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Sales & Marketing Is Critical To Success Of Labs & Pathologists
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 4 – March 15, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Careful study of the most successful lab oratories operating today reveals a common characteristic: the effective use of sale s and marketing methods to boost specimen volume, revenue, and operating profits. This is true whether it’s a hospital lab outreach program, a comme…
First-Ever National Gathering Of Lab Sales Managers
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 4 – March 15, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Here’s a news-making event for the clinical laboratory industry: a first-ever national meeting of the country’s best sales and marketing managers. Scheduled as a new addition to the EXECUTIVE WAR COLLEGE on May 11-13, it’s an unprecedented opportunity for the nation’s…
Quest to Pay $1.27 Billion To Buy SB’s Lab Division
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 3 – February 22, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Consolidation is the story of the clinical laboratory industry during the 1990s. The decade will close out with the granddaddy laboratory consolidation of them all! When Quest Diagnostics Incorporated completes its acquisition of SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories later…
Automated Pap Smear Screening Expected to Build Market Share
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 3 – February 22, 1999 Issue
EXPECT 1999 TO BE A PIVOTAL YEAR in automated Pap smear screening. This new technology is now poised to enter general clinical usage. As it does, an increasing volume of clinical data will make the case: either automated screening of Pap smears is clinically effective and economically justified—or…
Lab Leads Hospital In Successful Effort To Reduce Infections
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 2 – February 1, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Most laboratorians struggle to get clinicians to pay close attention to the potential for lab data to improve healthcare outcomes. At Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the laboratory acqired in-house molecular typing test capability as one cornerstone for an aggressive infectio…
Top-Performing Labs at Executive War College
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 2 – February 1, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Once again, Executive War College time approaches. Scheduled for May 11-12, 1999 at the New Orleans Sheraton, this year’s roster of innovative laboratories promises to provide valuable insight about winning strategies. An expanded program offers a lab industry first: a know…
HMO Membership Shows First-Ever Decline in 1998
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 2 – February 1, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: One of the most closely-tracked surveys of health cost trends was released last week. William H. Mercer Inc.’s report revealed two significant facts. One, enrollment growth in HMO/POS plans actually declined for the first time. Two, costs rose at the fastest rate in five ye…
“February 1, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 2 – February 1, 1999 Issue
Are the financial fortunes of the national laboratories about to take a turn for the better? Financial analysts at FMR Corp. must think so. Last month the company disclosed that it had purchased 3 million common shares in Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, g…
DARK REPORT Picks 1998’s Ten Biggest Lab Stories
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 1 – January 11, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Our story picks for 1998 demonstrate a broad range of subjects. Each affects laboratories and pathology practices in significant ways and should be used to trigger appropriate management strategies. Two essential themes among this year’s ten biggest lab stories: continued d…
Total Laboratory Automation: It’s “ DOA” In Today’s Market
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 1 – January 11, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Since 1994, thoughtful lab executives have wrestled with the concept of total automation for their laboratory. Despite concerted marketing efforts by some of the world’s most successful diagnostics manufacturers, only a handful of total laboratory automation (TLA) sites are…
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