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Leveraging Custom Software For Enhanced Financial Management in a Laboratory
In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, laboratories face increasing pressure to deliver accurate results quickly while adhering to stringent quality and regulatory standards and maintaining financial health. Custom software automation can be the key to unlocking your lab’s full potential. This white paper will present a case study exploring the benefits of software automation in three key areas of genetics laboratory administration: clinical laboratory operations, accounts payable, and claims management.
Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: Aligning Policy, Advocacy, and Scientific Innovation
This white paper serves as a practical guide to enhance the understanding of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which is a growing global health crisis that threatens human, animal, and environmental health. AMR results in higher rates of illness and death, as infections become increasingly difficult to manage, and it is projected to surpass cancer as the leading cause of death by 2050, underscoring the critical importance of addressing this issue across local, state, and global levels.
Guide to AI-Enabled Revenue Cycle Management for Molecular Diagnostics and Pathology Practices
In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, molecular diagnostics and pathology laboratories face increasing challenges in maximizing revenue. Accurately estimating out-of-pocket costs and collecting payments efficiently can be challenging, often leading to delays and patient dissatisfaction. Additionally, ensuring timely and accurate claim submissions is crucial for maximizing revenue, but manual processes can be time-consuming and error-prone.
Best Practices in Molecular Assay Validation for Laboratory-Developed Tests
This comprehensive white paper is designed to be your go-to guide, providing invaluable insights into critical success factors and essential functions crucial for maintaining compliance and delivering reliable results. Tailored for clinical molecular laboratory staff, this resource delves into the tangible aspects of compliant method validation, offering practical strategies for proving the accuracy and efficacy of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs).
Point of Care Testing for Infectious Diseases: Navigating CLIA Compliance and Ensuring Quality
When it comes to point-of-care (POC) testing for infectious diseases, a meticulously crafted quality system is not just an option—it’s a necessity. Ensuring safety and satisfaction hinges on having the right practices in place. This comprehensive white paper is designed to be your go-to guide, providing invaluable insights into critical success factors and essential functions crucial for maintaining compliance and delivering reliable results. Tailored for POC teams outside the clinical laboratory, this resource delves into the tangible aspects of good laboratory practice and regulatory compliance, offering practical knowledge applicable to both routine and urgent patient care settings.
Virus Surveillance: Empowering Communities Through Early Genotypic Testing for HIV Drug Resistance
Covering genotypic testing for drug-resistant mutations, virus cluster detection and response, and programs in action, this free white paper is for health laboratory directors interested in reducing the impact of HIV drug resistance.
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University of Illinois Scientists Use Structural DNA to Make Tiny ‘Hand’ That ‘Grabs’ COVID-19 Coronavirus
Study shows clinical laboratories may one day use nanorobotic tests to help prevent spread of viral infections, cancer, and other diseases Scientists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I) have developed a tiny robotic “hand” made from structural...
Lehigh Valley Health Network Agrees to Pay $65 Million Class Action Settlement to Patients after Ransomware Attack
Lawsuit is a strong reminder that clinical laboratories and pathology groups must take whatever steps necessary to secure their patients’ protected health information Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), one of the largest primary care groups in Pennsylvania, will pay...
New Zealand’s Medical Laboratory Workers Return to the Picket Line in Nationwide Labor Action
Strikes could lead to delays or cancelations of as many as 123,000 clinical laboratory test across the nation’s healthcare system Once again, New Zealand medical laboratory workers are returning to the picket line. On March 6, APEX, a specialist union representing...
Zhejiang University Researchers Develop Ultrasensitive Nanoscale Sensor That Detects Lung Cancer in Breath Samples
Research could lead to new biomarkers for clinical laboratory tests that spot disease early in patients As we have covered in previous Dark Daily ebriefs, there are ongoing efforts to develop diagnostic assays that use human breath as the specimen. One early example...
French Scientists Studying Neanderthals Discover New Blood Type and Possibly Key to Human Evolution in Red Blood Antigens
Researchers find neanderthal blood did not evolve and may have contributed to their demise Researchers out of France have identified a unique antigen in red blood cells that may have contributed to the downfall of Neanderthals, according to an article in Live Science....
People Magazine Interviews Elizabeth Holmes in Prison as Panel of Federal Judges Denies Appeal to Overturn Her Conviction
Holmes says life in prison is ‘Hell’ and that Theranos was a failure but ‘not fraud’ For some reason disgraced Theranos founder and ex-CEO Elizabeth Holmes, in a lengthy interview with People magazine, described life in prison while raising her two children even as a...
UK Biobank Launches Large, Comprehensive Study of the Human Proteome
Study is expected to result in new clinical laboratory test biomarkers based on proteins shown to be associated with specific diseases In January, the UK Biobank announced the launch of the “world’s most comprehensive study” of the human proteome. The study focuses on...
Large Study Points to Benefits of Genome Sequencing to Augment Newborn Screening Tests
Researchers find genome sequencing identified conditions missed by standard newborn screening programs that use common clinical laboratory tests Interim results from a large ongoing pilot study suggest that genome sequencing of newborn children may be more effective...
National Survey of Hiring Managers Shows Recent Gen Z Graduates Lack Desired Work Habits
Polling indicates one in eight recruiters refuse to hire ‘unprepared for workforce’ college graduates in 2025 When it comes to hiring entry-level employees, a new national survey of managers in charge of recruiting for their companies offers insights about recently...
MUSC Study Finds Decline in Cervical Cancer Strongly Linked to Adoption of HPV Vaccine
Study is first solid evidence that introduction of HPV vaccines may be a factor in the reduction in rates of cervical cancer among those who were vaccinated nearly 20 years ago Research conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston...
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Is Mpox a Global Concern? Why Labs Need to Prepare for a New, Dangerous Cutaneous Strain Approaching the U.S.
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2025 Laboratory Revenue Cycle Management Trends: Leveraging Automation and Predictive Analytics to Future-Proof Your Lab Operations
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Understanding Cost Per Test to Drive Strategic Pricing and Outreach Profitability
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