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HIPAA
Labs Must Audit Their Cybersecurity Measures
CEO SUMMARY: While clinical laboratory managers and pathologists are aware of the risks of a data breach, they often assume that related protection measures are working as needed. That is a mistake. With the cost of healthcare data breaches on the rise, it is vitally important for l…
U.K.-based CliniSys Acquires Nashville-based ApolloLIMS
CONSOLIDATION IN THE CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATICS INDUSTRY took another step forward with the announcement that CliniSys (the parent of Sunquest Information Systems) was acquiring Nashville-based ApolloLIMS. This move may also further muddy the line between classic laborato…
Expert Lists Strategies to Cope with Cyber Attacks
CEO SUMMARY: Class action lawsuits filed by patients whose protected health information (PHI) was breached during a cyber attack may be one additional unwelcome consequence for clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups hit by a ransomware or cyber attack. This is what happ…
In Theranos’ Trial, CLIA Laboratory Director Has a Starring Role
CEO SUMMARY: Most clinical lab directors understand the risks that come with running a CLIA-licensed lab. Such risks are at the forefront of the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, founder of now-defunct Theranos. During the trial, federal prosecutors and defense attorneys question…
New Lab Revenue Source: COVID-19 Worker Screening
CLINICAL LABORATORIES have a new revenue-generating opportunity, as some states relax stay-at-home rules: Many employers are likely to seek COVID-19 screening tests for employees returning to work to detect the presence of the new coronavirus. This new source of lab specimens and revenue gi…
CURRENT ISSUE
Volume XXX No. 2 – January 23, 2023
The Dark Report explores the decision by The Joint Commission to no longer accept COLA-accredited facilities at its own accredited organizations, and reprints the letters sent by both TJC and COLA relative to the move. In other news, CLIA changes are coming and The Dark Report has an exclusive interview with a member of the committee studying those potential changes.
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