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March 5, 2018 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 4 – March 5, 2018 Issue
“More people took genetic ancestry tests last year than in all previous years combined,” declared Senior Editor Antonio Regalado in a story published on Feb. 18 by MIT Technology Review. He wrote that, just in 2017, the number of people who had their DNA analyzed with direct-to-consumer genetic g…
Palmetto GBA Issues Guidance On Billing NGS Test Panels
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII No. 3 – February 29, 2016 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Across the lab industry, next generation sequencing is taking hold as an effective and efficient testing platform. In response, payers are developing coding and payment policies that may affect the finances of clinical labs. Last month, Palmetto GBA, a Medicare contractor, is…
Newer, Smaller Analyzers Will Bring Big Data to Labs
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII No. 10 – July 13, 2015 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Clinical laboratories of all sizes are poised to become the source of much of a hospital or health system’s “big data.” At many academic center labs, greater use of genetic and molecular testing requires that more space and more staff be devoted to data management. A…
Whole Genome Sequencing Is Poised for Clinical Use
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 5 – April 7, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Pathologists and clinical lab managers interested in following the advances in use of whole human genome sequencing for clinical purposes should follow the money. Within weeks of obtaining FDA clearance for its MiSeqDx system and reagents, Illumina had inked major agreements …
Genetic Testing Creates New Legal Risks for Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 1 – January 13, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Last month, in Seattle, Washington, a jury ordered Laboratory Corporation of America and Valley Medical Center each to pay $25 million following a lawsuit about a ‘wrongful’ birth. At issue was how genetic tests were ordered, performed, and reported. This court case is th…
2013’s Top Ten Lab Stories Point to Tougher Times
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XX, No. 17 – December 23, 2013 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: For 2013, the big story was money—or, more accurately, less money for providers. This was not limited to clinical labs and pathology groups, but was equally true of hospitals and physicians. In THE DARK REPORT’S annual lookback at the year’s 10…
False Positive STD Tests Get News Coverage in Indy
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVIII No. 6 – May 2, 2011 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: After going public with the discovery that it had reported false positive lab test results for Chlamydia to eight female patients, Mid America Clinical Laboratories (MACL) found itself the subject of stories broadcast by a local television news program. The news cove…
Whole Genome Sequencing: Is It Ready for Prime Time?
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVII No. 16 – November 15, 2010 Issue
CEO Summary: Pathologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, in a collaboration with GenomeQuest, Inc., will produce whole human genome sequences of patient tumors and other specimens. These whole genome sequences will be studied to learn what diagn…
“Primary-Care Pathology” One Goal at Beth Israel
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVII No. 15 – October 25, 2010 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In a pioneering collaboration, the pathology department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, will work with GenomeQuest, Inc., to perform whole genome sequencing of tumor specimens. GenomeQuest will handle sequencing, assembly, and annota…
Year’s Ten Biggest Stories Reveal Modest Changes
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 17 – December 4, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In many ways, 2000 was a relatively quiet year for laboratory organizations. This list of the ten biggest stories in the lab industry for 2000 demonstrates that the most innovative laboratory organizations in the United States are “raising the bar” for service and quality…
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