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TriCore Reference Laboratories Unveils Its Updated New Mexico Infectious Disease Dashboards


04/06/2021

TriCore Reference Laboratories unveils new interactive Infectious Disease Dashboards on tricore.org, built in partnership with Rhodes Group. www.tricore.org/infectious_disease_reports
TriCore’s new Infectious Disease Dashboards leverage TriCore’s strong regional footprint of longitudinal laboratory data and Rhodes Groups’ powerful analytics engine to provide clarity for New Mexico’s healthcare providers and public about realtime infectious disease trends in our region.

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TriCore Reference Laboratories Recognizes One-Year of COVID Testing in New Mexico


03/12/2021

Today, March 12, marks one year since TriCore Reference Laboratories resulted it’s first COVID-19 test for New Mexico.

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TRICORE AND RHODES GROUP ANNOUNCE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER APPOINTMENTS


12/22/2020

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO – DECEMBER 22, 2020 — TriCore Reference Laboratories, New Mexico’s non-profit clinical laboratory, and Rhodes Group, a healthcare information technology and services company based in Albuquerque, NM, announce the appointments of Ella Watt as TriCore Chief Financial Officer, effective November 16, 2020, and Renee Ennis as Rhodes Group Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2021.

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TriCore's Chief Scientific Officer - President, AACC Board of Directors


08/04/2020

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO – August 4, 2020 — TriCore Reference Laboratories, New Mexico’s non-profit clinical laboratory, is pleased to announce David Grenache, PhD, TriCore’s Chief Scientific Officer, as the president of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Board of Directors.

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NMSU AND TRICORE REFERENCE LABORATORIES PARTNER TO BRING CORONAVIRUS TESTING LAB TO NMSU CAMPUS


07/28/2020

Albuquerque-based TriCore Reference Laboratories is establishing a branch lab at New Mexico State University to provide local testing for novel coronavirus infection.

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TriCore Reference Laboratories Opens Winrock PCC with Updated Logo


07/03/2020

TriCore Reference Laboratories, New Mexico’s non-profit clinical laboratory, is pleased to announce the opening of its newest location in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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COLLABORATION BUILDS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR CONVALESCENT PLASMA DONATIONS


05/08/2020

TriCore Reference Laboratories is proud to announce a collaboration with the Vitalant blood center and New Mexico hospital systems, Lovelace Health System, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, and University of New Mexico Health, to build a community resource of plasma donations from individuals who have recovered from COVID-19

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Antibody Test for COVID-19 at TriCore Reference Laboratories


04/29/2020

Testing for COVID-19 antibodies will be available at TriCore beginning May 4, 2020.

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TriCore Reference Laboratories Increases Its COVID-19 Testing Capacity


04/24/2020

TriCore Reference Laboratories has increased COVID-19 test capacity once again, adding the ability to test an additional 1000 samples each day, representing a greater than 50% increase.

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TriCore Reference Laboratories Recognizes Medical Laboratory Professionals Week


04/22/2020

TriCore Reference Laboratories recognizes Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 19-25, 2020. 

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TriCore in the News

Basics of Researching, Selecting, and Implementing New POCT Devices

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

ONE-ON-ONE: Karissa Culbreath — Medical Director, infectious disease chief, Tricore Reference Laboratories

There’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

Database shows NM health care facilities receiving COVID-19 relief funds

A 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

One on One with Robin Divine

Robin 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

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