Time-consuming travel and longer wait times at larger venues will make completing lab work more difficult for patients.

In another troubling move toward the corporatization of health care, Allina Health recently announced that it will be transferring most clinic-based lab work to Quest Diagnostics, a for-profit company ...

Medical laboratory scientists collect samples and perform lab tests, calibrate and maintain equipment, and perform statistical analysis. Their work is crucial for clinicians to diagnose diseases.

The arrangement serves as a case study for how outreach agreements can help hospital systems expand patient access to ...