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ProxyMed & Medscape Select Atlas LabWorks™
CEO SUMMARY: ProxyMed and MedScape just announced contracts with Atlas Development Corporation. Both companies will integrate Atlas LabWorks™ for electronic test ordering and results reporting into software products they sell to labs and physicians’ offices. Such collaborations again …
8 “Must Have” Features For Web Lab Test Reports
CEO SUMMARY: A growing number of laboratories have implemented Web-accessed lab test reporting for their office-based physician clients. Having participated in the design, sale and installation of many of these systems, Cory Fishkin gained valuable insights into the “do’s & don’…
LIS Sales Decline in 2000 As Labs Shift Emphasis
CEO SUMMARY: THE DARK REPORT’S annual ranking of the Top Ten LIS Vendors reveals that sales of new LIS products declined for the second consecutive year. This is evidence that the influence of multi-hospital health systems is changing the way LIS is purchased and implemented. It is also…
“May 21, 2001 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
As predicted in the last issue of THE DARK REPORT, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated did acquire all the remaining shares of MedPlus, Inc. which it didn’t already own. MedPlus offers a variety of clinical information products, including one to create and manage electr…
“April 9, 2001 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
There’s another commercial laboratory working toward its ISO-9001 certification. CEO Roy Trucks of Doctors Laboratory, Inc. in Valdosta, Georgia reports that implementation of ISO-mandated procedures is going well. The goal is to pass the audit and receive the ISO-9001 certificate …
Web-based Test Ordering Is A “Tough Nut To Crack”
CEO SUMMARY: Shifting office-based physicians to Web-accessed lab test ordering proved to be a daunting task for WebMD and its early competitors. Probably the most significant discovery is that modest capabilities of existing software technology and the lack of Internet broadband connecti…
Advanced Health Technologies, ProxyMed, WebMD, ePhysician, Data Critical Corp.
Editor’s Note: There is a major push by many well-funded companies to convert lab test ordering and results reporting onto Web-enabled systems. Here’s a sampling of what some companies are attempting to accomplish. AHT, MAKER OF DR.CHART, FILES BANKRUPTCY AND IS ACQU…
Clinical Lab and Pathology Informatics Merging For Internet Solutions
CEO SUMMARY: Information is where both clinical laboratories and anatomic pathologists will continue to add value to healthcare in the future. At this year’s Executive War College in May, THE DARK REPORT asked several leading innovators in laboratory and pathology informatics to share t…
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