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Fitbit Receives FDA Approval for a Wearable Device App That Detects Atrial Fibrillation

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:55:47 GMT

Many companies want to adapt consumer wearables to monitor health conditions, including biomarkers tested by medical laboratories Clinical laboratory managers know that wearable devices for monitoring biophysical functions or measuring biomarkers are becoming more complex and capable thanks to advances in miniaturization, informatics, software, and artificial intelligence machine learning that enable new functions to be […]

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Houston High School Student Starts Lab Business and Takes COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing on the ...

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 09:06:15 GMT

Taft Foley, III, says he got the idea for the mobile lab after waiting on a COVID-19 testing line that went ‘around the entire building’ In a remarkable example of ingenuity and observation, Texas high school student Taft Foley, III, is bringing COVID-19 testing to underserved patients, wherever they may be. He launched a medical […]

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Sarasota Memorial Health Care Implements Specimen Processing Automation in Its Microbiology ...

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 10:26:06 GMT

While working to increase turn-around-times for STAT tests, Florida’s first coronavirus patient arrived, requiring SMH’s clinical laboratory team to adapt its plans Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the clinical laboratory team at 839-bed Sarasota Memorial Hospital, part of the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System (SMH) in Sarasota, Fla., not only implemented a new automated microbiology system, […]

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Mount Sinai Researchers Find That Antibodies Produced in Response to COVID-19 May Provide ...

Wed, 18 Nov 2020 09:44:17 GMT

ELISA tests at Icahn School of Medicine contradict earlier studies which found that antibodies developed to combat the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are short-lived Medical laboratories at the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic will be intrigued to learn that antibodies produced by the body to combat the coronavirus infection may actually provide long-term immunity, contrary to previous […]

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Costco Begins Selling an At-Home Self-Collection COVID-19 Test Kit; One of 12 Kits That Have ...

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 10:55:19 GMT

It’s the latest example of how the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is making it possible for new competitors to enter the clinical laboratory marketplace In response to increasing demand for COVID-19 testing, warehouse retailer Costco (NASDAQ:COST) is seizing the opportunity to sell at-home saliva self-collection test kits to its customers. It makes Costco the latest company […]

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Travel Restrictions Spur Four US Airlines to Get Into COVID-19 Testing, But Will Clinical ...

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:23:39 GMT

United Airlines creates pilot program for on-site rapid PCR tests, as other airlines facilitate at-home specimen collection for rapid coronavirus testing Four US airlines attempting to recover lost business due to the COVID-19 pandemic are partnering with developers of rapid RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) tests to facilitate testing of passengers either at airports […]

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McKinsey and Company Says the COVID-19 Pandemic is Accelerating Six Critical Trends in ...

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 09:54:26 GMT

Clinical laboratory and pathology groups that support ambulatory and virtual care, and urgent care and retail clinics may experience growth Global management consulting company McKinsey and Company’s report, “The Great Acceleration In Healthcare: Six Trends to Heed,” identifies six trends in healthcare that are accelerating due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical laboratory managers and […]

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Three Federal Agencies Warn Healthcare Providers of Pending Ransomware Attacks; Clinical ...

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 09:46:18 GMT

Sophisticated cyberattacks have already hit hospitals and healthcare networks in Oregon, California, New York, Vermont, and other states Attention medical laboratory managers and pathology group administrators: It’s time to ramp up your cyberdefenses. The FBI, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a […]

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Researchers at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital Develop a Non-Invasive Liquid Biopsy ...

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:17:05 GMT

Breakthrough assay a ‘tenfold improvement over any prior assay for TERT mutations in the blood for brain tumors,’ MGH says in an affirmation of a diagnostic technology clinical labs might soon use In recent years, investors have poured tens of millions of dollars into companies that promised to create non-invasive cancer tests which use liquid […]

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Clinical Laboratories Need Creative Staffing Strategies to Keep and Attract Hard-to-Find ...

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:47:27 GMT

Critical shortages in medical laboratory workers and supplies are yet to be offset by new applicants and improved supply chains. But there is cause for hope. Medical laboratory scientists (aka, medical technologists) can be hard to find and retain under normal circumstances. During the current coronavirus pandemic, that’s becoming even more challenging. As demand for […]

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European Study Links Genes Inherited from Neanderthals to Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19 ...

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:29:11 GMT

About 50% of South Asians and 16% of Europeans carry gene cluster associated with respiratory failure after SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospitalization Clinical pathology laboratories and medical laboratory scientists may be intrigued to learn that scientists from two research institutes in Germany and Sweden have determined that a strand of DNA associated with a higher risk […]

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Boston University School of Medicine Study Finds Vitamin D May Help Patients Fight COVID-19 ...

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:00:21 GMT

Clinical laboratory managers may want to follow the debate that surfaced shortly after publication of the study in a peer-reviewed journal, when editors of the journal issued concerns over the researchers’ claims Virologists and medical laboratory scientists continue to investigate ways the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can be defeated using the body’s own defenses in conjunction with […]

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Three Prominent Clinical Laboratory Leaders Make the Same Prediction: COVID-19 Testing Will Be ...

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 08:10:43 GMT

CEOs of NorDx Laboratories, Sonora Quest Laboratories, and HealthPartners/Park Nicollet Laboratories expect demand for SARS-CoV-2 tests to only increase in coming months AUSTIN, TEXAS—For clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups in the United States, the single most urgent question is this: how long will the need for substantial volumes of COVID-19 testing continue? Last Wednesday, […]

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Blackstone Buys Stake in Ancestry for $4. ...

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:47:09 GMT

Though gene sequencing is touted as a key component of precision medicine, the medical value of direct-to-consumer testing has yet to show up in improved health outcomes, nor have clinical laboratories benefitted In a recent example that the market for genetic genealogy testing may have peaked and the days of spectacular growth in the number […]

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Clinical Lab 2.0 Workshop to Gather Healthcare Stakeholders for a Discussion of COVID-19 and ...

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:15:37 GMT

This fourth edition of the annual event will be held virtually with free registration for pathologists and clinical laboratory professionals In its fourth year, stakeholders in the clinical laboratory community have promoted thought leadership around the Lab Industry at the Project Santa Fe Foundation’s Clinical Lab 2.0 Workshop. Clinical Lab 2.0 (CL 2.0) which identifies […]

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Guidehouse Healthcare Experts Outline Six Ways COVID-19 Pandemic Is Accelerating Healthcare ...

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 08:48:16 GMT

Financial losses for hospitals and health systems due to cancelled procedures and coronavirus expenses will lead to changes in healthcare delivery, operations, and clinical laboratory test ordering COVID-19 is reshaping how people work, shop, and go to school. Is healthcare the next target of the coronavirus-induced transformation? According to two experts, the COVID-19 pandemic is […]

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Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleges Massive Fraud in Cigna Medicare Advantage Plans

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 08:31:23 GMT

A former officer of a Cigna contractor claims the insurer hatched a scheme to submit invalid diagnostic codes and filed the now-unsealed qui tam action in 2017 In a case that could provide a cautionary tale for clinical laboratories, a federal whistleblower lawsuit alleges that Cigna, through its HealthSpring subsidiary, “received billions in overpayments from […]

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Where Did all the Antibodies Go? Emory University’s Vaccine Center Studies Bone Marrow to ...

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 10:37:32 GMT

Pathologists and clinical laboratory scientists know that influenza vaccines typically produce short-lived protection and researchers have new clues as to why this is true With so much interest in development of a COVID-19 vaccine, findings by researchers at Atlanta’s Emory Vaccine Center into why the vaccine for influenza (Flu) is so short-lived offer a new […]

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Teladoc Health’s Agreement to Acquire Livongo Is a Blockbuster Deal in the Telehealth Sector, ...

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 10:09:19 GMT

Physician acceptance of virtual visits with their patients is being accelerated by the pandemic and the pending merger would combine the nation’s two biggest telehealth companies Telehealth visits with virtual healthcare providers are increasing as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. This is forcing the entire healthcare industry—clinical laboratories in particular—to adapt to new methods of patient […]

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New Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Uses Routine Clinical Laboratory Tests to Identify ...

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 09:34:26 GMT

At hospitals where results of molecular COVID-19 testing can take up to several days to return, this new method for identifying potentially infected patients could improve triage Frustrated by shortages of essential COVID-19 tests and supplies—as well by lengthy coronavirus test turn-around times—researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have created an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm that […]

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