This year’s 377 respondents to MedicalLab Management’s national survey of clinical laboratory directors are a representative group in terms of location and facility size. Unsurprisingly, the largest health care facilities tend to utilize the most sophisticated technology, but it is encouraging to see that facilities of all scopes and sizes are dedicating annual budgets to improving the quality of automation and technology in the lab.

Of note is laboratory’s growing commitment to further automating operations and adopting the types of technology that allow for faster turnaround times, greater accuracy and sensitivity, and fewer errors.