By Ron Shinkman, Editor, Laboratory Industry Report
New research by the firm Castlight Health has indicated that charges for basic lab tests have risen significantly in just the past year.
According to the data in Castlight's Costliest Cities Analysis study, prices for a lipid panel and HPV tests ranged wildly even within the same city. And prices for the lipid panel—one of the most utilized lab tests in health care…
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By Kelly A. Briganti, Editorial Director, G2 Intelligence
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched its latest Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model and this time the model focuses on one specific disease. Under the Comprehensive ESRD Care (CEC) ACO Model, dialysis facilities, nephrologists and other providers will collaborate on health care services for end-stage renal disease patients in…
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 Seamless Interoperability between Your Laboratory and the Practice EMR: ELLKAY makes it Happen
To compete in today's healthcare market, laboratories are seeking long-term connectivity partners who will help them add value to their services, assist referring physicians in delivering better outcomes, and improve bottom lines. Since 2002, ELLKAY has been committed to making interoperability happen, acting as a one-stop-shop for laboratory connectivity.
For over a decade, we have been connecting laboratories to EMR/PM systems, building a strong foundation of laboratory expertise, and growing our comprehensive knowledge base of structured data and system connectivity. Partnering with ELLKAY enables laboratories to take advantage of the relationships and connectivity we have built with hundreds of EMR systems.
Our quality support and full-service solutions have made us a nationwide leader in providing connectivity throughout the healthcare continuum. We empower diagnostic laboratories with powerful, cost-effective technologies and solutions they need to increase revenue and market-share, including
- Solutions for electronic orders and results
- Implementing and managing interfaces with EMRs
- Cross-reference mapping for insurance codes, test codes, and LOINC codes
- Real-time connectivity to patient demographic and insurance information.
With connectivity to 500+ PM/EMR systems in 31,000+ practices, we are the healthcare industry's "Data Plumbers," building the data pipeline for laboratories, hospitals, PM/EMR systems, HIEs, ACOs, and other healthcare organizations.
www.ELLKAY.com | 201-791-0606
By Lori Solomon, Editor, Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
Researchers at Children's Mercy Kansas City cut in half the time needed for rapid whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to diagnose genetic conditions in critically-ill infants, according to a study published Sept. 29 in Genome Medicine. Improvements in the STAT-Seq time included faster sequencing run time, read alignment, and variant calling, cutting the center's previous 50-hour WGS record to a…
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 At Cleveland Clinic Laboratories, we strive to deliver high-quality, clinically impactful, and cost-effective laboratory diagnostics and consultative services that are crucial to outstanding patient care. With a team of nearly 100 pathologists and over 1,500 employees, our laboratories perform testing that improves diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring for our regional, national, and international patients.
For more information about Cleveland Clinic Laboratories, please visit our website clevelandcliniclabs.com or contact Dajan Ninic at 216-219-5670 or ninicd@ccf.org.
By Kelly A. Briganti, Editorial Director, G2 Intelligence
The protection of individuals' private health information isn't being adequately enforced, according to the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG). The OIG issued two reports criticizing the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) for failing to proactively enforce privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and follow through fully on the enforcement action it…
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