The role of clinical pathologists or laboratory-based physicians is being challenged on
several fronts—exponential advances in technology, increasing patient autonomy exercised …

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

Over the last 20 years laboratory medicine has played an increasingly dominant role in
clinical decisionmaking and patient management. Laboratory tests are essential to …

Developments in “-omics” are creating a paradigm shift in laboratory medicine leading to
personalized medicine. This allows the increase in diagnostics and therapeutics focused on …

The contribution of laboratory medicine in delivering value-based care depends on active
cooperation and trust between pathologist and clinician. The effectiveness of medicine more …

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 …

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

In contrast to population-based medical decision making, which emphasizes the use of
evidence-based treatment strategies for groups of patients, personalized medicine is based …

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 …