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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…
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…
“July 19, 2004 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 10 – July 19, 2004 Issue
A transfusion of the wrong type of blood may have contributed to the death of a critically ill woman at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida last month. The patient died about a day after the transfusion. Following the blood transfusion, a reaction had been observed. Atten…
“May 21, 2001 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VIII No. 7 – May 21, 2001 Issue
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…
“February 5, 2001 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VIII No. 2 – February 5, 2001 Issue
This time the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA) looked in its own backyard to find a Executive Director. On Monday, February 12, Robert Neri will begin his responsibilities at CLMA. Not only does Neri have a long career in laboratory management, but he lives in the Ph…
Quest Diagnostics Emphasizes Venture Capital Investments
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 13 – September 11, 2000 Issue
ONE SIGNIFICANT business strategy in play at Quest Diagnostics Incorporated is venture capital investing. With $3 billion in sales, Quest Diagnostics is the largest clinical laboratory company in the United States. It understands that the traditional lab sales strategy of marketing …
Kaiser, SBCL To Automate Pap Smear Screening
By Robert Michel | From the Volume V No. 15 – November 9, 1998 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Two of the country’s largest Pap screen testing organizations are preparing to introduce automated primary screening into their laboratories. NeoPath’s con- tracts with SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories and Kaiser Permanente mark the beginning of a new market cycle…
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