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Lab Market Fragmenting, Creating New Opportunities
Goodbye to the mass market of yesteryear! Hello to customized markets demanded by consumers
CEO SUMMARY: Even as consolidation continues in the ownership of hospitals, health systems, office-based physicians, and clinical laboratories, there is a powerful trend of fragmentation quietly transforming the way providers—including clinical labs and pathology groups—serve patient...
FDA Issues Memo to Reclassify Many High Risk IVD Assays
Some experts claim FDA would exceed its authority and that legal challenges will ensue
WAS IT AN EXPECTED FLOOD OF APPLICATIONS TO REVIEW laboratory de...
Walgreens to Close 60 VillageMD Locations
Putting primary care clinics in retail drug stores proves to be more of a challenge than anticipated
CEO SUMMARY: Following substantial losses in fiscal 2023, Walgreens is working to cut costs and reduce overhead. One casualty in this effort will be the closure of 60 of the 360 primary care clinics in retail pharmacy stores built by Walgreens in recent years. These actions demonstrate th...
Final Rule on AI Transparency Can Benefit Clinical Labs
Federal rule is intended to make AI algorithms transparent while supporting data interoperability
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND MACHINE LEARNING are becoming ubiquitous in today’s modern hospital systems and clinical laboratories. In response to these developments, federal officials issued a new rule that has major implications on how healthcare providers use artificial intelligence. T...
Pathologist Paul A. Brown, MD, MetPath Founder, Dies at 85
Brown sold MetPath to Corning for $140 million, in 1996, MetPath was renamed Quest Diagnostics
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE PATHOLOGY PROFESSION LOST one of what some call “the two Lions of Pathology.” On January 24, 2024, Paul A. Brown, MD, aged 85, died at his home in Palm Beach, Florida. In 1967, Brown was the founder of Metropolitan Pathology Laboratory, Inc., based in Ne...
Are Lab Leaders Ready for Artificial Intelligence?
WITH ASTONISHING SWIFTNESS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) HAS BECOME PROBABLY THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGY discussed in corporate boa...
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Volume XXXI, No. 5 – April 8, 2024
The fragmentation of consumer markets is reflected in clinical lab services, and The Dark Report examines this trend and how it will impact labs in the coming years. Also, The Dark Report notes that the FDA has issued a controversial memo to reclassify many high-risk IVD assays.
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