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Workers Use AI More than Lab Leaders Think
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXXII, No. 9 – June 23, 2025 Issue
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
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXXII, No. 8 – June 2, 2025 Issue
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
By Stephen Beale | From the Volume XXXII, No. 8 – June 2, 2025 Issue
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
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 17 – December 16, 2024 Issue
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
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 12 – September 3, 2024 Issue
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…
Why Ransomware Attacks Are a Threat to Your Lab
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXXI, No. 7 – May 20, 2024 Issue
Have you and your lab management team noticed the major…
Google, Epic to Help Hospitals Migrate EHR Data to Cloud
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, Number 1 – January 16, 2024 Issue
GOOGLE CLOUD OF MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF., inked a new deal with Epic Systems designed to encourage healthcare providers to move electronic health record (EHR) data to the cloud. This relationship will include efforts to step up the use of artificial intelligence (AI) an…
Machine Learning Poised to Give Clinical Labs New Capabilities
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, Number 16 – November 13, 2023 Issue
“One of the first questions I ask the laboratory team is ‘do you want to continue to be a factory or do you want to be a change agent in healthcare?’ They all answer that they want contribute to positive change.” —Michael Simpson …
Clinisys CEO Discusses Strategic Changes Labs Need to Make
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, Number 15 – October 23, 2023 Issue
“Today, we predict that the next storm is about ready to happen, and it will involve clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology practices.” —Michael Simpson CEO SUMMARY: In this exclusive Q&A with The Dark Report, Clinisys CEO Michael Simpson describes the …
Digital Pathology Rollout Was ‘Big Bang’ at University of Louisville
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It took less than one year to achieve full implementation of whole slide imaging and digital pathology at the University of Louisville’s Department of Pathology. One decision was to s…
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Volume XXXII, No. 9 – June 23, 2025
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 executives underestimate staff AI use, raising concerns about a leadership gap in tech adoption. Clinical lab leaders must get more familiar with AI use cases. Also, in this issue of The Dark Report, there is discussion on how Medicaid cuts may affect clinical labs, an examination of the lab industry fallout from CLIAC termination, an analysis of AMP’s reports that provide crucial insights for Hiring Managers, and notes that regional health systems are new dominant players in M&A.
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