The future of laboratory medicine - a 2014 perspective

doi:10.1016/j.cca.2014.09.005

Review

. 2015 Jan 1:438:284-303.

doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.09.005. Epub 2014 Sep 16.

The future of laboratory medicine - a 2014 perspective

Larry J Kricka¹, Tracey G Polsky², Jason Y Park³, Paolo Fortina⁴

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¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 7.103 Founders Pavilion, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: kricka@mail.med.upenn.edu.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 7.103 Founders Pavilion, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
³ Department of Pathology and the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Children's Medical Center, 1935 Medical District Drive, Dallas, TX 75235, USA.
⁴ Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Kimmel Cancer Center, Department of Cancer Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Molecular Medicine, Universita' La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 25219903
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.09.005

Review

The future of laboratory medicine - a 2014 perspective

Larry J Kricka et al. Clin Chim Acta. 2015.

. 2015 Jan 1:438:284-303.

doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.09.005. Epub 2014 Sep 16.

Authors

Larry J Kricka¹, Tracey G Polsky², Jason Y Park³, Paolo Fortina⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 7.103 Founders Pavilion, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: kricka@mail.med.upenn.edu.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 7.103 Founders Pavilion, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
³ Department of Pathology and the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Children's Medical Center, 1935 Medical District Drive, Dallas, TX 75235, USA.
⁴ Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Kimmel Cancer Center, Department of Cancer Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Molecular Medicine, Universita' La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 25219903
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.09.005

Abstract

Predicting the future is a difficult task. Not surprisingly, there are many examples and assumptions that have proved to be wrong. This review surveys the many predictions, beginning in 1887, about the future of laboratory medicine and its sub-specialties such as clinical chemistry and molecular pathology. It provides a commentary on the accuracy of the predictions and offers opinions on emerging technologies, economic factors and social developments that may play a role in shaping the future of laboratory medicine.

Keywords: Clinical chemistry; Future; Laboratory medicine; Molecular pathology; Predictions.

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