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Bruce Friedman Patient Expert

Ann Arbor, Michigan
I am a semi-retired pathologist who was a faculty member at the University of Michigan Medical School for 33 years. I have also run a yearly conference about the clinical lab industry and laboratory information systems for 27 years. My blog, Lab Soft News, has been in existence for more than three... Full Bio
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Epic Founder Faulkner Gives Hospital Executives Exactly What They Want

Judith Faulkner, founder and CEO of Epic, is warming up to the media according to an interview in Forbes by Zina...

Should Hospitals Develop Lab Formularies Like Those in the Pharmacy?

I recently learned about the concept of a lab formulary, an analogue of the pharmacy formulary. The latter is a...

The Institutionalization of Healthcare; Consequences of Big Medicine?

I posted a note five days ago about how the cost of healthcare seems to be gradually declining (see: Decrease in...

Is Any Hospital Using the "Hybrid" Digital Pathology Business and Workflow Model?

In a previous note, I discussed the hybrid teleradiology business model (see: Hybrid Model of On-Site and Remote...

The Correlation between the Cost of Care and the Health of a Population

In a recent note, I reported that the cost of healthcare in the U.S. was beginning to decline, perhaps due, in...
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