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Shared Lab Organizations Evolving Into New Forms
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 6 – April 17, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: For two decades, the limited number of laboratory joint ventures that appeared were invariably partnerships between commercial labs and hospital labs. Today’s hostile healthcare environment makes it tougher for these types of joint ventures to prosper and meet the needs all…
Looking for Laboratory Leadership
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 5 – March 27, 2000 Issue
ONE ASPECT OF LABORATORY MANAGEMENT which is seldom discussed is the topic of leadership. Pure and simple, every laboratory organization and pathology group practice needs an effective leader if it is to survive and prosper. This is particularly true as reimbursement for lab services continues to shr…
2000’s Movers & Shakers Represent Strong Leaders
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 5 – March 27, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Its time again for THE DARK REPORT to make its yearly selection of the lab industry’s Movers & Shakers. Individuals chosen for 2000 represent a cross section of laboratory companies. Their successes demonstrate that leadership and vision continue to make a difference, d…
Honolulu Lab Pursuing Pacific Rim Business
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 5 – March 27, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: With one laboratory already operating in Guam, Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. (DLS) is poised to expand its services in the Pacific Rim area. Now a major competitor within Hawaii, DLS sees the island archipelagos of the Pacific Ocean as a natural extension of its existi…
“March 27, 2000 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 5 – March 27, 2000 Issue
Will lab information system services be a value- added selling point for the national reference labs? Developments at American Medical Laboratories (AML) and Specialty Laboratories would indicate yes. First, AML entered a strategic alliance with Park City Solutions t…
NH Rural Hospital Labs Connecting Via Internet
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 4 – March 6, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Expect the Internet to be a tool for leveling the competitive playing field. Ten rural hospital labs in New Hampshire are now connecting their labs and their outreach physician office clients with a Web-based lab test ordering and results reporting system. The goal is to incr…
Proposed Federal Budget Threatens Laboratories
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume VII No. 3 – February 14, 2000 Issue
BY NOW MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON’S FY01 BUDGET is not kind to the clinical laboratory industry. It seeks to restore the 20% copayment for lab services, cuts 30% out of the reimbursement for four tests, and institutes the Medicare competitive bidding concept for lab services. Over the…
Abaton’s Web Solution In Use at Allina, Centrex
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 3 – February 14, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Abaton.com was among the first companies to actually have Web-based information products linking hospital labs and physician offices. As early as 1997, the Allina Health System was working with Abaton.com to implement a laboratory test requisition/test results system using We…
“State of Lab Industry” Holds Surprises for All
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 1 – January 3, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Say goodbye to several of the trends which shaped the lab industry during the 1990s, such as consolidation and government compliance programs. Although these trends won’t completely disappear, they will be superseded by a number of new transformational influences. During th…
Lab Network in Florida Becoming Tough Player
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 17 – December 13, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Throughout the 1990s, a growing number of hospital laboratory administrators learned the value of a professionally-managed lab outreach program. In a few markets, these savvy lab leaders moved to the next level: using regional laboratory networks to solidify their local marke…
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