CEO SUMMARY: In presenting this list of macro trends for clinical laboratories, several themes are in play. They range from a continued emphasis on improving lab operations to the need to acquire and deploy sophisticated information technology. During the next few years, the long-predicted retirement of Baby Boomers will kick in. That will aggravate the […]
New Clinical Lab Trends To Shape Events in 2010
Trends point to more emphasis on excellence in clinical laboratory management and operations
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XVII No. 1 - January 4, 2010 Issue
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