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Molecular Diagnostics for Community Hospital Labs: Hitting Clinical and Financial Home Runs in Infectious Disease and Oncology Testing


Lab Quality Confab and Process Improvement Institute Registration is OPEN!
The 4th Annual Lab Quality Confab will be in San Antonio, TX on November 2-3, 2010. Everything and everyone in process improvement and quality management, gathered to share the latest and best. Register Today - Space is Limited!
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Executive War College 2010 Audio Recordings Now Available!
If you missed the 15th Annual Executive War College or if you want to share what your heard in New Orleans.
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You'll hear more than 80 speakers, topics, and sessions that cover the A-to-Z of laboratory strategy, operations, and management. 2010 Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management, to was held April 27-28, 2010

Plus Three Optional Workshop Recordings:
1) Molecular Diagnostics for Community Hospital Laboratories
2) Disruptive Technologies in Histology and Digital Pathology
3) Lean for Lab Leaders: Achieving Mastery with Concepts, Implementation, and Outcomes

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What is THE DARK REPORT?

The Dark Report is a periodic intelligence report founded in 1995 by R. Lewis Dark, publisher emeritus. The publication reports news about the latest facts and trends that affect medical laboratories of all kinds. The Dark Group, Inc., and The Dark Report Intelligence Service provide intelligence and strategic market analysis exclusive to CEOs, CFOs, COOs, pathologists, senior laboratory executives, and investment professionals.

Our lab intelligence is the single-best source of the information you need to maximize the money you make, and the money you keep! Read on...

The Dark Report is published by our Dark Intelligence Group for the exclusive benefit of lab leaders like you-leaders for whom HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE INTELLIGENCE is a valuable, usable, critically important "money side" tool.

The Group's special mission:

  • to keep members on top of the often-hostile business and financial lab world,

  • to investigate sensitive, dollar-driven hot spots,

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  • and to do so long before it becomes common news, often months in advance of when nonmembers finally find out about it!

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    • We tap into the savvy "insider knowledge" of a wide range of confidential sources to develop intelligence members can bank on...and The Dark Report delivers it to them, posthaste, 17 times annually or every THREE WEEKS! (plus other intelligence benefits like weekly ebriefing news, audio conferences, and FREE White Papers).

        

    Best known for The Dark Report, we also host the annual Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management every April or May, in New Orleans or Miami. This two-day event, now in its 16th year, attracts laboratory administrators from as far away as Germany, New Zealand, China, India, and Columbia, who all seek to learn the latest successful innovations in laboratory management.

    Every February, The Dark Report, Inc. co-hosts a conference in London called Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine Please visit the website for more information.

    Near the end of every September, The Dark Report, Inc. hosts Lab Quality Confab an annual gathering dedicated to advancing the knowledge, skills, and effectiveness of quality management practitioners in diagnostic medicine. Programs, information, and training are designed for every level of manager and all levels of knowledge and experience. Diagnostic medicine, particularly the services of clinical laboratory, pathology, imaging, and radiology, make up the primary emphasis of the Lab Quality Confab. Our agenda includes two full days, and over 50 sessions devoted exclusively to quality management techniques! Please visit the website for more information.


    MEETINGS HOSTED by The Dark Report



    15th ANNUAL EXECUTIVE WAR COLLEGE
    Executive War College on Lab and Pathology Management
    (April 27-28, 2010 in New Orleans)
    80+ presentation recordings now available!


    4th ANNUAL LAB QUALITY CONFAB
    Everything and everyone in quality management, gathered to share the latest and best. Visit the website for digital audio recordings from years past.
    (Comimg November, 2010 - Add your email to be updated)



    MOLECULAR SUMMIT
    Radiology & Pathology's Most Important Summit On the Integration of Molecular Imaging & Diagnostics Management
    Philadelphia, PA (February)
    Live Audio Recordings Available


    AUDIO-CONFERENCES and DIGITAL RECORDINGS
    (speaker presentations included)

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Why Health Insurers Want to Pre-Authorize Genetic Assays and Expensive Clinical Pathology
    (July 13, 2010) Speakers: Matthew Zubiller, McKesson Corporation, Michael Tarwater, MuirLab - Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Protecting Your Laboratory's Important Business Assets From Internal and External Threats: Key Developments in the Area of Trade Secret, Protection, Non-Competes, and Employee Handbooks
    (June 24, 2010) Speakers: James J. Boutrous II and James J. Giszczak - Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Transfusion & Blood Management: Practical Advice on How to Save Blood, Save Dollars and Save Lives
    (May 19, 2010) Speakers: Timothy Hannon MD, MBA and Marisa B. Marques, MD - Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Clinical Pathology Audio Conference: How to Negotiate Part A Reimbursements Using a Performance-Based Approach
    (April 21, 2010) Speakers: Robert H. Tessier, Saraswathi Nair, M.D. - Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Managed Care's Most Significant New Trends in 2010 and Their Impact on Your Lab's Contract Renewal Negotiations
    (March 17, 2010) Speakers: Michael Snyder, Sam Merkouriou - Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: The A-to-Z of Vitamin D: Why It's Today's Hottest Lab Test!
    (February 24, 2010) Speaker: Dr. Bruce Hollis, PhD - Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: New Opportunities for Your Lab's LIS–EMR Interface: How to Profit From the "Big Wave" About to Hit Healthcare
    (January 20, 2010) Speakers: Pat Wolfram, Ruth Johanson - Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Achieving World-Class Performance: New Ways Your Lab Can Use Lean Six Sigma to Stop Bad Outcomes and Boost Financial Performance
    (December 17, 2009) Speakers: Leslie Sprick, M. Susan Stegall; Sprick, Stegall & Associates, LLC Vince D Mello (Moderator) President, D Mello LabMed Consultants - Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Succession Planning Essentials: Preparing Your Lab for the Coming Wave of Retiring Managers and Staff
    (November 17, 2009) Speakers: Jeff Smith and Priscilla Cherry - Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: New Legal Issues and Regulatory Changes and Their Potential Impact on Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups
    (October 27, 2009) Speakers: Jane Pine Wood, Richard Cooper - Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Important New Managed Care Contracting Trends, Issues, and Opportunities for Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups
    (September 17, 2009) Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Pathology and Radiology's Combined Future is Now at KU: How Integrated Breast Cancer Diagnostics are Improving Patient Care
    (August 19, 2009) Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Laboratory Managers: How to Become A Better Coach and Create a More Productive Working Environment in Your Lab
    (July 16, 2009) Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Laboratory and Pathology Mergers and Acquisition Activity: How Recent Sales and The Current Economy Could Impact the Value of Your Lab
    (June 16, 2009) Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Sure-Fire Methods to Slash Your Laboratory's Reference and Send-Out Testing Costs
    (May 14, 2009) Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: How to Recruit and Retain the Best Med Techs
    (April 16, 2009) Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Creating Patient Requisition Forms That Dramatically Increase Market Share and Profitability
    (March 18, 2009) Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: How to Improve Pathologist Compensation and Productivity for You and Your Lab
    (February 18, 2009) Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Building Customized Laboratory Test Reports That Create Brand Awareness and Client Loyalty for Your Laboratory
    (January 14, 2009) Order LIVE Recordings!

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Managed Care Lab Contracting: How To Negotiate The Best Pricing And Terms For Your Lab
    (December 17, 2008) Order LIVE Audio Recordings

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: How To Find And Eliminate All The Waste In Your Lab! Proven Techniques To Successfully Identify Waste In Your Laboratory—And Get Rid Of It For Good
    (November 13, 2008) Live Audio Recordings Available

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Improving Lab Management Productivity: How To Evaluate Your Team And Stimulate Increased Performance And Profitability
    (October 21, 2008) Live Audio Recordings Available

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: How Hospitals And Health System Labs Can Profit From New Must-Have Molecular Tests And Technologies
    (September 23, 2008) Live Audio Recordings Available

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Increase Your Lab Revenue With Better Billing & Coding: How To Collect More Money While Slashing Collection Costs
    (August 26, 2008) Live Audio Recordings Available

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Laboratory and Pathology Mergers & Acquisitions: Must-Have Essentials To Learn Before You Sell or Buy A Lab
    (July 30, 2008) Live Audio Recordings Available

    AUDIO CONFERENCE: Using Your Lab's Culture To Turbocharge Productivity & Profits: Changing Your Culture To Achieve Your Goals
    (May 6, 2008) Live Audio Recordings Available

    The Dark Report's Special Issues and FREE White Papers now available at DARKDaily.com See All Laboratory Industry White Papers

    NEWS BRIEF: The Dark Report's Editor-in-Chief, R. Michel is quoted in NEW YORK TIMES regarding recent laboratory "compliance scare". New York Times Article

    NEWS BRIEF: Congrats to The Dark Report's Robert Michel for his recent Best Investigative Reporting Award from SIPA.

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