Technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, and manufacturers release new point-of-care testing (POCT) devices almost daily. As news of a novel technology spreads, requests from hospitals, provider offices, urgent care sites, and other locations increase. Likewise, when the public becomes aware of the possibilities of faster testing, people start to expect that when they visit their provider or any other healthcare site, they’ll be able to get results and necessary treatment immediately. With emerging POCT devices, the days of hospital-based glucose and urine dipstick testing being the only tests available at patient bedside are in the past.
AACC,10/26/2021
Read MoreThere’s one sure way to get Karissa Culbreath to do something: Tell her she can’t.
“I am a highly competitive person and really all you have to do … is tell me that I can’t and then — ‘OK. Let’s go. Watch me,'” says Culbreath, medical director of infectious disease at TriCore Reference Laboratories.
Albuquerque Journal,02/25/2021
Read MoreA new federal database is giving a look at which New Mexico hospitals and health care providers received federal funding related to the coronavirus. The database published on the CDC’s website lists over 1,100 different New Mexico entities that received CARES Act aid funding under the federal Health and Human Services Provider Relief Fund.
KRQE TV 13,07/09/2020
Read MoreRobin Divine was on the job at TriCore Reference Laboratories for just a short time when the coronavirus threw the state’s largest clinical lab into “crisis mode.”
Albuquerque Journal,07/06/2020
Read MoreSeveral hospitals in the state have in recent weeks started using convalescent plasma to try to treat COVID patients.
Albuquerque Journal,05/19/2020
Read MoreFrom SARS-CoV-2 to cardiac biomarkers, a steady stream of IVD innovation shows no signs of letting up
Clinical Laboratory News,05/01/2020
Read MoreTesting to see who has antibodies to the coronavirus has begun in New Mexico, but questions remain about how to use the results and what they actually mean.
Albuquerque Journal,04/30/2020
Read MoreAs the COVID-19 pandemic rolls with equal ferocity across big cities and rural communities, clinical laboratory professionals have stepped front and center onto the healthcare stage. In my view, we will stay in our newfound spotlight not only as the country grapples with this unprecedented public health crisis but also as it prepares as never before for future outbreaks.
LabPulse.com,04/20/2020
Read More"We have the equipment to more than meet our testing needs right here in New Mexico. TriCore in New Mexico is a world class lab."
Martin Heinrich's website,03/18/2020
Read MoreMajor NM company becomes latest medical tenant at Winrock
Albuquerque Business First,02/20/2020
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