Resource Articles

04.11.11
Spring 2011 Newsletter

03.31.11
The Top Five Initiatives your Lab Should be Working on
The face of healthcare, including the clinical laboratory, is constantly changing due to technical innovation, legislative regulations, and reimbursement modifications. To remain competitive and keep pace with these changes, your laboratory operations must be continuously assessed and improvements must be made. There appears to be an endless number of initiatives to pursue, but the most resilient and cost-effective organizations are staying focused on a handful.

03.24.11
LIS EMR Interface: Helping Client Connectivity
Don't loose your provider business to the competition: develop a plan now to connect their EMR's to your lab.

03.23.11
Laboratory Information System Selection
Maximize your precious capital dollars and select the right LIS to meet your business and technical needs.

03.23.11
LIS or LIMS?
Are you getting the most out of your LIS and LIMS system and vendor?

03.23.11
Middleware
Are you falling behind the expanding role of Middleware in the laboratory?

02.08.11
Laboratory Instrumentation Vendor Acquisition
Washington, D.C., February 7, 2011 – Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC) pursuant to which Danaher will acquire Beckman Coulter by making a cash tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Beckman Coulter at a purchase price of $83.50 per share, for a total enterprise value of approximately $6.8 billion, including debt assumed and net of cash acquired.

01.31.11
Siemens Healthcare NOVIUS Lab Named "Best in KLAS" for Third Consecutive Year
Malvern, Pa., Jan. 31, 2011– Today, Siemens Healthcare announced that the research firm KLAS has named Siemens NOVIUS® Lab the recipient of its 2010 “Best in KLAS” award for laboratory information systems (LIS) for large hospitals (more than 200 beds)1. The annual award, the third for NOVIUS Lab in as many years, is given to a vendor or product that scores the highest in its industry segment and provides the broadest operational and clinical impact to healthcare organizations.

01.25.11
Sunquest Laboratory Information System Earns Certification
Sunquest Information Systems announced today that Sunquest Laboratory™ version 6.4.2 is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as an EHR Module on January 21, 2011 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 2011/2012 criteria support the Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

10.28.10
Fall 2010 Newsletter

10.06.10
EMR Certification

10.06.10
How EMR Impacts Laboratories

10.06.10
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)

04.08.10
Laboratory Information Systems

04.08.10
Clinical laboratory billing

04.08.10
Benchmarking consultant

04.08.10
Laboratory quality management

04.08.10
Laboratory Billing

01.11.10
Laboratory Consolidation

01.11.10
Compliance Auditor

01.11.10
Clinical Laboratory Compliance

01.11.10
Clinical Laboratory Staffing

01.11.10
Regulatory Compliance Review

12.17.09
Find a Lab Consultant

12.17.09
Laboratory Management Consulting

12.17.09
Lab Consulting Services

12.17.09
Laboratory Consulting

12.17.09
Lab Consultants

07.22.09
Clinical Laboratory Management

07.22.09
Clinical Laboratory Consulting

07.22.09
Laboratory Consultants

07.22.09
Medical Laboratory Consultants

07.22.09
Laboratory Quality Assurance

06.12.09
Laboratory Automation

06.12.09
Lab Compliance Audit

06.12.09
Lab Information System

06.12.09
Lab Consultant

06.12.09
Lab Outreach