Laboratory reference ranges reflect methods, populations, and policies, and experienced clinicians interpret them in context rather than applying fixed cutoffs theoretically.

Today, health plans are shifting dollars to more value-based contracts along with investments in population health management. Digitizing lab results across all care settings and unlocking the ...

What about the vital values that Dr. Lundberg mentioned? As a pathologist who has spent almost 40 years practicing pathology and laboratory medicine in various settings, I know that communicating ...

Know true value your lab offers by accurately assessing fee-for-service testing margins before selling or restructuring health system labs.

When it comes to lab tests, interpreting the clinical importance of an out-of-range result depends on how much experience a physician has, suggests research from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

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 ...