Monday, September 9, 2013

Laboratory Testing Industry: Ripe For Innovative, Medically-Sound, Cost Saving Approaches?

Elizabeth Holmes:  The Breakthrough Of Instant Diagnosis by Joseph Rago.  The Wall Street Journal.  September 8, 2013.

Click on the above link, read the article and see test your recall with a brief test.

(1) Elizabeth Holmes' firm is refining devices that __________________ more than 1,000 laboratory tests, from ________________________.

(2)  The devices require ______________ blood volumes and are ________ accurate than conventional analyses.

(3)  Her company is launching a partnership with ____________ for _______________.

(4)  While diagnostic test account for between _____________ % of health spending, they drive between ___________ of every clinical decisions by physicians.

(5)  A major problem cited by Ms. Holmes is that physicians rarely have "_________________________________________."

(6)  Only about ________ % of tests ordered by physicians are carried out for reasons including not enough __________.

(7)  The reference ranges for lab instruments ______________ from manufacturer to manufacturer.   Often machines are not ___________ one to another.

(8)  The company's analytical tools might help promote ______________ medicine.

(9)  Ms. Holmes company is committing to producing tests at a ___________ discount on Medicare fees.

(10)  One of the patents obtained by the company is a wearable diagnostic device that attaches to the boy with _____________________.

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