News on issues related to managing clinical laboratories.
The pilot program is intended to increase consistency and predictability when determining conformity with consensus standards and test methods.
Most commonly associated with test analysis, such tools are also seeing uptake by large reference labs for applications like specimen routing and billing support.
The third-party consulting group used for the analysis recommended using a survey to set Medicare payment rates to reduce the reporting burden on laboratories.
With $10 billion in federal funding supporting school screening, labs, vendors, and various other institutions are ramping up efforts to roll out K-12 testing programs.
Iqvia and Quest established Q2 solutions, originally known as Quintiles Research, as a joint venture in 2015 with Quest owning 40 percent of the firm.
