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Clinical Laboratories Use Automation to Expand Their Data Capabilities and Strengthen Their Resilience to Respond Faster During a Pandemic and Beyond
To address labs’ dire need for clean and reliable data, Dark Daily is pleased to offer this new FREE white paper for laboratory professionals that explains the key steps—and positive results—of strengthening the data service infrastructure of your clinical lab.
Molecular Testing for Urinary Tract Infection (UTI): 2020 Update on Clinical Utility and Reimbursement Trends
Molecular tests are becoming more routine as diagnostic tools, with many now covered by Medicare and commercial insurers. Advantages of molecular tests based on PCR technology include their ability to identify uropathogens traditionally missed by culture-based tests.
Driven by urgent, unmet analytical and clinical care needs, the adoption of the rapid molecular test—particularly RT-PCR for urinary tract infection control and treatment—has important implications.
Case Studies in Clinical Laboratory Test Stewardship: The Financial and Clinical Impact of Clinical Decision Support in Hospital Laboratories
This white paper – the third in a three-part series developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic Laboratories and Change Healthcare – provides frontline perspective and commentary from experts and physicians on the application and value of decision support in the laboratory. It also includes early-adopter proof points from hospital laboratories that have successfully implemented third-party decision support to achieve their stewardship goals, including EHR interventions and ongoing monitoring of utilization.
Translating Clinical Laboratory Science Into Business Objectives: How an Educational Program Measured and Analyzed Performance and Transformed the Approach to Improving Laboratory Operations
Now more than ever before, clinical labs are under pressure to operate efficiently, accurately, and timely, all while still making money. Doctors and patients have come to expect a 24-hour turnaround for most tests. Clinical labs throughout the United States have been slashing budgets, many literally to the point of no return. At least 13 public health labs in four states have shuttered since 2003, which posed a serious problem when COVID-19 hit because resources did not meet demand.
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Specimen Management and Logistics Issues to Evaluate for Continuous Quality Improvement – 3 High-Risk Medical Courier Support Services
As a member of your laboratory’s leadership team, learn what you need to know as a competitive laboratory to maximize efficiency, increase profitability, and decrease costs over the long run by leveraging effective medical courier services and those that utilize digital technologies.
Critical Factors for Launching a Clinical Decision Support System in the Hospital Laboratory
This white paper—part 2 of a three-part series— provides practical pearls on how a proven decision support solution and one that is a good fit for your lab can be the foundation of an effective laboratory stewardship program, and can greatly assist in controlling utilization and meeting the challenges of value-based care. As well, the paper also clearly explains the points for “buy versus build” laboratory decision support.
Choosing the right decision support solution will empower your lab and hospital leaders, clinicians, and staff with more time to focus their core competencies on the provision of healthcare. Learn what you need to know by downloading this FREE whitepaper now.
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University of Michigan National Study Finds Nearly Half of Seniors Surveyed Purchased At-Home Medical Tests and Most Plan to Buy More
Clinical laboratory executives and pathology leaders may want to develop strategies for supporting the growing numbers of at-home screening and diagnostic test users Findings of a national poll conducted by the University of Michigan (U-M) exploring consumers’...
CDC Enlists Five Commercial Medical Laboratories to Bolster Avian Flu Testing Capacity in the United States
Move comes following criticism from public health experts over the federal agency’s difficulties creating clinical laboratory tests for COVID-19 Amid the ongoing outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) bird flu virus, the US Centers for Disease...
ECG Management Consultants Survey Determines US Patients Wait an Average of 38 Days for Care
Patients outside the US wait even longer to see healthcare specialists with some appointments scheduled a year out in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia Data recently released by healthcare consulting firm ECG Management Consultants (ECG) reveals that patients in...
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Researchers Develop Blood Test That Enables Rapid Diagnosis of LVO Stroke in Non-hospital Settings
New technique could allow emergency responders to determine severity of LVO stroke while patient is still in the ambulance Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts say they have developed a clinical laboratory test that can quickly determine...
European Researchers Discover Gut Bacteria That Can Help Create Universal O-Type Blood
Should further study validate these findings, clinical laboratories managing hospital blood banks would be among the first to benefit from an abundance of universal donor blood In a surprising outcome for microbiome research, scientists at the Technical University of...
Iranian Study Shows Staggering Carcinogenic Risk in Hospital Laboratories from Occupational Exposure to Deadly Chemicals
Study found highest incidences of occupational carcinogenesis among clinical laboratory and histology technicians, followed by pathologists It has been known for years that formalin (a form of formaldehyde used as a disinfectant and preservative in the handling of...
University of Missouri-Kansas City Study Finds Colorectal Cancer Cases Up 500% among Children
Trend will likely lead to physicians ordering more clinical laboratory screening tests for cancer among all age groups, including young patients Upticks in colorectal cancer cases among younger populations, as reported in recent news stores, is an issue that has...
Mass General Brigham Joins with Best Buy Health to Create Country’s Largest Hospital-at-Home Program
Clinical laboratories with mobile phlebotomy programs are positioned to benefit as demand for at-home blood draws increases Hospital-at-Home (HaH) models of remote healthcare continue to pick up speed. The latest example comes from the 793-bed Mass General Brigham...
Keio University and Broad Institute Researchers Identify 18 Bacterial Strains That Could Help Patients with Gastrointestinal Illnesses
Findings could lead to new therapies and clinical laboratory biomarkers for detecting and defeating antibiotic-resistant bacteria Once again, new research shows that human gut bacteria (microbiota) may be useful in fighting antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections....
Genetic Tests Are Detecting Prevalence of Bird Flu Virus in US Wastewater and Allowing Officials to Track its Spread
Though PCR clinical laboratory testing is widely used, some scientists are concerned its specificity may limit the ability to identify all variants of bird flu in wastewater Wastewater testing of infectious agents appears to be here to stay. At the same time, there...
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