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Specialty Labs Moving To Web-Based Services
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 17 – December 13, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Competition for hospital reference and esoteric testing remains intense. Three years ago, Specialty Laboratories made an early bet on Internet technology. It believed that being first to offer faster and less complicated access to laboratory informatics resources would give i…
New Internet Companies Target Clinical Lab Services
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 15 – November 1, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: During the coming transition from proprietary PC-based to web-based lab test ordering/reporting systems, it will be Internet start-up companies that have the competitive jump over traditional LIS vendors. There are many reasons why this is true. Here is a first look at the ma…
Reference Labs Intensify Battle for Send-Out Tests
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 12 – August 30, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Expect a battle royale for hospital reference and esoteric testing by the handful of labs that offer such testing to hospitals throughout the country. With the merger of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated and SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories now a fact, competitors are al…
Kaiser’s National Lab Business Awarded to American Medical Laboratories
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 12 – August 30, 1999 Issue
MANY EXECUTIVES in the laboratory industry will be surprised to learn that American Medical Laboratories, Inc. (AML) of Chantilly, Virginia has aced out Quest Diagnostics Incorporated to become the primary reference laboratory for all divisions of Kaiser Perm…
Clinical Lab and Pathology Informatics Merging For Internet Solutions
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 12 – August 30, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Information is where both clinical laboratories and anatomic pathologists will continue to add value to healthcare in the future. At this year’s Executive War College in May, THE DARK REPORT asked several leading innovators in laboratory and pathology informatics to share t…
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…
“April 5, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 5 – April 5, 1999 Issue
As consolidation of hospital ownership goes, so goes laboratory consolidation. The big trend driving consolidation of hospital ownership is the formation of integrated healthcare systems (IHS). According to SMG Marketing Group, a Chicago-based healthcare information and marketing com…
“October 19, 1998 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume V No. 14 – October 19, 1998 Issue
Specialty Laboratories continues to make inroads as a national reference laboratory. Amerinet selected Specialty as a clinical laboratory service provider. It joins LabCorp and Quest on Amerinet’s laboratory provider panel. Special…
Premier Executive John Biggers Discusses Reasons For Laboratory Initiative
By Robert Michel | From the Volume V No. 8 – June 15, 1998 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Because of Premier’s influence with 1,700 of the nation’s 5,000 hospitals, laboratory administrators and executives should realize that this strategic services alliance between Premier and Quest Diagnostics Incorporated will change traditional laboratory practices, regard…
Hospital Lab-Commercial Lab Partnering Is Upcoming Trend
By Robert Michel | From the Volume V No. 7 – May 26, 1998 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: At this year’s Executive War College in New Orleans, laboratory innovators convened to study hot new trends in the industry.They were surprised to learn that partnering relationships between hospital laboratories and commercial laboratories are finally gaining wider accepta…
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