Eight Macro Trends for Clinical Labs in 2023

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, No. 1 – January 3, 2023 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Laboratory administrators and pathologists will want to carefully study eight important trends that will guide their business strategies in 2023. Many of these macro trends center on financial and operational difficulties and ways to steer around these obstacles. Anothe…

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IVD Firms Grow During 2022, but COVID-19 Revenue Dropped

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 7 – May 16, 2022 Issue

MOST MAJOR IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS (IVD) MANUFACTURERS started strong in 2022 as their base businesses regained steam and made up for the significant falloff in COVID-19 diagnostic test revenue.  During first quarter 2022 earnings calls with invest…

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Two-Drop ‘Digital CBC’ Enters U.S. Market with FDA Clearance

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 1 – January 19, 2021 Issue

“We believe the ability to work with just two drops of blood, plus the…

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WakeMed Uses Drone to Deliver Patient Specimens

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 5 – April 8, 2019 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: For two years, clinical lab professionals at WakeMed Health and Hospitals have tested the use of aerial drones to transport patient specimens from a physicians’ office satellite lab/draw station to the WakeMed Medical Center’s central lab. Late last month, they completed …

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Ultimate Clinical Lab Automation: WakeMed Uses Drone to Deliver Patient Specimens

By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXVI No. 5 – April 8, 2019 Issue

This is an excerpt from a 1,550-word article in the April 8, 2019 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: For two years, clinical lab professionals at WakeMed Health and Hospitals have tested the use of aerial dron…

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Northwell Health Builds Two Big Lab Facilities

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 3 – February 25, 2019 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: At Northwell Health, the clinical laboratory team has been busy building and opening two new, large laboratory facilities. First to open was the lab in Little Neck, Queens, a shared lab with NYC Health and Hospitals. This lab will handle 36 million tests annually. The second …

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Québec’s Laboratory Consolidation Plan Aims to Save $13.5M

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 11 – July 30, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: In the Province of Québec, an ambitious project is under-way to consolidate the clinical laboratory testing of 123 laboratories into 11 centralized lab clusters. It is one of the largest lab consolidation projects nowhappening in the world. Among the goals of this project is…

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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Builds Strong Lab Outreach Business

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 10 – July 9, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: As health networks and hospitals consider outsourcing their lab outreach programs, the lab team at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (D-H) offers lessons about the value of retaining outreach. D-H is now in the eighth year of a sustained expansion of its laboratory outreach …

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Near Real-time Data Helps Lab Save $500K Annually

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 8 – May 29, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: After hospital labs and pathology groups implement Lean and process improvement methods to harvest the easiest cost savings and boost quality, they often take the next step of introducing real-time analytics systems. Access to detailed data about workflows, productivity, and …

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NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Ralph Taylor, CEO of Sysmex America

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXV No. 3 – February 12, 2018 Issue

“Today, patients want to get diagnosis and treatment faster with fewer visits to the doctor’s office. They want speedier and more comprehensive delivery of clinical services, be it laboratory tests, imaging, or other procedures. Core laboratories have something unique and irreplacea…

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