Patients who want to access their lab test results may soon be able to simply Google them. Quest Diagnostics (Madison, N.J.) has announced that it will collaborate with the Internet giant on Google Health, a pilot electronic health record (EHR) system that will allow users to manage their health information online. Google Health was launched last month at the Health Information Management Systems Society trade show. In addition to Quest, Google Health’s future partners include Aetna, Wal-Mart, the University of California at San Francisco, the American Medical Association, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

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April 2008 - Table of Contents

DTTR April 2008 (full PDF issue)

JAMA Study Sends Chill Through IVD Market

Immucor Bets on Blood Genotyping

Third Wave Sees Clinical Revenue Grow 25% in '07

NEJM Study Probes Pharmacogenomics of Warfarin Metabolism

PerkinElmer Acquires Pediatrix’s Newborn Screening Lab

New Bioimaging System Promises Improved HER2 Testing

Ikonisys Boosts Automated FISH Platform with New Reference Lab

Quidel RSV Test Gets CLIA Waiver

Abbott to Co-Develop Pharmacogenomic Test for Lung Cancer Drug

Quest Diagnostics Signs Onto Google Health EHR

ACLA Presses SACGHS for Clarification on Genetic Testing Oversight

Beckman Coulter Launches High-Volume Testing System

IVD Stocks Fall 7%; Inverness Plummets 33%

Lung Cancer-Focused Allegro Diagnostics Raises $4 Million