In late January Amazon, Berkshire-Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced the formation of an independent healthcare company to provide “simplified high-quality and transparent health care at a reasonable cost”. They indicated the new organization would be “free from profit-making incentives and...

Shift In Gender Landscape

The Association of American Colleges reported in December that in 2017, the  number of female first year medical students exceeded the number of first year male medical students for the first time, with females comprising 50.7% of new enrollees.

Times sure are changing!  I recently read in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology a study comparing final hematology and chemistry testing results from hematology and chemistry samples transported by drones for 3 hours vs. more traditional specimen transportation. 

Improve test utilization and test results by partnering with reference laboratories

Partnering with reference laboratory gives you many opportunites to improve lab test utilization and produce accurate test results. You should expect your reference laboratory to be your partner with the laboratory...

The Laboratory Director and clinicians have important roles ensuring that the patient tests being performed are the appropriate analytes in a given clinical situation. Laboratory leadership and clinicians need to work closely to make this a reality. The number of analytes available for testing has...

• Explosive growth in the number of laboratory analytes,
• Molecular tests show greatest percentage of growth, with estimated growth of 25% annually,
• Lack of guidance from many laboratories to assist in appropriate...