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Clinical Laboratory Testing Volume 2: Business Strategies Clinical laboratory testing is generally categorized as either of two general areas--clinical testing and anatomical pathology testing. Clinical and anatomical pathology procedures are frequently ordered as part of regular physician office visits and hospital admissions in connection with the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses. As such, clinical laboratory analysis is one of the most important sections of medical care. The purpose of this TriMark Publications report is to describe the specific segments of the clinical laboratory analysis business. The emphasis in this review is on those companies that are actively developing and marketing laboratory data for the clinical setting, including hospitals, independent labs, physician’s offices and miscellaneous clinics. This study concentrates on the clinical laboratory industry in the U.S. It defines the dollar volume of sales in each major market and analyzes the factors that influence the size and the growth of the individual market segments. The study surveys some of the primary companies known to be marketing clinical laboratory data into the market. Each company is discussed in depth with a section on the history of the company, the product line, business and marketing analysis, and a subjective commentary of the position of the company in its market.Published By: TriMark Publications
Date Published: Jan 2010 * * * * * * Clinical Laboratory Testing Volume 1: Reagents and Instruments Clinical laboratory analysis for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) testing is one of the most important sectors of medical care. By all accounts, it is very mature, large and diverse--crossing the $39 billion mark in 2008--and employing over 100,000 laboratory workers, and spawning an industry for reagents and instruments comprised of thousands of companies worldwide. The term clinical laboratory analysis usually refers to determining the concentration or activity of a protein, carbohydrate, lipid, electrolyte, enzyme or small molecule in easily collected body fluids such as blood, serum, plasma or urine. However, it is not necessarily limited to these determinations. The purpose of this TriMark Publications report is to describe the specific segments of the global clinical laboratory instrumentation and reagent market. Within this area, the report covers those segments that are highly active in terms of innovation and growth. Specifically, this global clinical laboratory markets report examines the markets for small lab equipment all the way up to highly-automated, large lab platforms, as well as accessory equipment such as reagents, supplies and manufacturers’ original equipment manufacturer (OEM) additional equipment. The emphasis in this analysis is on those companies and products that are actively developing and marketing laboratory analyzer products for the clinical setting, including hospitals, independent labs, physician’s offices and miscellaneous clinics. This study concentrates on the clinical laboratory instrumentation industry market segment and the companion reagents sector in the U.S. and around the world. The regional markets and their differences are examined, including Europe, Asia (Japan, China and India) and the rest of the world (ROW). Particular attention is paid to those areas of the clinical laboratory instrumentation and reagents sector that are showing the greatest growth or the most innovation.Published By: TriMark Publications
Date Published: Jan 2010 * * * * * *
Forums, Associations, Discussion Groups, News Lists:
| The Association For The
Advancement Of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) |
AAMI, founded in 1967, is a unique alliance of nearly 6,000
members united by the common goal of increasing the
understanding and beneficial use of medical instrumentation.
AAMI is the primary source of consensus and timely information
on medical instrumentation and technology, and is the primary
resource for the industry, the professions, and government for
national and international standards. |
| Yahoo Groups |
WirelessMedicalApplications
Discussion Group centered on discussing emerging wireless
technologies and their application to medicine, with a
particular focus on PDAs in clinical practice. Would like to
see group become a clearinghouse on the web for information on
current uses, new developments, and "wish lists" for
hardware and software advances. |
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Interesting Articles:
| connectBlue |
FDA approves first medical system using Bluetooth (9/03)
connectBlue’s Serial Port Adapter, supplied by Code Blue
Communications, Inc., has been integrated as a key wireless
component of the first Bluetooth medical application to be
granted market approval by the US Food and Drug
Administration. An OEM version of the Serial Port Adapter will
enable wireless communication between operating room equipment
and a central control system developed by Stryker Endoscopy -
a leading supplier of medical equipment for operating room
applications worldwide. |
| DeviceLink |
Bluetooth:
The Future of Wireless Medical Technology? (2/02) A new
technology that borrows from telemetry, IrDA, and 802.11 is
set to continue the wireless trend. Medical device designers
now have several wireless options for their products. No
single wireless technology meets all design goals and
addresses all the issues presented to designers. For every
design project that includes wireless technology, decisions
must be made to identify most the appropriate technologies for
that application and device-use model. For many applications,
Bluetooth wireless technology will be the most appropriate
choice. |
| Digital-Doc |
Ipaq
3800 Series Review - a Medical Perspective This is a
review of the Ipaq 3800 series PocketPC by Compaq from a
medical perspective. |
| Search Engine
Watch |
The
Mobile Searcher and Medical Information (5/05) The combo
of mobile and local search is all the rage these days but
mobile access to health and medical info/research has been
building momentum for several years. In fact, the National
Library of Medicine released a mobile interface to PubMed
back in 2003 and since then has released several other mobile
tools. This new compilation has intro info and links to the
growing list of resources that NLM offers mobile web
searchers... |
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Useful Sites:
| Doctors Gadgets |
Information and resources about using PDAs and other mobile
technology in medical practice |
| Medical
Device Marketer |
Directory & networking forum for the medical device
industry. |
| Medical Pocket PC |
Medical Resources for the Pocket PC. News, reviews,
articles, software, hardware, ... |
| Parco Merged
Media |
The Parco-Health Communication System (HCS) consists of four
major components:
- Standardized EDI-XML strategy,
- Wireless LAN with a patented wireless receiver
technology (supports HIPAA Compliancy),
- Specialized database that captures and disseminates
all of the data streaming through the network,
- Geo-location component that allows for quick and easy
locating of resources such as hospital equipment, patients and
personnel. |
| RTX Telecom |
RTX Healthcare specialises in Development and Manufacturing
of Wireless Medical Devices for Remote Monitoring of Patients
suffering from Chronic Diseases. Our customers are Disease
Management companies and Medical Device Manufacturers who are
in need of dedicated and tailored products to address the
special requirements of successful and cost effective
telehealth monitoring of a rapid growing population of elderly
people around the globe, suffering from a wide range of
chronic diseases including CHF, CAD, Diabetes, COPD and many
other diseases. |
| Wireless
MediCenter |
A wireless, paper-less electronic medical record (EMR)
system
with CPT/ICD9 coding, exam templates, prescription writing,
scheduling, billing, order tracking and messaging. Wireless
MediCenter is accessable with PDA's, Tablet Pc's, and
Pocket PC Phones in 802.11 and GPRS environments. |
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