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State-of-the-art blood screening in South Korea: a case study from Hanmaeum Blood Center

State-of-the-art blood screening in South Korea: a case study from Hanmaeum Blood Center

In March 2022, Hanmaeum Blood Center in South Korea implemented a state-of-the-art integrated automation system to connect its nucleic acid amplification, immunology, clinical chemistry and post-analytical systems. In doing so, it became the first blood banking center in the country to integrate its molecular and serological testing operations, thus establishing it as one of the largest […]

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Scaling and selling a tissue diagnostics startup: Q&A with Dr Thomas Grogan (Part 2)

Scaling and selling a tissue diagnostics startup: Q&A with Dr Thomas Grogan (Part 2)

After launching Ventana Medical Systems as a spinout from the University of Arizona, Dr Thomas Grogan played a central role in building the company from a scrappy startup into a leading provider of automated instruments for tissue biopsies and cancer diagnostics. In the second instalment of this three-part series on Dr Grogan’s life and career,

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Virtual Reference Site Visit: Taipei Veterans General Hospital (RED 2021)

Virtual Reference Site Visit: Taipei Veterans General Hospital

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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Open vs. closed molecular testing platforms: choosing the right system for your clinical lab

Open vs. closed molecular testing platforms: choosing the right system for your clinical lab

With rapid evolution in the molecular platforms available for clinical testing, it can be challenging for lab managers to select the best option for their needs. Recently, one of the primary differences that has emerged in molecular platforms is open systems versus closed systems. A closed system is often described as “sample to answer” or

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How Siriraj Hospital is reimagining the patient journey in Thailand

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As the biggest state hospital in Thailand, Siriraj Hospital used to face many challenges common in public healthcare institutions: overcrowding, long waiting times and complex care pathways. But in recent years, Siriraj implemented innovative digital solutions, laboratory technologies and operating models that helped to improve the patient journey. This “virtual site visit” showcases their progress in developing mobile apps

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Four ways to boost efficiency and lower costs in the molecular lab

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Even before the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, molecular laboratories were facing mounting pressure to boost efficiency, lower costs and expand molecular test menus without adding more resources. The advent of COVID-19, though, has pushed many molecular labs to the limit. Here, we consider the major headwinds facing these labs and some tried-and-true options for addressing them.

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How lab automation impacts employee productivity in Asia Pacific – 2020 data update

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Clinical labs in the Asia Pacific region that use workflow automation technologies have substantially greater productivity as those that employ manual methods for pre- and post-analytical processes, according to new data from the Asia Pacific Laboratory Benchmarking Survey, an annual survey by Roche Diagnostics that measures the operational effectiveness of clinical labs across the region.

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Clinical lab automation systems in Asia Pacific: 2020 adoption rates by country and technology

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Workflow automation technologies for clinical labs—including pre- and post-analytical systems and connection modules that link them—are gaining traction in Asia Pacific region, but uptake various considerably by country and market segment, according to the latest results from the Asia Pacific Laboratory Benchmarking Survey, an annual survey by Roche Diagnostics that measures the operational effectiveness of clinical

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Embracing full automation in the lab-to-lab business

Embracing full automation in the lab-to-lab business

At DASA, we had long ago acquired a lab-to-lab business that was run out of a hard-to-access town in central Brazil and in 2015, this gave us the impetus to push for full automation and centralisation of this business. With full automation and centralisation, we could then also restructure our logistical operations and standardise our testing processes for all our laboratory customers.

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