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Lab, Emergency Department at Cleveland Clinic Collaborate to Reduce Hemolysis Rates
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII No. 7 – May 23, 2016 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Two years ago, the rate of hemolysis in blood drawn in the Cleveland Clinic’s Emergency Department was about nine times higher than the ASCP recommended rate of 2%. With a two-year cooperative agreement and funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Newsmaker Interview: Matthew Hawkins
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII, No. 2 – February 8, 2016 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: By now, most pathologists and clinical laboratory administrators recognize that effective use of information technology will be a critical success factor as healthcare systems transform to do population health management and to use “big data” with value-based payment mode…
Portland Lab Leverages Informatics for Growth – October 21, 2013
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XX No.14 – October 21, 2013 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In Portland, Oregon, Legacy Laboratory Services, a division of Legacy Health, continues to post strong volume growth. On…
November 16, 2015 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII, Number 16 – November 16, 2015 Issue
Roper Industries, the owner of Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., acquired two more lab informatics companies. On October 26, it announced a definitive agreement to purchase A…
New Company Ready to Heat Up Slow Digital Pathology Market
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII No. 11 – August 3, 2015 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: There’s a new competitor in the digital pathology marketplace with ambitious plans to deliver a fully-integrated pathologist workflow solution. Inspirata, Inc., of Tampa, Florida, made its debut in March at an international pathology conference. In this exclusive i…
PAMA, LDTs and Theranos Top 2014 Biggest News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 17 – December 15, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Not in recent memory has a single calendar year brought such a cascade of news stories that have the potential to affect nearly every clinical lab and pathology group in the United States. Blame it on the lack of money to fund healthcare and how it is motivating government an…
Level Two of Value Pyramid Defines Internal Benchmarks
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No.16 – November 24, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In this second installment of our series on the laboratory value pyramid, we introduce “Level Two: Establish and Meet Standards of Value.” This second level continues the lab’s focus on its internal operations and activities. The goal is for the lab to develop the working cultu…
Theranos Pursues Different Business Plan in Arizona
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 14 – October 13, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Since its big public debut in late 2013, Theranos has been the subject of keen interest and much skepticism among pathologists and clinical laboratory professionals. Theranos is expanding its presence in Phoenix, Arizona. However, as it does, it looks more like a conventional…
September 22, 2014 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 13 – September 22, 2014 Issue
Did you know that the world’s longest automation track in a clinical laboratory has just become operational in India? At 93.5 meters (307 feet), it is longer than a football field, according to a press release issued by Siemens Diagnostics. The automation was installed at the centr…
September 02, 2014 “Intelligence: Late- Breaking News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 12 – September 2, 2014 Issue
There will be one less vendor of laboratory information systems (LIS) when a major acquisition is completed. Last month, Siemens AG announced that it would sell Siemens Health Services to Cerner Corp. for a price of $1.3 billion. Analysts believe tha…
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