New Class of IVD Firms Wants to Serve POCT in Near-Patient Settings

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 13 – September 27, 2021 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Our second installment in this series describes an emerging new clas…

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Meaningful Use Stage 2 Is Problem for EHR Firms

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII No. 2 – January 26, 2015 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: EHR system vendors must now comply with the federal government’s Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements. Well-established EHR vendors will survive. But smaller EHR companies may struggle to provide the enhancements to their first generation EHR products that are require…

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August 19, 2013 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XX No. 11 – August 13, 2013 Issue

There is a billion-dollar laboratory acquisition underway in Ontario, Canada. LifeLabs Medical Services is moving ahead with its planned purchase of CML HealthCare for US$917 million. The deal was made public on June 25 and, because it represents a major consolidatio…

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ELINCS Specifications Released in California

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVIII No. 13 – September 26, 2011 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Clinical laboratories and pathology groups have a new tool to use for interfacing their LIS (laboratory information systems) with the electronic health record (EHR) systems of their office-based physician clients. It is ELINCS, an IT standard designed to support elec…

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Georgia HIE Helps all Labs Feed Test Data to Docs

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVIII No. 12 – September 6, 2011 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: In Macon, Georgia, an innovative effort by a regional extension center and a health information exchange (HIE) will level the playing field for hospital labs and independent labs in the state. Their goal is to build a secure and flexible clinical integration platform…

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Michigan’s JVHL Partners With AMA to Use LOINC

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVIII No. 9 – July 5, 2011 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Office-based physicians in Michigan can use a program offered by the American Medical Association (AMA) to get assistance in adapting their electronic medical record (EMR) systems to utilize LOINC for lab test ordering and lab test results reporting. This service is …

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Sunquest’s LIS Product First To Earn Certification from CCHIT

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVIII No. 2 – February 7, 2011 Issue

IF THERE WAS A RACE TO BE FIRST TO OFFER a laboratory information system (LIS) product that is certified to be compliant as an (EHR) electronic health record module by CCHIT, then Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., has attained that achievement. On January 21, 2011, the Cer…

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LabCorp Exec Discusses Reasons Behind Its 10-Year Pact with United

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIII No. 14 – October 16, 2006 Issue

“This 10-year agreement is unique in the laboratory industry. It speaks to the long-term commitment of both parties.”—Brad Smith, Executive Vice President, Laboratory Corporation of America CEO SUMMARY: It was unprecedented when UnitedHealth …

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Bi-Annual Look at Trends Reshaping Clinical Labs

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XII No. 2 – January 24, 2005 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Among other things, we declare the end to the heyday of the independent commercial lab company which offers a broad test menu to all types of office-based physicians. In its place springs forth the specialty or niche testing laboratory. Small and focused on a specific number …

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Change Beneath Surface Marks 2004 Lab Stories

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 17 – December 13, 2004 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Presented here are THE DARK REPORT’S “Ten Biggest Lab Stories of 2004.” These are the events we consider most important to the lab industry during the year. However, in contrast to past years, 2004 lacked the types of blockbuster events which radically change and reshap…

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