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Strategies to Succeed with Laboratory Outreach Programs
In recent years Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics went on buying sprees, acquiring laboratory outreach businesses from major health systems. They argue that they can run these operations more efficiently, while the sellers get much-needed cash infusions. (See …
How One Lab Eliminated Paper through Front-End IT
CEO SUMMARY: Paper-based test ordering processes and employees overwhelmed with too many software applications were creating bottlenecks and stress at Sonora Quest Laboratories. CIO Sonny Varadan undertook an effort to eliminate paper requisitions and streamline work apps,…
Labs Beware: âVishingâ Rises as Major Cybersecurity Threat
CYBERSECURITY SHOULD ALWAYS BE TOP OF MIND FOR CLINICAL LABORATORIES AND PATHLOGY groups, especially since the notorious data breach at Change Healthcare in February 2024. Often, such security breaches begin with phishing campaigns in which employees are enticed to click on malicious li…
Innovations in Lab Testing Arriving at Light Speed
TODAY, IT’S A CHALLENGE TO STAY UP WITH ALL THE NEW THINGS arriving in the lab testing marketplace. Novel assays are launched weekly. That is equally true for next-generation automation and lab analyzers, with vendors regularly announcing something new to their menu of products. The pace of innova…
Market Speaks to Pathologists: Itâs About Data
ONE PRIMARY TREND IN THE U.S. HEALTHCARE SYSTEM over the past 20 years deals with how patient data is created and used. Ongoing advances in information technology and the Internetânow commonly called âthe cloudââhave created capabilities for data sharing and data analysis today that were unim…
CURRENT ISSUE
Volume XXXIII, No. 2 – February 9, 2026
Congress has once again delayed cuts to test reimbursement rates under PAMA, this time until Jan. 1, 2027. Laboratory professionals are urged to lobby Congress to pass the RESULTS act to solve the PAMA cuts problem permanently. Also, patient-driven testing is spurring new opportunities.
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