CEO SUMMARY: Two trends are driving a movement to standardize laboratory operations across large regions: the integration of clinical care and the need for hospitals and health networks to continuously improve patient outcomes. THE DARK REPORT outlines an ambitious program in Michigan, where Ascension Health is working to align itself with an integrated health system
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Michigan’s Ascension to Standardize Labs Throughout the State
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXV No. 13 – September 10, 2018 issue
CEO SUMMARY: Two trends are driving a movement to standardize laboratory operations across large regions: the integration of clinical care and the need for hospitals and health networks to improve patient outcomes continuously. In Michigan, Ascension Health is an example of a lab team working to standardize lab testing activities among seven organizations, 14 hospitals,
Anatomic Pathology Profession Faces Challenges, Opportunities
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXIII No. 11 – August 15, 2016 issue
CEO SUMMARY: For 10 years, three primary trends have reshaped the anatomic pathology profession. They are declining reimbursement, competition from physicians establishing in-office pathology labs, and a host of new government laws and regulations. More changes are coming, predicts one business expert in pathology. Those changes involve new Medicare payment models, along with opportunities for
Despite Tough Anatomic Pathology Market, Bostwick Opens New Laboratory
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXIII, No. 1 - January 19, 2016 issue
CEO SUMMARY: Once again, entrepreneur and pathologist David G. Bostwick, MD, is starting up a new lab company. Granger Diagnostics is now open and is located in North Chesterfield, Virginia. It is designed to be an anatomic, clinical, and molecular pathology reference laboratory. In an exclusive interview, Bostwick identified three substantial changes that have happened
Florida Docs Seek to Cut Ties with UnitedHealthcare
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXII NO. 1 - January 5, 2015 issue
CEO SUMMARY: Physicians in Florida continue to express significant concerns about UnitedHealthcare’s pilot program requiring pre-notification for 80 clinical laboratory tests, including many routine tests, and pre-authorization for two genetic tests. The pro- gram is so onerous that some physicians have said they want to get out of their United contracts. Moreover, during a recent webinar to show Florida physicians how the BeaconLBS system works, officials from BeaconLBS could not get the system to function!
Lab Industry Would Be Smart To Issue EMR Report Card
By Robert Michel, from the Volume XVII No. 11 - August 2, 2010 issue
Guest Opinion by:
Pat Wolfram
Editor’s Note: For almost 20 years, Pat Wolfram has worked to develop electronic medical record systems at companies like MedicaLogic and GE Healthcare. His firm specializes in developing effective electronic interfaces that allow a physician’s EMR system to handle lab test orders and lab test results with that physician’s clinical laboratory provider.
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PSA, MED3000 Merger Creates Opportunities
By Robert Michel, from the Volume XIV No. 11 - August 6, 2007 issue
CEO SUMMARY: Pathology Service Associates, LLC, has found a merger partner that will allow it to offer more products to its pathology clients and to expand into new service areas. By merging with MED3000 of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PSA also gains access to enhanced informatics capabilities that it can roll out to its pathology group clients.
Do Regional Laboratories Have A Bright Future?
By R. Lewis Dark, from the Volume XII No. 14 - October 3, 2005 issue
IF INTEGRATED INFORMATICS CAPABILITIES will be a major point of differentiation among competing laboratories in the future, then several warning flags have recently appeared in the laboratory industry. Regional laboratories and hospital lab outreach programs should take notice.
One warning flag is the recent announcement by Laboratory Corporation of America that “eLabCorp,” a Web-connectivity system is