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How to use laboratory data to improve patient care and reduce healthcare costs

How to use laboratory data to improve patient care and reduce healthcare costs

Sonic Healthcare performs more than 2,000 types of laboratory tests in our network, providing laboratory testing for about 100 million people globally each year. We thus have access to a massive amount of data that provides us with a unique opportunity to improve patient outcomes and generate value for healthcare systems. This article presents one […]

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Value-based innovation in heart failure patient management

Value-based innovation in heart failure patient management

Full presentation by Dr. Antonio Leon delivered to healthcare and laboratory medicine leaders at the Roche Efficiency Days (RED) 2018: REDefining perspectives in Guangzhou, China. The presentation proposes an application case of value-based innovation in heart failure. In this case net value is maximized by increasing the benefits and reducing cost in heart failure patients. It shows how laboratory

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Integrating pathology data analytics and patient engagement in a value- and outcome-based care delivery

Integrating pathology data analytics and patient engagement in a value- and outcome-based care delivery with digital transformation

Full presentation by Dr. Philip Chen delivered to healthcare and laboratory medicine leaders at the Roche Efficiency Days (RED) 2018: REDefining perspectives in Guangzhou, China. The US Healthcare delivery system is rapidly shifting from volume-based fee-for-service arrangement to one that focuses on value and patient outcome. The goals are to improve patient care and reduce healthcare expenditure on the

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Healthcare innovations from remediation to prevention

Healthcare innovations from remediation to prevention

Full presentation by Steve Monaghan delivered to healthcare and laboratory medicine leaders at the Roche Efficiency Days (RED) 2018: REDefining perspectives in Guangzhou, China. National healthcare systems in many countries around the world are on the verge of collapse. There is a simple problem, a growing gap. Healthcare costs are growing at 6-9% compounded by aging populations. Incomes are

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Asian labs at the frontlines of care

Asian labs at the frontlines of care using digital transformation in healthcare

New technologies and delivery models will allow labs to interact more directly with patients, clinicians, and researchers. Labs play a crucial role in healthcare systems across Asia, but they often remain in the background. Patients are unlikely to interact directly with them or even know what they do. Clinicians take the lead in ordering tests

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How to correct a failing healthcare system: an interview with Steve Monaghan

Steve Monaghan profile

When discussing the current state of the healthcare system, Steve Monaghan isn’t one to mince words. “It’s stupid,” says the former commercial pilot turned serial entrepreneur who now serves as Chairman and CEO of GenLife, a Hong Kong-based insurance technology company. Monaghan sees healthcare as painfully outdated and ineffective, but also believes we are at

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CEO viewpoint: The need for quality

CEO viewpoint: The need for quality

In August 2018, the High Court in Patna district, one of the most populous districts in India, ordered a crackdown [1] on illegal pathology labs across the state. These unlicensed ‘mom-and-pop’ shops, which often entice patients with low prices and deliver results of dubious quality, have long been a problem. But despite previous efforts to control

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The big role for labs in big data world

The big role for labs in big data world with digital transformation in healthcare

In the era of precision medicine, a wide range of data points must be considered in the clinical management of patients. Many cancers, for example, are now stratified by genetic mutations. Diabetes consists of as many as five different sub-types. And in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, the kaleidoscope of factors determining the best treatment

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