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Director Blissfully Uninvolved with Finances of DP Rollout
One of the biggest aspects of a clinical laboratory switching from traditional glass slides to digital pathology is the potential cost of such a project. It’s difficult to provide a reliable range of how expensive digital pathology (DP) imple…
Bringing Lab Testing to Hybrid Care Locations
CEO SUMMARY: Clinical laboratory testing plays an important role in individual urgent care and emergency sites, but when such services are offered under one roof, planning for lab tests, related equipment, and CLIA provisions becomes more complicated. TriCore shares its ex…
Pathologists Take Images to the Cloud
CEO SUMMARY: Scaled-up operations, streamlined logistics, and potential cybersecurity benefits all present a valid argument for pathology practices to move their data to the cloud. Digital pathology in particular stands to gain from a cloud-based setup that allows remote v…
NYU Langone Rolls Out Digital Path in One Year
CEO SUMMARY: During an ambitious one-year project, NYU Langone Health implemented full-scale digital pathology. Although the initiative was large, a key organizer insists that smaller diagnostic labs can use some of the same approaches. Two big lessons to convey: Document …
Oracle Hopes to Sway Market with New AI-Assisted EHR
W hile it remains to be seen whether it truly pushes boundaries, Oracle Health got attention when recently announcing it had released an immersive, next-generation electronic health records (EHR) platform fueled by artificial intelligence (AI). The system is conv…
Workers Use AI More than Lab Leaders Think
CEO SUMMARY: In part one of an analysis about the state of AI in clinical laboratories, The Dark Report explores how frontline workers, especially younger ones, are using AI tools like ChatGPT far more than lab leaders. Recent reports elsewhere in the business world show e…
Others Want Diagnostic Data, Labs Should Too
ONE NEED NOT LOOK FURTHER THAN THE PAGES OF THIS ISSUE OF THE DARK REPORT to once again realize the importance of the diagnostic data residing within your clinical laboratory operations. Perhaps it’s rote to say “diagnostic data is a gold mine” for labs…
Epic Gains EHR Market Share as Oracle Loses Ground
EPIC SYSTEMS, THE DOMINANT VENDOR OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS (EHR) SOFTWARE, expanded its market share in 2024, gaining a net 176 hospitals and 29,399 beds. That’s according to KLAS Research, which based its data on interviews with hospitals as well as other sources, including the v…
Top 10 Lab Stories for 2024 Reflect Important Trends
CEO SUMMARY: Most clinical laboratory managers will agree that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final rule to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) is the biggest lab industry story for 2024. Every laboratory performing LDTs must now devote money and time to comply with the…
Why Many Pathologists Are Cautious about Digital Path
CEO SUMMARY: In many major academic centers and the nation’s largest regional pathology supergroups, use of whole slide images and digital pathology workflow are accepted and established. This is often because of benefits unsupported by a pure return on investment. The clinical gains ou…
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Volume XXXIII, No. 2 – February 9, 2026
Congress has once again delayed cuts to test reimbursement rates under PAMA, this time until Jan. 1, 2027. Laboratory professionals are urged to lobby Congress to pass the RESULTS act to solve the PAMA cuts problem permanently. Also, patient-driven testing is spurring new opportunities.
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