Spectrum Laboratory Network (Greensboro, NC) will deploy MercuryMD, an electronic health record (EHR) platform of Thomson Healthcare, across its affiliated network of hospitals in North Carolina and Tennessee. MercuryMD, which the company terms a "mobile health record," will enable the more than 20,000 doctors in Spectrum’s network to have immediate access to laboratory results and patient information anywhere via a smartphone or PDA. This service will also be available to all independent physicians and physician groups within Spectrum’s five-state market, which consists of the Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia.

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February 2007 - Table of Contents

LIR February 2007 (full PDF issue)

Lab Industry Follows Pharma Into Direct-to-Consumer Marketing

Lab Execs Map Out Competitive Strategies

Sonic Deviates From Offshore Strategy, Acquires Remaining 18% of CPL

Horizon/LabCorp Deal Ousts Bio-Reference

RedPath Builds on a Convergence of Technology

New Congress to Influence Critical Laboratory, Pathology Issues

Cutting Out the Middle Man? Major Lab Players Target Patients in New Media Campaigns

Spectrum to Use Thomson’s MercuryMD Mobile EHR System

United Will Cover Oncotype DX Testing

Lab Stocks Rose 29% In 2006; Genomic Health Was Best Performer

FDA to Hold Meeting on IVDMIAs