Couple this POC change with the continued consolidation of laboratories to offsite locations (offsite from the main hospital), and it is clear the laboratory is moving to two very different entities at opposite ends of the laboratory spectrum. Labs will be either very large or POC. Most hospital laboratories in the country will migrate to both ends, and what is now in the middle will be almost totally non-existent. These obvious, but subtle, changes in the treatment of POC by laboratory companies are a clear signal that major change is coming.
About the author:
Dennis Matricardi joined MD Buyline in 2000 with over 30 years of hospital-based laboratory experience. He has a strong specialization in infectious disease and experience running both microbiology and infection control programs in a hospital setting. He has previously worked as a laboratory surveyor for the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and has experience with laboratory inspections by the Joint Commission and CAP. He has had oversight for anatomical pathology, cytology, microbiology, immunology, laboratory information systems and laboratory compliance and finance.
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Matricardi has worked in various small and large hospital laboratories in Ohio, Florida, and Texas, and has been a microbiology technologist, microbiology supervisor, laboratory technical consultant, and laboratory manager. He has written for ASCP ONELab on topics related to laboratory purchasing and management. He has been published in the ASCP magazine LabMedicine and Critical Values and presented topics at national laboratory conventions.
Matricardi received his Bachelor of Science in microbiology from Ohio State University and Master of Science in management/health systems administration from the University of Akron. He is registered by the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) as Specialist in Microbiology SM(ASCP) and Diplomat in Laboratory Management DLM(ASCP). He has also held Certification in Infection Control by the Certification Board of Infection Control.Back to HCB News
