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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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Uniformed Services University and Northwestern University Researchers Discover How a Hardy Microbe Resists Lethal Amounts of Ionizing Radiation
Pathology professor developed a synthetic compound based on the mighty microbe that could lead to new forms of protection from deadly radiation Researchers at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and Northwestern University (NWU) have discovered...
Employers Adopt New Alternative to Group Coverage to Cut Health Insurance Costs
ICHRAs allow companies to compensate employees for insurance purchased in individual markets and may help clinical laboratories reduce patient bad debt Both employees and their employers are frustrated with current options for health coverage. Now, a recent report...
British Researchers Discover Common Mouth Bacteria That ‘Melts’ Head and Neck Cancers
Bacteria could become new biomarker for testing patients’ reaction to cancer treatments which would give microbiologists and clinical laboratories a new tool for aiding diagnosis and in the selection of appropriate therapies In a surprising study conducted at King’s...
American Society of Radiology Leaders Identify Seven ‘Most Pressing’ Challenges to Radiology Profession
Managers of pathology groups and clinical laboratories can learn from the challenges confronting the radiology profession Members of the Intersociety Committee of the American Society of Radiology (ACR) recently met in Coronado, Calif., to discuss the “most pressing”...
Commonwealth Fund Health Insurance Survey Shows One Out of Four Americans is Underinsured
Study findings highlight financial impact underinsured have on healthcare providers, including clinical laboratories and pathology groups Commonwealth Fund’s 2024 Biennial Health Survey released in November shows that not only are Americans underinsured, but many are...
Microbiologist Writes Children’s Book on Becoming a Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Encouraging the next generation of clinical laboratorians could contribute to solving current staffing shortages in the nation’s medical laboratories This holiday season brings an exciting new gift that will catch the attention of Dark Daily’s readers. It’s a...
Coming Wave of Retirees Predicted to Trigger ‘Silver Tsunami’ That Will Drive Changes in How Hospitals Deliver Care
Clinical laboratories will need new methods for accommodating the increase in senior patients seeking rapid access to medical laboratory testing and pathology services Experts within the healthcare industry are predicting existing care delivery models will need to be...
American Board of Pathology Admits to Mistakenly Failing 78 Students
Incorrect results spanned exams from 2022-2024 with those students affected by this situation stunned by ABPath’s admission There are always young anatomic pathologists who experience the heartache of failing board exams. Failing, after all, is part of the education...
UK Researchers Use Proteomics to Identify Proteins That Indicate Presence of Cancer Years before Diagnosis
Study findings could lead to new clinical laboratory screening tests that determine risk for cancer New disease biomarkers generally lead to new clinical laboratory tests. Such may be the case in an investigational study conducted at the University of Oxford in the...
UCLA Spinoff Develops AI Tool That Improves Accuracy of Prostate Cancer Assessments
Software analyzes imaging scans and clinical laboratory data to help oncologists and anatomic pathologists visualize a tumor’s extent Anatomic pathologists understand that, along with breast cancer, diagnostic testing for prostate cancer accounts for a high volume of...
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