News, Analysis, Trends, Management Innovations for
Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups

Hosted by Robert Michel

News, Analysis, Trends, Management Innovations for
Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups

Hosted by Robert Michel
Sign In
Executive War College on Diagnostics, Clinical laboratory, and Pathology Management, April 29- May 1, 2025 Super Early Bird Register Now!

Premium Webinar

Important Webinar! FDA's LDT RULE: Steps to Prepare for Your FDA 1st Milestone Submission Now On Demand

Latest E-Briefings

Yale University’s Mobile Clinical Laboratory Provides Free Medical Tests to Underserved Communities in Connecticut

Clinical laboratories nationwide could follow Yale’s example and enact programs to bring much needed lab services to traditionally underserved communities Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic drove up demand for telehealth medical services, mobile clinical laboratories...

read more

Endocrine Society Releases New Guidelines Advising Physicians to Not Screen for Vitamin D, which Could Affect Test Referrals to Clinical Laboratories

New guidelines also advise people to limit their vitamin D supplementation to recommended daily doses Clinical laboratories may eventually receive fewer doctors’ orders for vitamin D testing thanks to new guidelines released by the Endocrine Society. The new Clinical...

read more

FDA Grants Marketing Authorization to First Ever AI-Powered SaMD Diagnostic Tool for Sepsis That Shares Patient’s Risk within 24 Hours and Works with EHRs

Infection control teams and clinical laboratory managers may want to look at this new product designed to improve the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis Accurate and fast diagnosis of sepsis for patients arriving in emergency departments is the goal of a new product...

read more

University College London Study Shows Direct-to-Consumer DNA Tests Not Reliable in Assessing Disease Risk

Regulatory agencies in UK and US have yet to address dangers inherent in customer misunderstanding of DTC medical laboratory genetic test results Direct-to-consumer (DTC) medical laboratory genetic tests are gaining popularity across the globe. But recent research out...

read more

Harvard and Google Scientists Studying Connectomics Create Massive Highly Detailed 3D Nanoscale Model of Human Neural Tissue

Ten year collaboration between Google and Harvard may lead to a deeper understanding of the brain and new clinical laboratory diagnostics With all our anatomic pathology and clinical laboratory science, we still do not know that much about the structure of the brain....

read more

Johns Hopkins Research Team Uses Machine Learning on DNA “Dark Matter” in Blood to Identify Cancer

Findings could lead to new biomarkers clinical laboratories would use for identifying cancer in patients and monitoring treatments As DNA “dark matter” (the DNA sequences between genes) continues to be studied, researchers are learning that so-called “junk DNA”...

read more

University of Ghent Belgium Research Team Finds Stool Transplants Improve Motor Symptoms in Early-stage Parkinson’s Disease Patients

Findings could lead to clinical laboratory tests that help physicians identify microbes lacking in the microbiomes of their Parkinson patients Microbiologists and clinical laboratory scientists know that gut microbiome can be involved in the development of Parkinson’s...

read more

Patient Rights Group Says Too Many Hospitals Are Not Complying with CMS Price Transparency Rules

Only about a third of the hospitals surveyed are in full compliance with giving public access to prices, the watchdog group contends, but the AHA disputes its methodology It’s been almost four years since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) enacted...

read more

Clinical Trial Shows New Laboratory Developed Blood Test 83% Effective at Detecting Colorectal Cancer

Accurate blood-based clinical laboratory testing for cancer promises to encourage more people to undergo early screening for deadly diseases One holy grail in diagnostics is to develop less-invasive specimen types when screening or testing for different cancers. This...

read more

New Zealand Blood Service Workers and Junior Doctors Hit the Picket Line Once Again to Fight against Pay Disparities and Poor Working Conditions

As before, the ongoing strikes continue to cause delays in critical clinical laboratory blood testing and surgical procedures After seven months of failed negotiations, New Zealand’s blood workers, clinical laboratory technicians, and medical scientists, are once...

read more

Upcoming Webinars

Young medical scientist working in lab research with tubes and notebooks

FREE WEBINAR

New Approach for Optimizing Antifungal Therapy: Two-Step Rapid Fungal Diagnostic by
PCR/NGS

Airing December 4, 2024

Worker looking at computer Data-Driven Strategies for Denial Management and Appeals Success

FREE WEBINAR

2024 Payor Denial Impact Report: Data-Driven Strategies for Denial Management and Appeals Success

Airing December 11, 2024

Latest Webinars

Clinical Laboratory billing using AI and advanced data automation.

FREE WEBINAR

Enhancing Laboratory Efficiency & Reducing Turnaround Time

Aired October 30, 2024

A person with Mpox. Free Webinar October 29, 2024.

FREE WEBINAR

Is Mpox a Global Concern? Why Labs Need to Prepare for a New, Dangerous Cutaneous Strain Approaching the U.S.

Aired on October 29, 2024

Laboratory Technician

FREE WEBINAR

2025 Laboratory Revenue Cycle Management Trends: Leveraging Automation and Predictive Analytics to Future-Proof Your Lab Operations

Aired on October 22, 2024

Serious Male Student Writing in a Laboratory

FREE WEBINAR

The Importance
(and Timing) of Hiring a Transition Planner for
Your Lab Move

Aired on September 25, 2024

Group of Young Adults in Business Training

FREE WEBINAR

Understanding Cost Per Test to Drive Strategic Pricing and Outreach Profitability

Aired on September 18, 2024

A scientific doctor holds a virtual molecular structure in the lab as a concept.

FREE WEBINAR

New Tools for Stool: Targeted use of multiplex syndrome GI molecular PCR Testing

Aired on July 17, 2024

Laboratory Pipette with blue liquid over the glass test tubes.

FREE WEBINAR

Sample Prep: Advancing Cancer Research with Tools for Liquid Biopsy

Aired on July 10, 2024

Female scientists looking at a monitor in a laboratory.

FREE WEBINAR

Maximizing Appeal Success: Latest Trends in Lab & Pathology Claim Denials

Aired on June 5, 2024

;