LAB BRIEFS

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 4 – March 5, 2018 Issue

DUBAI TO TEST DNA OF ITS 3 MILLION CITIZENS RECENTLY, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS in Dubai announced a plan to conduct genetic testing on all three million residents. Experts say this is an unprecedented decision by any national govern…

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Labs Can Earn Revenue through Data Analytics

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII, Number 18 – December 28, 2015 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: There is a new buyer for lab test data, creating an opportunity for labs to build a new revenue stream. Medivo, Inc., of New York, describes itself as a healthcare data analytics company whose mission is to unlock the power of lab data to improve health. It works with clinica…

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Some Florida Docs Are Not Using BeaconLBS System

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII NO. 8 – June 1, 2015 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Some physicians in Florida are not complying with UnitedHealthcare’s laboratory benefit management program since the claims impact took effect on April 15. Although officials from UnitedHealthcare and BeaconLBS, a business division of LabCorp, state publicly that the…

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2011’s Top 10 Lab Stories Point to a Busy 2012

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIX No. 1 – January 9, 2012 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Given the specific news stories that make up THE DARK REPORT’S list of the “Top Ten Lab Stories for 2011,” it might be said that 2011 was a rather quiet year overshadowed by anticipation of the coming reforms mandated by the Accountable Care Act of 2010. For the clinica…

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Destructive Tornado Hits Joplin Hospital, Lab Rebuilds Swiftly

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVIII No. 10 – July 25, 2011 Issue

CEO Summary: One week after one of the worst storms ever to strike a hospital in the U.S., St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri, was back treating patients. Surprisingly, the hospital’s lab was one of the first departments to get up and running again. Within…

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HIEs Boost Fortunes of Community Hospital Labs

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVII No. 12 – August 23, 2010 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Regional health information exchanges (HIEs) are becoming more common. In Southern Indiana, the HealthLINC HIE is boosting the value that the community hospital laboratory provides to physicians. At the top of the list is expedited turnaround of laboratory test resul…

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Predict 60,000 Doctors To Adopt EMRs Each Year

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVII No. 2 – January 25, 2010 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Only about 180,000 U.S. physicians have adopted electronic medical record (EMR) systems over the past 14 years—mostly in larger medical groups. Now experts believe as many as 60,000 physicians per year will begin to adopt EMRs because of new federal incenti…

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Xerox, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard Each Buy Into IT Outsourcing Market

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVI No. 16 – November 23, 2009 Issue

IN RECENT WEEKS, TWO BIG PLAYERS spent billions to buy seats at the healthcare information technology (IT) table. Just one week apart, Xerox Corporation and Dell, Inc., acquired Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., and Perot Systems Corp….

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New Privacy Breach Law Requires Labs to Respond

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVI No. 15 – November 02, 2009 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: There were plenty of headlines about the passage of HITECH last February because of how it expanded funding for electronic medical records. But lesser known are new requirements that providers, including labs and pathology groups, must now take specific compliance ac…

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E-prescribing Is Example of Need For Labs to Support Connectivity

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVI No. 13 – September 21, 2009 Issue

EFFORTS TO MOTIVATE PHYSICIANS to adopt e-prescribing is just one part of a wider trend in healthcare. The drive to achieve full integration of health informatics is gathering momentum. “By itself, the need for clinical laboratories to support e-prescribing is becoming an important competitive dif…

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