Recognise the wider value of diagnostics, says BIVDA (British In Vitro Diagnostics Association)
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
"Recognise the enormous input of laboratory medicine beyond simply diagnosing illness" - this was the message issued last week by the British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA), in response to a government report that stresses the importance precisely of shifting the focus of the healthcare industry from tackling disease to preventing it.