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September 29, 2008 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XV No. 13 - September 29, 2008 issue

It’s been a productive year for Michigan Co-Tenancy Laboratory (MCL) of Ann Arbor, Michigan, which performs reference and esoteric testing for its members. During 2008, four hospital systems have come aboard as new co-tenants. They are: Baptist Health, Montgomery, Alabama; Bay Medical Center, Panama City, Florida; Mercy Memorial Hospital, Monroe, Michigan; and Northeast Alabama Regional

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New Competitors Line Up In Oncology Marketplace

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XI No. 4 - March 15, 2004 issue

CEO SUMMARY: Local pathology groups are advised to more closely track developments in the national market for oncology testing. Not only is big money targeting cancer testing, but a number of nimble, entrepreneurial start-up companies have begun to compete for specimens. Genzyme’s acquisition of IMPATH validates this trend and promises to bring more change to

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Free of IMPATH, Tamtron Ready For A New Future

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XI No. 2 - February 2, 2004 issue

CEO SUMMARY: Tamtron’s fortunes look much brighter with its acquisition by IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc., a healthcare information vendor with existing products for radiation oncology, medical oncology, and urology. IMPAC’s strategy is to create a “total solution” for oncology. That means Tamtron’s anatomic pathology information system is expected to play a major role in IMPAC’s

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Volume XXVI No. 5 – April 8, 2019

IT'S A FIRST FOR THE CLINICAL LAB INDUSTRY - and American industry as a whole. This issue exclusively reveals that after two years of testing, a lab has achieved the first revenue-generating flight of an unmanned drone in the U.S. Now, the lab's transport of supplies and specimens can safely bypass traffic regularly. Remarkably, the project has involved the cooperation of UPS and both the FAA and state regulators. Also, TDR reports that another government initiative, the National Correct Coding Initiative, has apparently gone awry. Labs could be harmed if they submit claims incorrectly based on the NCCI.

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