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 …

Predicting the future is a difficult task. Not surprisingly, there are many examples and
assumptions that have proved to be wrong. This review surveys the many predictions …

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

A body of evidence collected in the last few decades demonstrates that the pre-and post-
analytical phases of the testing cycle are more error-prone than the analytical phase …

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

The 21st century challenge is to redesign healthcare systems to be safe, efficient, effective,
timely, equitable and patient-centred. Although laboratory medicine is integral to many of …

Laboratory diagnostics has emerged as a critical feature of standard medical practice over
the past 100 years. Test results have been recognized as increasingly essential tools for …

Since the future role of Laboratory Medicine is strongly and equally challenged by economic
and new technological pressures, it is essential to take a broad view of the discipline and …

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

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 …