June 2002

Features

	Servicing Physician Office Laboratories
	by Louise Lazear
	Had a blood test or cholesterol test lately — in your doctor’s office? The advent of smaller and faster desktop systems for chemistry, hematology and other testing is encouraging many physicians to offer in-house lab services to their patients as a convenience. But who tests those testing devices? There’s evidence to suggest that physician office laboratories (POLs) may present an opportunity for ISOs.


	HealthTech 2002 Revisited
	by Mary C. Tierney and Marie S. Marchese
	Workshops, exhibits and awards — oh, my! In the tradition of its prestigious predecessors, HealthTech 2002 offered something for everyone involved in healthcare technology service and support: advice for handling the job, tools and test equipment for on-the-job and awards for what readers considered a job well done. If you were there, you heard and saw it all. If not, well … here’s a peek at what you missed!


	Software for Small Businesses
	by Cheryl Hall Harris, RN
	You have the perfect design for the “can’t-do-without-it” tool, the “I-can’t-believe-no-one-has-thought-of-this-before” service for the masses. And the thought of being your own boss is like the call of the siren: a temptation you can’t resist any longer. But how do you move from ideas to invoices? Support is as close as your computer, equipped with software applications for small businesses.