By Jon Stone, from the Volume XXIV, No. 16 – November 20, 2017 issue
CEO SUMMARY: Market clearance of the first-ever CLIA-waived analyzer for complete blood count and three-part differential tests could cut time-to-answer from days to mere minutes for one of the top 20 tests by volume performed at core laboratories. Developer Sysmex America, Inc., foresees its analyzer as a complement to central labs. Basic diagnostics would be
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XVIII No. 6 - May 2, 2011 issue
CEO SUMMARY: Interest by office-based physicians in creating an in-clinic medical testing laboratory is on the increase. This has direct consequences for independent commercial labs, hospital lab outreach programs, and anatomic pathology groups, since office- based physicians are a primary source of lab test referrals. One consultant says that 60% to 70% of the volume
By Robert Michel, from the Volume XIV No. 1 - January 8, 2007 issue
CEO SUMMARY: Technology plays an ever-growing role in reshaping the organization and operation of clinical laboratories. New technologies figure prominently in THE DARK REPORT’S 2007 list of key trends in the clinical laboratory industry. Technological advances in instrument systems, informatics, and molecular diagnostics are giving laboratories new tools to improve clinical services and streamline lab
By Robert Michel, from the Volume IX No. 12 - August 26, 2002 issue
CEO SUMMARY: In British Columbia, two commercial laboratory competitors have found common ground. BC Biomedical Laboratories and MDS Metro Laboratories are using LOINC to link their laboratory test databases. Physicians use a single system to access their patient’s test results, regardless of which lab performed the test. Coming enhancements to the system include wireless access
By Robert Michel, from the Volume IX No. 10 - July 15, 2002 issue
CEO SUMMARY: Consolidation and regionalization of hospital laboratory testing are not isolated phenomenons. Beginning in the late 1980s, individual provinces in Canada began to rationalize lab testing services by building core labs and consolidating lab services across multiple hospitals. By 1995, the same process of lab consolidation across multiple hospitals began mushrooming across the United
By Robert Michel, from the Volume VII No. 1 - January 3, 2000 issue
SWARM OF LAWSUITS NOW PLAGUES ABBOTT LABS
PAYING A $100 MILLION FINE TO THE Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not end Abbott Laboratories, Inc.’s problems related to its diagnostic test kits and reagents.
Since payment of the FDA fine last month, Abbott has been served by a number of lawsuits. Most of these suits involve unhappy
By Robert Michel, from the Volume VII No. 1 - January 3, 2000 issue
CEO SUMMARY: Say goodbye to several of the trends which shaped the lab industry during the 1990s, such as consolidation and government compliance programs. Although these trends won’t completely disappear, they will be superseded by a number of new transformational influences. During the next 48 months, these influences will bring lightning change to clinical labs
By Robert Michel, from the Volume VI No. 17 - December 13, 1999 issue
CEO SUMMARY: This year’s round-up of the lab industry’s Top Ten most important stories lacks any compelling single theme. THE DARK REPORT’s conclusion? 1999 was a transition year. No new outside forces rattled the lab industry, allowing lab executives and pathologists to concentrate on implementing their particular laboratory’s business plan. However, early hints at transformational
By Robert Michel, from the Volume VI No. 16 - November 22, 1999 issue
CEO SUMMARY: Following on the heels of our prediction about web-based test ordering/results reporting, here’s another equally revolutionary development. CARESIDE, Inc. is ready to launch a point-of-care instrument suite for routine, high-volume chemistry and hematology tests. Early peeks at this technology reveal its potential to revamp the organization of both hospital and commercial laboratories.
WITH THE
By R. Lewis Dark, from the Volume VI No. 16 - November 22, 1999 issue
OUR EDITOR ONCE AGAIN HAS ANOTHER REMARKABLE PREDICTION for the clinical laboratory industry. In this issue, he predicts new point-of-care (POC) technology for routine chemistry and hematology testing will start the long- foretold process of laboratory decentralization. This follows on the heels of the last issue of THE DARK REPORT, when he predicted that web-based
