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GE Pulls Plug on Its LIS, No Support after July 2013
CEO SUMMARY: Not in recent memory has a laboratory information system (LIS) product been pulled from the market. That is why the announcement by GE Healthcare that it would no longer service or support its Centricity Ultra Laboratory product after July 23, 2013, has caused a stir…
Systems Approach For Pre-Authorization Of Genetic Tests
CEO Summary: Pre-authorization of expensive genetic and molecular tests is a threat to local clinical laboratories and pathology groups if payers exclude them from provider networks in favor of labs which bid the lowest prices. But one major healthcare corporation believes there …
Payers Move to Pre-Authorize Expensive Genetic Tests
CEO Summary: Pre-authorization of expensive genetic and molecular tests is fast-becoming a priority for most of the nationās health insurers. For clinical labs and pathology groups that donāt respond, this trend is a threat. On the other hand, because payers need all the skil…
Two New Pathology Models Will Soon Be Tried in Dallas
CEO SUMMARY: There are notable aspects to how and why four unlikely partners are banding together to invest $40 million and create the nationās newest reference and esoteric testing laboratory. It was the pathologists at Baylor University Hospital in Dallas, Texas, who originated the vi…
E-Prescribing Functions that Labs Can Offer Office-Based Physicians
IN RESPONSE TO MEDICARE AND PRIVATE PAYER efforts to increase physiciansā use of e-prescribing, 4Medica, Inc., of Culver City, California, was one of the first laboratory informatics vendors to add an effective e-prescribing capability to its lab test order and results reporting sy…
Multi-Modality Diagnosis Heading for Lab Medicine
CEO Summary: At the upcoming Molecular Summit in Philadelphia on February 10-11, 2009, pathologists, molecular imaging experts, and informaticians will share the latest developments on the integration of in vivo (imaging) and in vitro (pathology) diagnost…
War College 2008 Theme: Get Close to Customers!
CEO SUMMARY: Over the course of two days, pathologists, lab directors, and other laboratory professionals repeatedly heard speakers urge them to work hard to ensure that customers are the top priority for their laboratory organization. Another theme is the need for labs to organize their …
Integrated In Vivo-In Vitro: Is It Pathologyās Future?
CEO SUMMARY: Across the globe, forward-thinking pathologists and radiologists are taking steps to use molecular technologies in ways that combine in vivo and in vitro testing. As this happens, traditional roles for pathology and radiology are likely to evolve toward a more integrated diag…
Emerging Global Trends in How Labs Are Using āDistributed Computingā
āIn several different countries, laboratories already use ādistributed computingā, in the form of a single LIS data center that provides informatics services to as many as 25 laboratories in a region. The trend is to increase interoperability and portability of the i…
Geisingerās Coag Clinics Located in Docsā Offices
CEO SUMMARY: It was six years ago when Geisinger Health System pushed laboratory testing and pharmacy services closer to the patients and referring physicians. By establishing coagulation clinics in six multi-specialty clinic sites, GeisingerĀ ha…
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