Dr. Daly Discusses…Balance Billing
At the recent Executive War College presented by the Dark Intelligence Group, there was a roundtable presentation featuring four attorneys active in laboratory legal affairs discussing “Current Issues in Clinic...
Rabies: History, myths and diagnosis on Outbreak News This Week
Interview with Rodney E. Rohde, Ph.D on Outbreak News Today. Hosted and authored by Robert Herriman and re-published here with permission.
Rabies has been a topic several times on the radio show where I looked...
Doctorate in Clinical Laboratory Science (DCLS) with Dr. Rodney Rohde
Interview with Rodney E. Rohde, Ph.D on Outbreak News Today. Hosted and authored by Robert Herriman and re-published here with permission.
A relatively new advanced degree is now available at select institutio...
Dr. Daly Discusses… Laboratory Billing Pitfalls
Insurers and the government are scrutinizing laboratory billing arrangements where small, financially challenged hospitals contract with Medical Service Organizations (MSO) to perform laboratory marketing servi...
Overreliance on Ruptured Membrane Tests Linked to Fetal Deaths
Laboratory tests are not perfect. I hope this does not come to a surprise to anyone. In a perfect world, a lab test would always identify individuals with a specific condition from those who don’t have that con...
Dr. Daly Discusses… Government and Insurer Laboratory Audits
Clinical laboratories large and small are experiencing increased scrutiny from the federal government, states and private insurers. This focus has developed because payers have identified several areas in whic...
Thyroid Hormones and the Risk of Gestational Diabetes
Thyroid hormones play an important role in glucose metabolism and homeostasis. They regulate hepatic gluconeogenesis, intestinal absorption of glucose, and glucose uptake in peripheral tissue. In addition, thyr...
Dr. Daly Discusses…Liquid Biopsy
Listen to Dr. John Daly, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for COLA discuss the use of a popular molecular technology called liquid biopsy in laboratories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpqqUp8pw9g...
Dr. Daly Discusses…Rabies
Rabies is a disease caused by an RNA virus transmitted from infected carnivores and bats. While the incidence and epidemiology have changed in the US over the past 75 years, occasional human cases still occur ...
A New FDA-Approved Test for Predicting Preterm Delivery
According to the March of Dimes, preterm birth occurs in approximately 10% of U.S. pregnancies. Until recently, cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin (fFN) was the only FDA-approved test for predicting preterm deliv...