March 2024

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Analytics

Medical labs increase use of performance analytics; Target strategic IT investments

Feb. 26, 2024
Digital transformation of processes and the resulting data and analytics generated are growing in importance across the healthcare industry, including medical laboratories. ...
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Cancer

The importance of prognostic testing for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Feb. 26, 2024
There are many misconceptions associated with leukemia; while people generally understand that it is a cancer of the blood, most remain unaware of exactly how the disease works...
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Diabetes

Diabetes and heart failure: Understanding the role of cardiac biomarker testing

Laboratories may begin to see an influx of cardiac biomarker tests accompanying HbA1c testing based on updated American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines concerning heart ...
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Continuing Education

Artificial intelligence in healthcare…Friend or foe?

To take the March CE test online go HERE. For more information, visit the Continuing Education tab. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this article, the reader will be able...

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Cancer

Closing clinical gaps in cervical cancer

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Lab Safety

A new international standard for healthcare organization management

During World War II, to promote cooperation and standardize production among wartime allies, the United States, Canada, and Great Britain formed the United Nations Standards Coordinatin...
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Assays

Complications and diagnosis of pre-eclampsia

Feb. 26, 2024
The placenta is an ephemeral organ that provides us with the nutrients necessary for development and our initial immunity, removes malevolent agents, and much more before being...
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Cancer

Liquid biopsy — The rapidly evolving technique in oncology

Biopsy, generally referred to tissue biopsy, is a procedure where a tissue or a cell is taken from the body and tested for cancer. It uses a morphology-based technique to examine...
Careers

Innovation is a constant

Feb. 26, 2024
You have led Quest Diagnostics Health Trends since its inception. How do you choose the topics to highlight in these reports? Quest Diagnostics Health Trends topics are selected...
Management

Cybersecurity goals

Feb. 26, 2024
This month, we published the results of our third annual State of the Industry survey on laboratory data analytics. Thank you to all who responded to this survey. As Stacia Sump...