CEO SUMMARY: Patient-driven diagnostic testing is creating both opportunities and challenges for clinical laboratories, as increased demand and evolving business models stretch the industry’s capacity and profitability. However, an industry veteran in commercial lab products notes that the industry flexed with COVID-19 testing, and it can do so again if consumer-requested tests surge. Patients are […]
Patient-Driven Testing Spurs New Opportunities
New survey results indicate 93% of consumers expect physicians to order lab tests upon request
- By Janette Wider
- > From the Volume XXXIII, No. 2 - February 9, 2026 Issue
- Tags: consumer-driven diagnostic testing, COVID-19, data fragmentation, Diagnostic tests, ehr, electronic health record, in vitro diagnostics, Medicaid, Michele Zwickl, PAMA, patient-initiated testing, predictive lab testing, Protecting Access to Medicare Act, Siemens Healthineers North America, the dark report, YouGov.com
