Our approach to consulting is a little different.
We don't keep a large number of consultants on-staff. Clinical laboratory consulting is so specialized that we employ only experts that perfectly match the needs of our clients. Our consultants, having an average of more than 30 years' experience, are typically full-time managers of labs comparable in size and complexity to those of our clients. We hire them, on a job-by-job basis, only as needed.
That keeps our costs as low as possible. As a result, your costs are kept low as well. Best of all, your lab managers are always dealing with professional colleagues, not with "full-time consultants."
Here are just a few of our consultants:
Anita Suggs, MS, MBA, MT (ASCP), Operations Analyst
Anita has worked on more than 60 of our engagements, including consolidation and lab assessment studies for The Yale New Haven Health System, The Carolinas HealthSystem, Alegent Health, DCH HealthCare, The Queen's Health System, Piedmont Health, Adventist Health, and many others. Anita is among the best bottom line-oriented lab managers in the industry.
Jonn Ragle, MBA, MT (ASCP), Operations Analyst
Jonn is Vice President of Hospital Laboratories within The Queen's Health System, where he is responsible for clinical labs of various sizes throughout the Pacific Rim. He works with us on engagements where we have to marry high technology and extreme efficiency, such as in the development of targeted automation systems for core labs. With over 30 years' experience, he is especially adept at working with high-tech vendors to develop profitable gain sharing partnerships with our clients. Finally‚ Jonn is our laboratory design specialist.
Patrick Monahan, Vendor Analyst
Much of our work includes vendor negotiations and strategic pricing for our clients. Patrick is Vice President of Vendor Relations and Strategic Projects for Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. (DLS), a joint venture of a large VHA-affiliated system and a prominent Premier hospital. DLS is the nation's 10th largest clinical laboratory. He is especially talented at driving the very best vendor deals for our clients. Patrick is also expert in lab logistics, purchasing and in developing guaranteed cost reduction through gain sharing agreements with vendors. He has more than 25 years' experience in the lab business.
Marci Dop, BS, MBA, MT (ASCP), IT Analyst
Marci is our information technology problem-solver. She is the Vice President, Laboratories for the Ohio Health System, where she has linked 7 clinical laboratories. Her specialty is making it possible for our client hospital laboratories to talk to each other, and there is no one better at it.
J. Stephen Mattice, BS, MBA, Financial Analyst
Steve is our CFO and senior cost analyst. He has over 25 years of experience in the clinical laboratory industry. In recent years he developed our proprietary "Best Fees" schedules for reference lab tests, and he has saved our clients an average of 25% in the cost of their send-out testing, even when compared with the very best GPO pricing.
Mark Wasielewski, MT(ASCP)
Mark is Manager of Marketing for Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. (DLS). His previous positions have included lab management for Castle Medical Center and Core Lab Operations Manager for DLS. He has helped us to insource a major hospital laboratory and helped develop reference lab operations for a large health care system.
Renee Monahan, Market Research
Renee helps us to develop comprehensive marketing and sales plans for lab and ancillary services outreach programs for our clients. It is not unusual for her to define a lab market by calling every referrer of lab tests in a given metropolitan area. Renee has the ability to get people to talk about their needs and wants, and we transfer that information into winning business plans based on hard facts, not guesses.
We don't keep a large number of consultants on-staff. Clinical laboratory consulting is so specialized that we employ only experts that perfectly match the needs of our clients. Our consultants, having an average of more than 30 years' experience, are typically full-time managers of labs comparable in size and complexity to those of our clients. We hire them, on a job-by-job basis, only as needed.
That keeps our costs as low as possible. As a result, your costs are kept low as well. Best of all, your lab managers are always dealing with professional colleagues, not with "full-time consultants."
Here are just a few of our consultants:
Anita Suggs, MS, MBA, MT (ASCP), Operations Analyst
Anita has worked on more than 60 of our engagements, including consolidation and lab assessment studies for The Yale New Haven Health System, The Carolinas HealthSystem, Alegent Health, DCH HealthCare, The Queen's Health System, Piedmont Health, Adventist Health, and many others. Anita is among the best bottom line-oriented lab managers in the industry.
Jonn Ragle, MBA, MT (ASCP), Operations Analyst
Jonn is Vice President of Hospital Laboratories within The Queen's Health System, where he is responsible for clinical labs of various sizes throughout the Pacific Rim. He works with us on engagements where we have to marry high technology and extreme efficiency, such as in the development of targeted automation systems for core labs. With over 30 years' experience, he is especially adept at working with high-tech vendors to develop profitable gain sharing partnerships with our clients. Finally‚ Jonn is our laboratory design specialist.
Patrick Monahan, Vendor Analyst
Much of our work includes vendor negotiations and strategic pricing for our clients. Patrick is Vice President of Vendor Relations and Strategic Projects for Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. (DLS), a joint venture of a large VHA-affiliated system and a prominent Premier hospital. DLS is the nation's 10th largest clinical laboratory. He is especially talented at driving the very best vendor deals for our clients. Patrick is also expert in lab logistics, purchasing and in developing guaranteed cost reduction through gain sharing agreements with vendors. He has more than 25 years' experience in the lab business.
Marci Dop, BS, MBA, MT (ASCP), IT Analyst
Marci is our information technology problem-solver. She is the Vice President, Laboratories for the Ohio Health System, where she has linked 7 clinical laboratories. Her specialty is making it possible for our client hospital laboratories to talk to each other, and there is no one better at it.
J. Stephen Mattice, BS, MBA, Financial Analyst
Steve is our CFO and senior cost analyst. He has over 25 years of experience in the clinical laboratory industry. In recent years he developed our proprietary "Best Fees" schedules for reference lab tests, and he has saved our clients an average of 25% in the cost of their send-out testing, even when compared with the very best GPO pricing.
Mark Wasielewski, MT(ASCP)
Mark is Manager of Marketing for Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. (DLS). His previous positions have included lab management for Castle Medical Center and Core Lab Operations Manager for DLS. He has helped us to insource a major hospital laboratory and helped develop reference lab operations for a large health care system.
Renee Monahan, Market Research
Renee helps us to develop comprehensive marketing and sales plans for lab and ancillary services outreach programs for our clients. It is not unusual for her to define a lab market by calling every referrer of lab tests in a given metropolitan area. Renee has the ability to get people to talk about their needs and wants, and we transfer that information into winning business plans based on hard facts, not guesses.
