Five routine tests provide limited clinical value, and evidence-based alternatives can better guide diagnosis, risk for ...

An evaluation of the added value of risk markers derived from ambulatory laboratory tests in the prediction of healthcare costs and identification of high-risk patients. Objectives: This exploratory ...

In medicine, a person’s blood-test results are compared with the average range in a population. But results are highly individual and tightly regulated around a person’s own stable values. Changes to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. UnitedHealth Group said it is bringing value-based models to lab testing ...

Data entry errors had raised questions about the validity of breath test results in hundreds of cases across Minnesota.

As healthcare organizations face greater demand for streamlined services and delivering value-based care, effective partnerships between care entities have become essential. Twenty-five years ago, ...

The properties of the blood and the ease of its retrieval make it a useful source for doctors to analyze to measure specific features of homeostasis within patients. This allows for accurate diagnosis ...

A U.S. Geological Survey analyst at a premier science lab told investigators that tight deadline pressures and short staffing drove the faking of several thousand test results, records obtained by E&E ...