By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XX No. 10 - July 29, 2013 issue
CEO SUMMARY: An accountable care organization with a strong clinical laboratory component is taking shape in Nebraska. The University of Nebraska Medical Center has developed a partnership with the Nebraska Methodist Health System to form an ACO called the Accountable Care Alliance. It will serve Nebraska and perhaps other parts of the Midwest. Both the
By Robert Michel, from the Volume XVIII No. 9 - July 05, 2011 issue
Two laboratory companies based in Spokane, Washington, were recently recognized in a list of Washington State’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” in 2011. One was Incyte Pathology, Inc., an anatomic pathology group. The other was Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories (PAML). The list was compiled by Seattle Business magazine. Over 300 companies were involved in
By Robert Michel, from the Volume XV No. 16 - December 01, 2008 issue
CEO SUMMARY: Last month, digital imaging in pathology gained additional momentum with the latest FDA clearance. Aperio Technologies, Inc., now has FDA clearance to market its slide scanning system for reading digital progesterone receptor (PR) slides on a computer monitor. Aperio plans to file an application next year with the FDA for clearance to use
By Robert Michel, from the Volume XIV No. 3 - February 19, 2007 issue
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 guidelines require a certain level of testing and new procedures for pre-analytical
By R. Lewis Dark, from the Volume XIV No. 3 - February 19, 2007 issue
TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE MOVING through the lab industry like a buzz saw through balsa. Three briefings in this issue provide examples. In two briefings, we address the topic of false positive results generated in part because of innovations in molecular testing. In the third briefing, we explain how more sophisticated automation and complex new diagnostic
By Robert Michel, from the Volume VI No. 8 - June 7, 1999 issue
CEO SUMMARY: Established demographic trends point to a coming boom in the demand for anatomic pathology services. Greater number s of senior citizens, living longer lives, will raise the number of cancer cases diagnosed annually in the United States. New diagnostic technology will increase the value of the pathologist to clinicians. But before a pathology
