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Lab Integration At Geisinger Contributes to Better Outcomes

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XII No. 16 - November 14, 2005 issue

CEO SUMMARY: There have been two benefits from the use of sophisticated laboratory informatics at the laboratory division of Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania. Benefit one is a standardized, fully-integrated lab information system that collects all lab test results, including point-of- care, into a single data repository that feeds Geisinger’s electronic medical record. The

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AACC’s E-Lab Confab Emphasizes Lab Data

By Robert Michel, from the Volume IX No. 4 - March 11, 2002 issue

CEO SUMMARY: In just six years, experts at the AACC’s E-Lab gathering predict that 50% of all diagnostic testing will be done as point-of-care, homecare, or kit testing. If true, this will be a swift transformation in how labs organize themselves to manage the diagnostic testing needs of physicians, payers, and patients. Here are key

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Esoterix, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, California Hospitals, Myriad Genetics

By Robert Michel, from the Volume VIII No. 8 - June 11, 2001 issue

ESOTERIX, INC. LAUNCHES TEST REPORTS VIA WEB BROWSER
WEB-ACCESSED LAB TEST REPORTING is now available at Esoterix, Inc., based in Austin, Texas.

The accomplishment represents a major milestone for the lab company. It now has a common lab test reporting capability that draws data from all its specialty testing divisions. Esoterix was formed several years ago when

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Dr. Bruce Friedman Identifies Market Dynamics Driving Evolution of Lab Information Services

By Robert Michel, from the Volume VII No. 11 - July 31, 2000 issue

CEO SUMMARY: Probably no one is better positioned to identify the evolution of laboratory information services than Bruce Friedman, M.D., Professor of Pathology at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. For almost 20 years, he has hosted the pre-eminent meeting in laboratory informatics, known as AIMCL—Automated Information Management for Clinical Laboratories. Dr.

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Volume XXV No. 17 – December 3, 2018

DID CONGRESS JUST PASS A LAW that makes innocent labs guilty of criminal acts? At the last minute, Congress added all clinical laboratories to a far-reaching anti-kickback provision in the newly-enacted Support for Patients and Communities Act -- a provision that makes common practices such as paying commissions to sales staff or placing phlebotomists in labs could be illegal. Worse: The experts are baffled by the language of the new law. Notes one of these experts in this issue, "Someone in the clinical lab industry may have to get prosecuted before we get some clarity, unless the Secretary of HHS issues clarifying regulations."

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