Statistics, and the standard deviation of our tests, mean that if you order a complete metabolic profile, a lipid panel, a ...

Patients and impatience —often they go together like unflattering hospital gowns and exposed derrieres. Few things can test your patience as much as waiting to learn about — and worrying over — the ...

The main reason given for receiving results online was time savings, reported by 77% of participants, followed by lowering the chance of missing the results (31%). ABSTRACTObjectives: The laboratory, ...

Ambient temperature influences the results of some of the most used laboratory tests, and these distortions likely affect medical decision making, such as whether to prescribe medications, researchers ...

The need for understandable and transparent pricing for medical services in the U.S. has increased in urgency with the continuing rise of out-of-pocket healthcare costs. Americans are delaying ...