​Difficult transitions are simply part of life and unfortunately it is often impossible to anticipate and prepare for consequent changes.  In my experience the conversion from a paper to an electronic medical record (EMR) certainly qualifies as one of the sea changes in health care, and while I ant...(Read More)

​The pace of technological advance in our everyday life seems ever faster – the internet, cell phones, tablets, mp3s, Skyping, email, Tweets, texting, satellite maps, gps, not to mention blogging (!) – these have all emerged in recent memory.  In the clinical laboratory, the pace of change has also...(Read More)

​Which is the RIGHT equation for calculating eGFR?  Unfortunately, the answer may be “that depends”. Creatinine and BUN/Urea have long been used as markers of renal function, though creatinine has more recently gained prominence.  It was recognized a decade ago that there was significant variation ...(Read More)

​Pediatric healthcare is critically dependent on availability of accurate and precise laboratory tests/biomarkers of pediatric disease, and on availability of "reference intervals" (or “normal values”) to allow appropriate clinical interpretation. Children are not small adults; child deve...(Read More)