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February 02, 2009 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Last week, THE DARK REPORT was in Birmingham, England, to participate in the sixth annual Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine (FiLM) conference. This event is co-produced by the Association of Clinical Biochemistry (ACB) and THE DARK REPORT. It provides an opportunity to learn…
December 22, 2008 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 17 – December 22, 2008 Issue
Last Thursday, Sunquest Information Systems, Inc. of Tucson, Arizona, announced that it would purchase the “Outreach Advantage Solution” software system developed by Pathology Associates Medical Laborator ies of Spokane, Washington. PAML has spent most of this de…
Massachusetts CPOE, MountainStar, PAML, HCA, Ogden Regional Medical Center, HIPAA 5010, LabCorp, Mubadala Health, KLAS
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 15 – November 10, 2008 Issue
MASSACHUSETTS LAW MANDATES CPOE USE BY HOSPITALS IN 2012 EARLIER THIS YEAR, Massachusetts passed a law that requires all hospitals in the state to implement CPOE (computerized physician order entry) by 2012. The same law requires all hospitals in the state t…
Pathology Boot Camp to Address Three Trends
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 14 – October 20, 2008 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Anatomic pathology groups across the nation must develop effective strategies to address challenges in pricing, intensifying competition, and expensive new technologies. That’s the assertion of three pathology practice administrators who have organized a boot camp in Dallas…
HealthPartners Promotes Same-Day Lab Test Results
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 9 – July 7, 2008 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Patient focus groups told HealthPartners that they had anxiety as they waited days for lab test results. That encouraged HealthPartners to redesign workflows in its pathology department. Once it could deliver same-day lab test results electronically, HealthPartners launched a…
War College 2008 Theme: Get Close to Customers!
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 7 – May 27, 2008 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Over the course of two days, pathologists, lab directors, and other laboratory professionals repeatedly heard speakers urge them to work hard to ensure that customers are the top priority for their laboratory organization. Another theme is the need for labs to organize their …
Digitization of Pathology Is Making Steady Progress
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 4 – March 24, 2008 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Pathology digitization incorporates a greater scope of work-changing technologies than telepathology. It incorporates information technology, new diagnostic knowledge, and other engineering innovations to help pathologists move past glass and paper. Existing digital pathology…
Hospitals Saw Several Benefits In Forming Laboratory Joint Venture
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 3 – March 3, 2008 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: For the past eight years, growing numbers of hospitals and health systems have launched laboratory outreach programs. Hospital CEOs are recognizing that laboratory outreach programs generate worthwhile operational gains, along with steadily-increasing revenues. However, labor…
February 11, 2008 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 2 – February 11, 2008 Issue
In an attempt to stop or delay the start of the Medicare Laboratory Competitive Demonstration Project for the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos SMA (statistical metropolitan area), a lawsuit has been filed in federal court by Internist Laboratory of Carlsbad, Sharp Healthcare …
Busy Year Demonstrated By Top Ten Lab Stories
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIV No. 17 – December 10, 2007 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: As it turns out, 2007 has been an action-packed year with lots of events, plenty of changes, and the promise of even faster evolution across all sectors of the lab testing marketplace. THE D…
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