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What’s Next For Regional Laboratory Networks?
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume V No. 16 – November 30, 1998 Issue
SINCE THE CONCEPT OF REGIONAL LABORATORY NETWORKS burst on the scene in 1995, I have ardently believed in their potential to help hospital laboratories remain relevant in the world of managed healthcare. The early victories of Pittsburgh’s Regional Laboratory Alliance and San Franc…
“November 9, 1998 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume V No. 15 – November 9, 1998 Issue
HBO & Co. is the latest to fall victim to consolidation mania. McKesson, Inc. is purchasing HBO for $14 billion in stock. McKesson wants to complement its services as a pharmacy benefits manager with HBO’s extensive health information system capabilities. Combined,…
MTHN Provides Lessons In Creating Lab Networks
By Robert Michel | From the Volume V No. 4 – March 23, 1998 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Every regional laboratory network in the United States is unique. Regional variations in healthcare and business objectives are different in every case. But the management problems of network structure, governance, marketing and finance are always the same. Here are some usef…
Market Forces Cause Detroit’s Lab Network To Launch Operations
By Robert Michel | From the Volume V No. 1 – January 19, 1998 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Joint Venture Hospital Laboratories’ success rests on an essential fact: it exists to respond to marketplace demands. The network links laboratory operations of 24 hospitals owned by eight integrated delivery systems in Greater Detroit. Not only is it the oldest continuousl…
“June 23, 1997 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume IV No. 9 – June 23, 1997 Issue
Joint Venture Hospital Laboratory network (JVHL) of Detroit added a not her hospital system to its growing regional laboratory network. M-Labs, the laboratory division of the University of Michigan Health System, joined JVHL. This is the eighth hospi…
New Hybrid Lab Systems Provide Peek At Future
By Robert Michel | From the Volume IV No. 7 – May 12, 1997 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: As the first generation of regional laboratory systems begin operation, the marketplace is about to separate winners from losers. Stakes are high for hospital laboratory administrators. If they choose to affiliate with the wrong model, the consequences can cause extended disr…
Second War College Set For New Orleans In May
By Robert Michel | From the Volume IV No. 3 – February 17, 1997 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Laboratory consolidation and networking activity continues to intensify. This year’s War College faculty features exceptional stories about what works and what doesn’t. New Orleans is the place to be on May 20-21 for proactive laboratory administrators and p…
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