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Consumers are Ripe, Low-hanging Fruit!
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT MY JOB as publisher emeritus of THE DARK REPORT is that I get time to think about the global implications of new developments in the laboratory industry. Unlike most of you, harried by the never-ending demands of your work day, I am at the tail end of my useful business …
Two Labs Complete IPOs, AML May be Next in Line
CEO SUMMARY: During the year 2000, investors liked the performance of clinical labs. When stock market woes surfaced this fall, it was not enough to dampen investor interest in Dynacare and Specialty Laboratories. Both companies funded their initial public stock offering in a difficult ma…
Dynacare’s Business Plan Includes New Direction
CEO SUMMARY: Look for Dynacare, Inc. to undergo a significant transformation. Although it will not abandon its efforts to partner with hospital laboratories, Dynacare has made a renewed commitment to expand and market itself as a provider of esoteric and reference testing. These changes a…
Number of Hospital Deals Declines Again in 2000
CEO SUMMARY: Probably the single biggest contributing factor to consolidation of hospital laboratories is when new owners or new healthcare systems take control of a hospital. For 2000, merger and acquisition activity in the hospital industry declined in 2000 by 40%. A total of 318 hospit…
Consumers Taking Active Role In Their Laboratory Testing
CEO SUMMARY: Two recent Internet surveys revealed that consumers rank access to their personal lab test results as the number one most wanted feature in healthcare services. This is an early warning for laboratories and pathology group practices. Today’s consumers have changing expectat…
“January 15, 2001 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
In Cincinnati, the CHIN (community healthcare information network) effort of the mid-1990s has evolved into HealthBridge, a “secure, private Intranet that provides physician access to hospital clinical records, insurance eligibility, e-mail, and on-line medical reference material.â…
DARK REPORT Presents “White Paper†Summary Of Laboratory Industry
INTRODUCTION: To celebrate five eventful years of service to the laboratory industry and pathology profession, THE DARK REPORT is pleased to present its first “White Paper†on the laboratory industry. Our goal is help laboratories and their suppliers accurately identify relevant market dynami…
Business Premises Underlying Lab Industry Dynamics
This chapter addresses the characteristics of the laboratory industry which define the starting point for changes and ongoing evolution. The eight business premises listed in this White Paper describe unique situations which directly influence the ability of clinical laboratories to serve the medical…
Strategic Business Failures Of The Laboratory Industry During the 1990s
If analysis is to be accurate and objective, it must recognize and praise successful accomplishments while at the same time recognizing and criticizing failures. Human nature being what it is, however, criticism of failed business decisions is painful and bound to generate denials by the parties invo…
Competitive Dynamics In the Laboratory Testing Marketplace
This section of the White Paper deals with the marketplace for laboratory services. For brevity and clarity, I will address five components: 1) independent commercial laboratories; 2) hospital-based laboratories; 3) esoteric, reference, and specialty testing laboratories; 4) anatomic pathology lab- o…
CURRENT ISSUE
Volume XXXII, No. 10 – July 14, 2025
This issue is strong on different flavors of enforcement that clinical laboratories, whether they want to or not, will need to contend with. Lab stakeholders provide insights that medical labs need to brace for more action to counter pending test reimbursement rate cuts under PAMA. Also, this issue provides the legal and regulatory landscape for clinical labs’ use of AI and how it evolves with the technology. AI is creating legal uncertainty for clinical labs, especially around data privacy and FDA oversight of AI tools in diagnostics.
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