One of the biggest mistakes patients can make is immediately searching abnormal results online. Internet searches often lead ...

Today, health plans are shifting dollars to more value-based contracts along with investments in population health management. Digitizing lab results across all care settings and unlocking the ...

When it comes to lab tests, interpreting the clinical importance of an out-of-range result depends on how much experience a physician has, suggests research from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

What about the vital values that Dr. Lundberg mentioned? As a pathologist who has spent almost 40 years practicing pathology and laboratory medicine in various settings, I know that communicating ...

In today’s healthcare environment, leaders are increasingly asked to demonstrate value in terms of operational and clinical care excellence across their healthcare system. The clinical laboratory is ...

Prepared by: G. Margaret Rourke, M.S., chief clinical chemist, and Lot B. Page, M.D., acting director, Chemical Laboratory; M. Althea King, chief technologist ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. UnitedHealth Group said it is bringing value-based models to lab testing ...