A Trusted Resource: Keeping You Informed

​The future of healthcare will put patient health outcomes at the center of reimbursement—a concept that is commonly known as value for service. Even as far back as 2009, Michael Porter wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine, “The central focus must be on increasing value for patients—the health outcomes achieved per dollar spent.”1

As home-based healthcare initiatives continue to expand, different models will require and benefit from different types of interactions with clinical laboratories. Dr. Michelle Parker discusses the significant role laboratories play in the expansion of home-based care—from central laboratories overseeing pre-analytical testing to POCT teams that select and approve appropriate devices.