Imagine you’re training to be a chef. You learn cooking techniques and develop intuitions about flavor pairings, and, after a ...

In another troubling move toward the corporatization of health care, Allina Health recently announced that it will be transferring most clinic-based lab work to Quest Diagnostics, a for-profit company ...

Scientists surveyed said that electronic lab notebooks often fail in fundamental research tasks, including recording and ...

Medical laboratory scientists collect samples and perform lab tests, calibrate and maintain equipment, and perform statistical analysis. Their work is crucial for clinicians to diagnose diseases.

But which numbers actually matter? Routine blood tests remain among the most important ways to track overall health, yet most people never learn what values physicians prioritize. Understanding key ...

Problems continue with the shift of lab services at Allina Health, union doctors say, with caregivers cautioning that delayed test results and reduced services are raising costs and slowing access to ...

To use a Tier 1 lab, ask your doctor to fax a lab order to your preferred Tier 1 facility or take a written and signed order with you when you go to the lab. The order will have the information the ...

Government has problems: ensuring citizen voices are heard, keeping first responders out of harm’s way, mining agency data to support policy decisions without compromising privacy, etc. The solutions ...