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Tennessee Lab Network In Start-Up Preparations
By Robert Michel | From the Volume V No. 4 – March 23, 1998 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Planning for the Middle Tennessee Healthcare Network’s proposed regional laboratory network took longer than expected, but not without good cause. Organizers of this laboratory network did their homework and created a solid business plan. Approval by CEOs from the participa…
1997’s Top Ten Lab Stories Predict New Directions
By Robert Michel | From the Volume IV No. 18 – December 29, 1997 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Events during 1997 reveal that the laboratory industry continues to undergo fundamental change. Yet even amidst the industry’s downsizing, selected laboratory organizations continue to flourish. Here is THE DARK REPORT’s annual look at top stories for the year. A careful …
“State of Lab Industry” Reveals Radical Change
By Robert Michel | From the Volume IV No. 17 – December 8, 1997 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Pick your trend: declining reimbursement, consolidation, clinical integration, downsizing, and capitated reimbursement. These trends all continued to shape the way laboratories organized to provide services. But 1997’s wildcard was the federal government. Between investigat…
Tennessee Lab Network To Become Operational
By Robert Michel | From the Volume IV No. 12 – August 25, 1997 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Although news of regional laboratory networks disappeared from the pages of lab industry publications, the movement is far from dead. In Tennessee, 13 hospital laboratories are about to launch the Middle Tennessee Healthcare Network. Organizers believe they have solutions to …
Ex-NHL Executives Buy American Medical Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume IV No. 7 – May 12, 1997 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: American Medical Laboratories’ sale to new owners is a major event. Not only does the new management team have a reputation for top performance in selling clinical laboratory services, but they also arrive with an ample war chest. When the revamped AML hits the competitive …
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