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Park City Solutions Acquires Chi Lab Systems of Ann Arbor
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 2 – January 24, 2000 Issue
THERE’S A NEW PLAYER in healthcare and laboratory consulting. Park City Solutions, Inc. of Midway, Utah wants to become a recognized name in the lab industry. As one step toward this goal, it announced the purchase of Chi Laboratory Systems, Inc. of Ann Arbor, Mic…
HBOC, Abaton.com, Quest, Unilab, LabOne, Epitope
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 16 – November 22, 1999 Issue
MCKESSON HBOC ACQUIRES ABATON.COM IN MOVE TO WEB SERVICES IT WAS VALIDATION OF A PREDICTION made just weeks ago in THE DARK REPORT that web-based information management systems is the next major battleground in both healthcare and the clinical lab industry. McKesson HBOC an…
Client Service and Sales Fuel Fast Growth at AML
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 5 – April 5, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Here’s proof positive that effective management can make a positive difference in the financial performance of clinical labs. Upon taking title to American Medical Laboratories in the spring of 1997, its new owners used an emphasis on “customer-first” service and aggres…
Nichols Institute Earns ISO 9001 Certification
By Robert Michel | From the Volume V No. 9 – July 6, 1998 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Although it’s the first ISO 9001-certified clinical laboratory in North America, Quest Diagnostics’ Nichols Institute is a late-comer to the party. Most major diagnostics companies already have ISO 9001 certification. This issue of THE DARK REPORT explores why Nichols’ …
Expect ISO 9000 To Alter Clinical Lab Management
By Robert Michel | From the Volume V No. 9 – July 6, 1998 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Perceptive laboratory executives and pathologists should welcome the impending arrival of ISO 9000 into the clinical laboratory industry. It promises to solve many problems of laboratory management. The diagnostics industry, responsible for manufacturing instruments and suppl…
“August 4, 1997 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume IV No. 11 – August 4, 1997 Issue
Impressions from the AACC’s annual convention in Atlanta in July: With more than 16,000 attendees, it is much larger than CLMA. International attendees comprised at least 25% of that number. The exhibit hall is heavy on technical products and instruments. Conspicuously absent as exhibitors were the…
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