discusses Strategic Changes Labs Need to Make

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, Number 15 – October 23, 2023 Issue

“Today, we predict that the next storm is about ready to happen, and it will involve clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology practices.” —Michael Simpson CEO SUMMARY: In this exclusive Q&A with The Dark Report, Clinisys CEO Michael Simpson describes the …

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Atrium Health’s Advice on Epic Beaker Rollouts

By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 9 – June 19, 2023 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Starting in 2019, Atrium Health began a years-long process to implement Epic Beaker as its laboratory information system. It was an enormous effort, involving dozens of locations across three s…

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May 30, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 8 – May 30, 2023 Issue

Hospital laboratory outreach programs continue to be acquisition targets for national laboratory companies. Earlier this month, Labcorp in Burlington, North Carolina, announce…

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VA: 120,000 Cancelled Lab Tests Did Not Route to Physicians

By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 6 – April 17, 2023 Issue

OFFICIALS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) AND ORACLE CERNER found themselves on the …

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Fujifilm Buys Inspirata’s Digital Pathology Assets

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX No. 3 – February 13, 2023 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Fujifilm’s acquisition of the digital pathology technologies and clients of Inspirata marks the departure of one early entrant into the digital pathology market. At the same time, executives from Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation discuss why the company is incr…

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