At pro-COAG, an annual scientific and educational event on coagulation sponsored by Roche Diagnostics that was last held in Mar 2022, Prof Alex C Spyropoulos, a Professor of Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and Director of Anticoagulation and Clinical Thrombosis Services for the multi-hospital Northwell Health System in New York, spoke […]
As in most countries, the COVID pandemic caused widespread disruption to blood donation initiatives in Vietnam. In the second of this two-part Q&A series, Dr Tran Ngoc Que, director of the National Blood Centre at the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) in Hanoi, discusses how NIHBT helped coordinate the blood supply during
How COVID impacted Vietnam’s blood supply: Q&A with Dr Tran Ngoc Que (Part 2) Read More »
As a medical doctor with the Port Health and Quarantine Office at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Dr Rome Buathong played a central role in setting up and managing testing operations at Thailand’s largest and busiest airport. In this Q&A with Lab Insights, he discusses the key considerations involved in ensuring the safe reopening of a
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital (VGH-TPE) is a national first-class medical centre in Taiwan with the ambition to impact the healthcare industry by leveraging innovation. This session will focus on how VGH-TPE (a) introduces new technology solutions to improve patient experience; (b) changes the way of disease management for better patient outcome; and (iii) embrace new
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As India emerges from the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has major opportunities to reform its public health system. This presentation by Dr Indu Bhushan, a Senior Associate in the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, India, highlights the key gaps that need to be filled and top priorities that should be
As Promoter & Manager Director of Metropolis Healthcare Ltd, a leading multinational provider of diagnostic lab and healthcare services, Ms Ameera Shah was responsible for navigating an array of challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this presentation and Q&A with Mr Narendra Varde, General Manager of Roche Diagnostics India & Neighboring Markets, Ms
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The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the enduring importance of diagnostics and brought clinical lab leaders in closer contact with health policymakers than ever before. This talk by Dr Swee Kheng Khor, a global health expert with deep experience in the Asia Pacific region, explores key considerations for the clinical lab community to make the most
For the past two years, healthcare systems everywhere were preoccupied with COVID-19 management, but as we gradually recalibrate to a new normal, questions arise about what the future will hold. What is the role of hospitals and clinical labs in a world where COVID-19 is endemic? How will we simultaneously meet the growing challenges of
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At the Roche Diagnostics-sponsored satellite symposium ‘From Basic Research to Clinical Data: the Future of Patient Management’ hosted during the International Society for Haemostasis (ISTH) 2021 congress, Prof. Jonathan Douxfils discussed the value of monitoring direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) and contact pathway inhibitors. While DOACs were developed without the need for routine laboratory monitoring, the
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We’re still at the point in this pandemic where talking about opening-up feels a bit premature—tempting fate, as it were. But it’s not only the virus that could be holding things up: there’s also the lack of agreement on global standards to record, share and verify data about an individual’s health status that would accompany
In a world without COVID data standards, a digital health ecosystem emerges Read More »
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