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Recognizing Laboratory Leadership
WHEN LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA CLOSES ON THE SALE and becomes the owner of DSI Laboratories, Inc., of Fort Meyers, Florida, it will mark the end of one of the nationās oldest hospital laboratory outreach programs. I consider this to be a good news/bad news…
Anatomic Pathologyās Coming Revolution: Same Day Diagnoses
CEO SUMMARY: Anatomic pathology has been conducted the same way for 100 yearsābut no longer at the University of Miami. Pathologists there are using microwave technology to cut processing speed by 90% and improve workflow. By producing faster diagnoses, the lab can report results on 80%…
New Rules to Boost Cancer Test Accuracy
CEO SUMMARY: Recent developments in breast cancer testing are leading to changes in pathology. Oncologists and pathologists have issued new guidelines regarding HER2 testing and new research suggests changes may be coming for estrogen-receptor testing as well. For the first time, the new …
Ventana & Cytyc Fall Short, Danaher Wins the Prize
WHEN Danaher Corporationās high bid for Vision Systems Limited of Melbourne, Australia, was accepted last month, it appeared to be simply another acquisition by a large U.S. manufacturer. But, in fact, there are four reasons this transaction is significant to patho…
Tour of Korean Labs Has Plenty to Teach
CEO SUMMARY: Faster turnaround times and better quality seem to be some common motivations for installing automation in the three Korean labs visited by THEĀ DARKĀ …
February 6, 2006 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
In Birmingham, England last week, THE DARK REPORT and the United Kingdomās Association of Clinical Biochemists (ACB) conducted the fourth annual āFrontiers in Laboratory Medicineā (FiLM) meeting, which showcases laboratory best practices in North America and the United Kingdom….
Anatomic Path Lab Weathers Floridaās Blitz of Hurricanes
EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS always get rewritten after a crisis. Thatās certainly the case with Palm Beach Pathology, which survived the recent blitz of hurricanes that hammered Floridaās east coast. āOur laboratory is located in West Palm Beach, a city hit hard by Hurricane Fran…
TriPath Imaging and Ventana Sign Major Development Pact
IF THE NEW BUSINESS AGREEMENT between Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. and TriPath Imaging, Inc. is successful, then the anatomic pathology laboratory may have a very different look in future years. Last week, Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. announced a …
Academic Center Lab Implementing Six Sigma
CEO SUMMARY: Fairview-University Medical Centerās laboratory may be the nationās first academic center laboratory to deploy Six Sigma and Lean management systems. Administration expects Six Sigma to accelerate the rate at which improvements in quality and productivity can be realized….
West Hills Hospital Lab Hits Outreach Home Run
CEO SUMMARY: Popular wisdom says that Californiaās managed care market is a financial disaster for clinical laboratories. Yet hereās an exciting story about a community hospital that launched a brand-new laboratory outreach program in 1997 and found solid success. During the last two …
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Volume XXXI, No. 6 – April 29, 2024
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