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BC Labs’ LOINC Venture Now Carries Pharma Info
CEO SUMMARY: In British Columbia, two commercial laboratory companies are intense competitors. Yet, beginning in 2002, they jointly offered a single Web browser-based system for lab test results reporting. LOINC was the tool which linked their individual lab data repositories to the PathN…
Memphis Path Lab JV Purchased By AEL
CEO SUMMARY: Memphis Pathology Labs’ two hospital owners and their JV partner, MDS, surprised many with the sale of the lab venture to American Esoteric Laboratories (AEL). It’s the end of a successful joint venture between several hospitals and a commercial laboratory company. It als…
Going, Going, Soon Gone: MDS Pulling Out of U.S.
CEO SUMMARY: Even as the best of its lab testing joint ventures with hospitals and health systems prove profitable, MDS Diagnostic Services is taking active steps to resolve its participation as a partner. In a candid interview, its President and CEO acknowledged the best attributes of su…
Is Nation’s Best Quality Laboratory in Arizona?
CEO SUMMARY: Without much fanfare or public attention, one lab is achieving recognition for quality and service excellence possibly unmatched in the clinical laboratory industry. In 2003, Sonora Quest Laboratories received Arizona’s Pioneer Award for Quality—the first healthcare provi…
How Local Path Groups Can Keep Patient Access
CEO SUMMARY: For pathology groups operating their own histology and cytology labs, a growing problem is access to patients covered by exclusive managed care contracts. In the Northeast, several persistent pathology group practices are using some effective business strategies to fight this…
“September 20, 2004 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. now has access to Qdot® nanocrystal technology for in vitro diagnostic applications in anatomic pathology and cytology. Ventana recently licensed the technology from Quantum Dot Corporation (QDC), based in Hayward California. It will us…
Florida Labs Face Off With Hurricane Charley
CEO SUMMARY: Hurricane Charley not only validated long-standing laboratory emergency contingency plans, but it introduced new issues. Even two weeks after the hurricane, hospital labs in the most affected communities continue to deal with storm-related problems. One issue is that damaged …
Oncology’s Potential Drives AP Lab Expansion
CEO SUMMARY: It is no coincidence that another public company is shifting its business focus and expanding its efforts to capture cancer-related anatomic pathology specimens. Demographic trends predict a steady increase in the number of new cancer cases yearly, while new technologies are …
Mayo’s Scottsdale Hospital Lab Hits Big “Lean” Home Runs
CEO SUMMARY: Are Lean and Six Sigma techniques ready to make a big contribution in the laboratories of smaller hospitals? If you ask lab managers at Mayo Clinic’s Scottsdale Hospital, the answer is an unqualified “Yes!” Their 15-week Lean project in the hospital’s high volume core…
Cerner, Gajema Software, India Labs Look to U.K. & U.S.A
CERNER CORP. ACQUIRES GAJEMA SOFTWARE WITH ITS ACQUISITION of Gajema Software, announced on August 17, Cerner Corporation is moving an existing four-year business relationship to a higher level. Gajema, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, sells a solution t…
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