Rapid advancements in diagnostic technologies coupled with growth in testing options and
choices mandate the development of evidence-based testing algorithms linked to the care …

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The nexus of these regulatory forces, along with unprecedented health information access
and exchange characterizing our society, suggests a prominent consultative role in services …

Ethical dilemmas are, by the very fact of being dilemmas, situations in which the right action
is not immediately evident. A significant number of the ethical dilemmas faced by health-care …

BACKGROUND Laboratory medicine, like other areas of medicine, is obliged to adhere to
high ethical standards. There are particular ethical issues that are unique to laboratory …

In precision medicine, the treatment and prevention of diseases are based on individual
variability in genes, environment and lifestyle. It is a logical extension of current research …

The growing use of molecular diagnostics poses a wide range of issues and questions
concerning informed consent that researchers, health care providers, and others will …

Large laboratory systems that include facilities with a range of capabilities and capacity are
being created within consolidated healthcare systems. This paradigm shift is being driven by …

“Since the output of clinical chemistry laboratories is either expressed in numbers or is
opinion based on numerical information, it is important that all concerned with its use should …

Background Network-connected medical devices have rapidly proliferated in the wake of
recent global catalysts, leaving clinical laboratories and healthcare organizations vulnerable …