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Significant Developments Are Shaping Lab Market
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 7 – May 20, 2024 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: With 140 speakers and 1,000+ attendees, this year’s Executive War College again provided a comprehensive picture of the specific forces reshaping the U.S. market for lab testing services. Presented here is a smorgasbord of information and innovation shared by different spea…
Most IVD Firms Increase Q3 2023 Base Business Revenue
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, Number 17 – December 4, 2023 Issue
Most in vitro diagnostics (IVD) companies reported increases in base business during the third quarter (Q3) 2023. The numbers, in the single digits, softened the blow from the continuing drop-off in COVID-19 test sales. Manufacturers of tests and laboratory instruments are launching ne…
Combining Lean with Lab Automation to Get Impressive Results – July 13, 2015
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXII No. 10 – July 13, 2015 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: By combining total lab automation with Lean techniques in a comprehensive makeover of its microbiology lab, one of the largest labs providing hospital acute care and community microbiology services in North America achieved major benefits. Benefits ranged from improve…
Combining Lean Techniques with Lab Automation to Get Impressive Results
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXII No. 10 – July 13, 2015 Issue
PROBABLY NO AREA OF CLINICAL LABORATORY MEDICINE is experiencing the dramatic transformation happening in microbiol…
Combining Lean with Lab Automation to Get Impressive Results
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII No. 10 – July 13, 2015 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: By combining total lab automation with Lean techniques in a comprehensive makeover of its microbiology lab, one of the largest labs providing hospital acute care and community microbiology services in North America achieved major benefits. Benefits ranged from impro…
Cerner Acquires Lab Automation Company
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XX No. 4 – March 25, 2013 Issue
BY NOW, MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE NEWS that Cerner Corporation has acquired Labotix, Inc., the laboratory automation company based in Peterborough, Ontario. That transaction was announced last Monday, March 18. I consider this deal notable because it is an example …
Lab Automation Viewed As Essential Solution
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 5 – April 14, 2008 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: A merger of three hospitals in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, forced PinnacleHealth’s lab director to find new ways to increase efficiency. A lab automation project helped improve turnaround time and staff productivity and cut costs. The cost savings is about 50 cents per test, …
ARUP, Motoman Automate Thawing and Mixing Steps
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIV No. 16 – November 19, 2007 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Laboratory automation continues to develop in unexpected new directions. Recently, ARUP Laboratories and Motoman, Inc., collaborated to develop an automated thawing and mixing solution that integrates with ARUP’s existing automated line and replaces manual processes. Put in…
IVD Executive Discusses Three Developing Trends
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIII No. 11 – August 14, 2006 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In a refreshingly candid assessment of current technology published in IVD Technology magazine, one lab industry executive describes both the successes and the failings of analyzers, automation, and software. He offers three trends he expects will address the deficiencies of …
Pathologist-Entrepreneurs Offer New Lab Automation
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIII No. 11 – August 14, 2006 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Since October 2003, the core laboratory of Detroit Medical Center University Laboratories has operated with a home-grown total laboratory automation (TLA) system. The 100-foot automated line currently connects to 11 instruments and the hardware cost only $200,000 to build and…
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