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Whiskeyjack

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60% of postings here are about what a hard knock life pathologists have, yet I just noticed there is an ad for 'Setting up In-office pathology labs for physician groups in less than 90days ' at the top of the forum page. Effing Hilarious....
 
Whiskeyjack said:
60% of postings here are about what a hard knock life pathologists have, yet I just noticed there is an ad for 'Setting up In-office pathology labs for physician groups in less than 90days ' at the top of the forum page. Effing Hilarious....
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That's a Pod lab. I didn't see the ad, but I imagine they are advertising to the clinician and they probably already have a desperate pathologist hired at a very low wage, possibly without benefits, that will be reading the slides while this company takes the bulk of the profit.
 
trent05 said:
That's a Pod lab. I didn't see the ad, but I imagine they are advertising to the clinician and they probably already have a desperate pathologist hired at a very low wage, possibly without benefits, that will be reading the slides while this company takes the bulk of the profit.
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Actually, it's not exactly a podlab. It's a company that helps clinicians set up pod labs (although I suspect they never use the term pod lab). I don't think the company runs the lab, they are more of a consultant, take the money and run kind of thing.
 
yaah said:
Actually, it's not exactly a podlab. It's a company that helps clinicians set up pod labs (although I suspect they never use the term pod lab). I don't think the company runs the lab, they are more of a consultant, take the money and run kind of thing.
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So if you are an accessory to a crime in this instance are you still guilty? What's worse the motive or the finger that pulls the trigger?
 
I didn't see the ad, either, but I know this story well.

Companies offering in-house pathology set-up usually consist of slick entrepreneurs who have some pathology lab experience, having worked as techs and such. No M.D.'s. Used-car salesmen with a weak lab background.

For a fee, they'll create space in a clinician's office building basement and put in some crummy machines. Then they'll approach the local pathologist talent with a take-it-or-leave-it offer to sign out cases. I expect the latter is the best part of their job.

Actually, this IS helpful for clinicians new to the game, because generally their pathology lab knowledge is non-existent and they intend to keep it that way. Plus, approaching formerly treasured colleagues and telling them you are screwing them can be unpleasant, and it's nice to let your paid ax-men break the ice.

The company gets a cut of profits for a specified time after the basement lab is up and running, usually a year or so. By then, the clinicians realize the installation was half-as$ed and problem-ridden, but it is too late.
 
I KNEW what the ad was about that's why I found it ironic.We've been talking about how terrible these pod labs are and yet there was an ad on our homepage about starting one up. Fair enough it was probably aimed at the clinicians but its still ironic. The ad was in a panel advertising for some other lab services/providers...omnyx or some such. Surprised no one else saw it.
 
Whiskeyjack said:
I KNEW what the ad was about that's why I found it ironic.We've been talking about how terrible these pod labs are and yet there was an ad on our homepage about starting one up. Fair enough it was probably aimed at the clinicians but its still ironic. The ad was in a panel advertising for some other lab services/providers...omnyx or some such. Surprised no one else saw it.
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I think Google ads are basically automatic and get tailored to certain buzzwords on the page. They aren't really selected by a real person or purchased by a real company specifically for the site. The ad probably varies depending on what the active threads are, who knows.

But yeah, pathwrath's description sounds about right to me. They probably hook the clinicians with some fancy computer programs and charts about profit increase.
 
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