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Beckman Coulter, the global leader in clinical diagnostics, announced the launch of DxA 5000, a revolutionary automation solution designed to enable laboratories set a new standard for turnaround time. We conducted an interview with Dr. Christoph Moellers, Beckman Coulter’s Vice President & General Manager, Automation, to learn more about their work. Who is Beckman Coulter? Beckman Coulter is committed to advancing healthcare for every person by applying the power of science, technology and the passion...

For a majority of medical practices, hospitals, and healthcare systems, physician referrals are the backbone of the practice. It is essential for physicians to connect and build referral relationships with local physicians to help boost patient referrals and overall patient growth for the practice. With physician referrals as a large portion of the patient base, many physicians and practices have begun implementing physician liaison marketing programs. Physician liaisons allow the physician the ability to connect...

Even without dusting off a high school math book, most people would tell you that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Too often, we are unable to take that straight path to our intended destination, forcing us to take the long way, sometimes even landing us hopelessly gridlocked in traffic bottlenecks. This analogy is particularly apt when applied to the healthcare revenue cycle. To the uninitiated, the process looks simple enough:...

Missed medical appointments plague the healthcare industry. Unattended sessions cost the sector billions each year, and can have a significant effect on your own practice. Some medical practices have been known to experience no-show rates of 50%, although, typically, evidence suggests that urban clinics tend to see non-attendance rates of around 15-30%. From the missed office payment to the cost of overheads, the impact of failed attendance varies from practice to practice, but is always...

For a working doctor, the retirement period is something that everyone dreams of. Everyone saves and invests in appropriate retirement plans to make sure that they can have their dream retirement. For a doctor who wants to close his medical practice, one needs to undergo extensive planning beforehand. One of the things that should be given appropriate attention is making appropriate arrangements for the storing of patient records. If you are a doctor and you...

Gone are the days when a pharmacy could use a simple cash register for transactions. It’s important to have a system that can not only take care of the checkout process to ensure a smooth transaction but one that can also notify customers and keep track of their prescriptions. There are several ways that pharmacy POS software is both beneficial and necessary. Messaging Services A good system will have a built-in way to reach out...

Medical animation allows doctors, researchers and others to get an instant view of what various processes are like in the human body, providing unrivalled three-dimensional imagery that’s proving immensely popular and driving global demand that’s set to soar in the coming years at medical facilities around the world. It’s proving an indispensable tool in many medical fields, including the pharmaceutical industry, as medical animation also allows for a more enhanced understanding of drugs and how...

According to the report by Frost & Sullivan, by 2020, the market for big data analytics in healthcare will exceed $68 billion. In 2019, the growth of the technological segment in medicine will have a significant impact on related markets, such as big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), mobile medicine, smart accessories, etc. This way, it’s fair to conclude that with the increase in the amount of digitalitalized data, the urgency of finding a decent...