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July 08, 2013 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XX No. 9 – July 8, 2013 Issue
In China, independent clinical laboratories are in a fast-growth mode. That’s the conclusion of RnRMarketResearch in a newly-issued survey of the clinical laboratory testing market in China. It estimates this market segment at US$407 million annually. RnR says that three lab companies meet …
Dartmouth Builds New Lab to Serve Growth in Testing
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XX No. 6 – May 6, 2013 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Demand for specialized reference and esoteric testing is so robust at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire that the academic center is building an expanded laboratory facility to accommodate the increased volume of tests it handles each year. A favorable trend …
Two MTs Launch New Lab In Aberdeen, North Carolina
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XX No. 3 – March 4, 2013 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Although located in the same region as two of the nation’s largest laboratory companies, newly-created Triune Laboratory, Inc., is reporting steady growth and acceptance by physicians in the community. Founded by two medical technologists and partially funded by a pathologi…
March 4, 2013 “Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XX No. 3 – March 4, 2013 Issue
Even if not billion-dollar transactions, there are some interesting deals unfolding in the in vitro diagnostics (IVD) marketplace. Last month, HYCOR Biomedical, Inc., of Garden Grove, California, sold its Kova urinalysis system and business “to an affiliate of One …
2012’s Top Ten Lab Stories Predict More Challenges
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIX No. 18 – December 31, 2012 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It’s been a year with more lows than highs, when viewed through the lens of THE DARK REPORT’S “Top Ten Lab Stories of 2012.” The end of the TC grandfather clause, new policies for prostate biopsy billing, and a dramatic 52% cut to 88305- TC fees were widely reported. …
Med Tech Finds “Grace” Aboard Lab of Mercy Ship
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIX No. 15 – October 29, 2012 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: One intrepid medical technologist has spent almost two decades in volunteer service working in the clinical laboratories of hospital ships operated by Mercy Ships International. As the world’s largest hospital ship, the Africa Mercy contains six operating rooms, a 78-bed IC…
Alan Lloyd, 62, Dies of Cancer, Formerly CIO of Sonic Health
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIX No. 15 – October 29, 2012 Issue
THIS SUMMER, the global clinical laboratory industry lost a true innovator in medical laboratory management, operations, and informatics. On August 8, 2012, Dr. Alan Lloyd died peacefully at home from pancreatic cancer. Lloyd was widely-respected for his unique approaches to laboratory operations, l…
Lab Site Visits in NZ Show Impact of Lab Contracting
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIX No. 10 – July 16, 2012 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In some ways, the story of the New Zealand’s health system’s 15-year strategy to reduce the cost of clinical laboratory testing is a cautionary tale for public laboratory companies in the United States. During THE DARK REPORT’S site visit to several private labs in New …
January 30, 2012 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIX No. 2 – January 30, 2012 Issue
It’s a sign of the times and a warning to clinical labs and lab industry vendors. Money is short at some community hospitals— meaning bills are going unpaid. In Birmingham, Alabama, the Birmingham News reported that Cooper Green Mercy Hospital is $1 million behind in its…
‘Salary Power’ Helps Lab Recruit and Train New MTs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIX No. 1 – January 9, 2012 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It was back in 2002 when THE DARK REPORT highlighted the innovative use of MT and MLT long distance training by PeaceHealth Laboratories (formerly Oregon Medical Labs). Distance training is part of a comprehensive program to attract individuals in the community with two-year …
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