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March 12, 2012 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
One of the nation’s more clever business models for hospital laboratories is co-tenancy. It is a proven way that lab administrators can reduce the cost of inpatient testing. It is for this reason that the Michigan Co-Tenancy Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan continues to grow. It a…
February 20, 2012 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
In its effort to change how code stacking is used to bill for certain genetic and molecular tests, Palmetto GBA announced changes to its Molecular Diagnostic Services Program (MolDx). Earlier this month, the Medicare carrier announced that the effective date for claim submissions und…
‘Salary Power’ Helps Lab Recruit and Train New MTs
CEO SUMMARY: It was back in 2002 when THE DARK REPORT highlighted the innovative use of MT and MLT long distance training by PeaceHealth Laboratories (formerly Oregon Medical Labs). Distance training is part of a comprehensive program to attract individuals in the community with two-year …
9 Pennsylvania Hospitals Tackle Lab Specimen Errors
CEO SUMMARY: In this unusual collaboration, the participating Pennsylvania hospitals dramatically reduced blood specimen labeling errors. This initiative to share best practices incorporated techniques that were refined in other projects designed to reduce medical errors and improve patie…
January 9, 2012 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
China-based Kindstar Globalgene Technology, Inc. (Kindstar), of Wuhan, Hubei Province, entered into an agreement to acquire and use the web-based anatomic pathology laboratory information system (APLIS) developed and sold by PathCentral, Inc., of Irvine, California. …
December 19, 2011 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Expanded genetic testing for cancer patients in the United Kingdom is one goal of a new effort by the Stratified Medicine Programme at Cancer Research UK. Officials want to ensure that the right genetic tests are available to support use of new therapeutic drugs for …
Spectra Lab in Milpitas Accredits to ISO 15189
CEO SUMMARY: Spectra Laboratories, Inc., a renal-specific testing services company with labs in New Jersey and California, announced earlier this month that the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation awarded accreditation to ISO 1589 to its laboratory in Milpitas, California. I…
Allina Opens State-of-the-Art Central Laboratory Facility
THIS MONTH, THE NATION’S NEWEST “designed from scratch” clinical laboratory facility began operating in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the central laboratory of Allina Hospitals & Clinics and its design is rooted in Lean and similar process improvement and workflow principle…
New Lab Management Resource for Pathologists, Lab Leaders
FOR PATHOLOGISTS AND OTHERS wanting to sharpen their skills in lab management and administration, there is a new resource. Laboratory Administration for Pathologists has just been published by the CAP Press. It has been long-recognized within the pathology profession that u…
November 28, 2011 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Here’s an interesting window on the true uptake of telemedicine and Internet access. In Oklahoma, the cost of this subsidized service was $28 million in 2009. That cost climbed to $52 million in 2010. Of that total, $19 million was the cost of telemedicine. In Oklahoma City, The Oklahoman …
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