Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.

Quest Diagnostics may be the preferred lab your health insurance, doctors, or specialists use for blood work or other samples. We’re reviewing its sub-brand Quest Health, from which you can order your ...

Eric Gardner, owner of Any Lab Test Now in Kalispell. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Medical supplies at Kalispell's Any Lab Test Now. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Eric Gardner, owner of Any Lab ...

Hospital officials say that patients should consider factors other than just costs when deciding whether to go to an independent or hospital-based imaging center. For example, physicians sometimes ...

There are several lab tests for hemophilia. However, the main tests detect the clotting activity of factors VIII and IX, which are proteins in the blood. Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder in which an ...

Lab tests play a key role in clinical decision-making. More than 4000 lab tests are available, and an estimated 70% of clinical decisions are based on their results. Correct interpretation is critical ...

At-home sleep tests are convenient and cheaper than lab studies. But there are some major differences you should know before buying. Taylor Leamey Former Senior Writer Taylor Leamey wrote about all ...

Commercial payers are increasingly using laboratory benefit managers to manage laboratory test utilization. LBMs represent a relatively newer area of utilization management, although they are similar ...