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Lab’s Anemia Program Brings in New Revenue
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, Number 9 – June 27, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In Philadelphia, Jefferso…
Lab Vendors Adjusting to Changing Sales Practices
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 8 – June 6, 2022 Issue
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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…
Judge Vacates Provision in No Surprises Act
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 5 – April 4, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It …
Labs Use IoT Tools for Specimen Logistics
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 4 – March 14, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Internet of Things (Io…
Quest and Walmart to Expand Consumer-Initiated Test Options
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 3 – February 22, 2022 Issue
SERVING CONSUMERS INTERESTED IN ORDERING THEIR OWN CLINICAL LABORATORY TESTS is a goal in an expanded collaboration involving Quest Diagnostics and Walmart. This is also consistent with The Dark Report’s prediction that retail pharmacies are poised to expand the diagnostic testing ser…
LIS Market Will Change After Oracle, CliniSys Deals
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 2 – January 31, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: With its purchase of Cerner Corporation, Oracle becomes the owner of Cerner’s Millennium laboratory information system (LIS) and CoPathPlus, Cerner’s anatomic pathology LIS. Only three weeks later, CliniSys, a division of Roper Technologies, announced it was acquiri…
Rural Hospital Lab Hits Automation Home Run
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 1 – January 10, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: With the hospital adding specialist physicians and at the same time enjoying sustained growth in outreach test volume, the lab was hit with the dual need to expand the in-house test menu and reconfigure workflow to handle predictions of ongoing growth in outreach testin…
IVD Companies Report Record Sales as 2021 Draws to Close
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 17 – December 20, 2021 Issue
JUDGING BY THE THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE of the major in vitro diagnostics (IVD) manufacturers, the demand for COVID-19 testing continues to generate a substantial stream of revenue. During their respective conference calls with investo…
VALID Act vs. VITAL Act: Day of Reckoning for LDTs
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 16 – November 29, 2021 Issue
TWO DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT BILLS HAVE SURFACED IN CONGRESS, each with the potential to have substantial impact on how laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) are regulated by agencies of the federal government. One bill even creates a new acronym for the lab industry: IVCT for in vitro clinical tests….
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