This is another approach to the liquid biopsy that clinical laboratories and pathologists may use to detect cancer less invasively Screening for cancer usually involves invasive, often painful, costly biopsies to provide samples for diagnostic clinical laboratory testing. But now, scientists at the University of Technology (UTS) in Sydney, Australia, have developed a novel approach […]

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In a handful of cases, health insurers reversed denials after physicians or patients posted complaints on social media Prior authorization requirements by health insurers have long been a thorn in the side of medical laboratories, as well as physicians. But now, doctors and patients are employing a new tactic against the practice—turning to social media […]

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Demand for low cost, convenient access to doctors and drugs is driving transformation to decentralized medical care, and retail pharmacy chains see opportunity in offering primary care services Retail pharmacies and pharmacists continue to play a growing role in healthcare as consumer demand for lower cost and convenience pushes the nation’s medical landscape away from […]

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As a result, health system-based clinical laboratories likely saw a decline in test orders as well a decrease in outreach revenue Bad financial news continues in the hospital industry. According to an August 2023 National Hospital Flash Report from consulting firm Kaufman Hall, hospitals’ financial performance deteriorated in July, partly due to declines in inpatient […]

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Certainly every clinical laboratory in the United States has a unique story about dealing with the challenges of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, but only BioReference did testing for multiple professional sports leagues and the cruise ship industry Few would challenge the assertion that the nation’s clinical laboratories (along with public health officials) were caught flat-footed when […]

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Meet ‘PECOTEX,’ a newly-invented cotton thread with up to 10 sensors that is washable. Its developers hope it can help doctors diagnosis disease and enable patients to monitor their health conditions Wearable biosensors continue to be an exciting area of research and product development. The latest development in wearable biosensors comes from a team of […]

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Findings could lead to deeper understanding of why we age, and to medical laboratory tests and treatments to slow or even reverse aging Can humans control aging by keeping their genes long and balanced? Researchers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, believe it may be possible. They have unveiled a “previously unknown mechanism” behind aging […]

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Clinical laboratories and pathology groups may soon have new assays for diagnosis, treatment identification, patient monitoring It’s here at last! The human Y chromosome now has a full and complete sequence. This achievement by an international team of genetic researchers is expected to open the door to significant insights in how variants and mutations in […]

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This trend, which began during the COVID-19 pandemic, may bypass those clinical laboratories and pathology groups that recruit patients for clinical trials, but increase the diversity of the pool of study participants National retail pharmacy chains are seeking new lines of business in the healthcare market and their efforts could cost clinical laboratories and pathology […]

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Proposal comes as patient advocacy group reports poor compliance by hospitals with the federal price transparency regulation; AHA pushes back Recent data compiled by Patient Rights Advocate, a non-profit group dedicated to nationwide healthcare transparency, appears to indicate that as many as two thirds of US hospitals continue to ignore hospital transparency rules established by […]

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As patients and staff suffer with lengthening wait times, critics claim proposed solutions won’t remedy the ailing system of collecting medical laboratory specimens With a backlog of lab appointments and a plethora of long wait times for phlebotomy services in the Canadian Province of Alberta, Alberta Health Services (AHS) is feeling the heat. As a […]

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Though a ‘work in progress,’ the Oxford researchers who conducted the trail believe the MCED blood test could help doctors give better cancer assessments Cancer is typically diagnosed through tissue biopsies that are often invasive and painful for patients. Now, recently-released results of a National Health Service (NHS) trial study of a relatively new multi-cancer […]

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Little-known Polish company relied on suspect arbitration court to demand thousands of euros from conference speakers Clinical laboratory and pathology professionals may want to heed the phrase “caveat emptor” (“let the buyer beware”) if invited to speak at events organized by little-known entities. That appears to be the lesson from a rather bizarre story coming […]

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Initial analyses also shows AI screening lowers associated radiologist image reading workload by half Both radiologists and pathologists analyze images to make cancer diagnoses, although one works with radiological images and the other works with tissue biopsies as the source of information. Now, advances in artificial intelligence (AI) for cancer screenings means both radiologists and […]

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Consumer demand for telehealth services and convenient healthcare locations fuels Amazon’s quest to ‘reinvent’ healthcare Amazon’s stated goal of disrupting traditional healthcare processes and workflow continues. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon built several large clinical laboratories to do its own SARS-CoV-2 testing. Then, last February, Amazon acquired One Medical, a San Francisco-based primary care provider […]

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Technology could enable patients to monitor their own oxygen levels and transmit that data to healthcare providers, including clinical laboratories Clinical laboratories may soon have a new data point to add to their laboratory information system (LIS) for doctors to review. Researchers have determined that smartphones can read blood-oxygen levels as accurately as purpose-built pulse […]

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Plaintiffs claim state is criminalizing speaking the truth about their earned advanced degrees Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) is the highest degree that can be acquired by a nurse practitioner (NP). But can NPs who achieve this degrees call themselves doctors? What about others who hold doctorates, such as PhDs in clinical laboratories? According to […]

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Findings may help clinical laboratories identify healthcare workers who could work on the front lines of the next pandemic without fear of serious infection University of California San Francisco researchers have discovered a gene mutation that enables some people’s immune system to recognize and respond to a COVID-19 infection despite having no prior exposure to […]

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Technology enables sampling of an individual’s microbiome over time to observe changes associated with different illnesses or different diets There is now a pill-sized device that can non-invasively collect and deliver a sample of gut bacteria taken directly from specific areas of a person’s gastrointestinal (GI) tract. One benefit of this new technology is that […]

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Sales of SARS-CoV-2 tests at other IVD companies, including Roche Diagnostics and Danaher’s lab businesses also report declines in COVID-19 test revenue Clinical laboratory leaders and pathologists seeking a marker that the COVID-19 pandemic has passed may have it in the plunge in SARS-CoV-2 test revenue during the second quarter at Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, […]

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