Disruptive innovation is an invention that disrupts an existing market and creates a new one
by providing a different set of values, which ultimately overtakes the existing market …

Over the last 5 decades, laboratory medicine has witnessed a remarkable wave of
innovations that transformed the field from a peripheral to a central player in healthcare …

Since beginning of medical diagnostics, laboratory specialists have done an amazing job,
continuously improving quality, spectrum and speed of laboratory tests, currently …

Medical science has undergone a substantial revolution in recent years, wherein the
traditional approach to diagnosing and treating many human diseases has gradually …

Laboratory medicine is integral to public health and healthcare provision, and it relies on
numerous analytical techniques to provide timely, objective data to healthcare professionals …

At the end of the 19th century, medical problem solving relied almost entirely on history
taking and physical examination. The enormous advances in science and technology that …

This review advances the discussion about the future of laboratory medicine in the 2020s. In
five major topic areas: 1. the “big picture” of healthcare; 2. pre-analytical factors; 3. Analytical …

There is a growing mismatch with regard to demand, supply, and affordability in healthcare
systems in developed countries. Innovation is required to address this, but roadmaps for …

Technological developments and economic drivers have led to major changes in clinical
laboratories worldwide, principally represented by an increase in testing productivity and …

Laboratory medicine has evolved from basic scientific observation and good experimental
practice, with a strong emphasis on establishing the mechanisms of disease processes …