Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

LabCorp Launches Chronic Kidney Disease Program

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, August 21st, 2008

Laboratory Corporation of America(R) Holdings (LabCorp(R)) (NYSE:LH) announced the launch of a national effort to combat chronic kidney disease (CKD) in North America. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), a supporter of newly passed legislation to fight CKD, and representatives of the National Kidney Foundation are joining executives of LabCorp at the Kannapolis, NC event today announcing the new initiative.

The cornerstone of the effort is a program offered by LabCorp's Litholink subsidiary that provides highly nuanced, patient-specific clinical guidance to physicians based on the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative (KDOQI). This...

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2008-08-21)

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