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IDEXX Launches Rapid Digital Cytology Service to Further Accelerate Delivery of Veterinary Healthcare
Enables faster veterinary clinical decision-making, rapid case management, and enhanced client experience WESTBROOK, Maine, Jan. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
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[{"type":"text","content":"Enables faster veterinary clinical decision-making, rapid case management, and enhanced client experience\n WESTBROOK, Maine, Jan. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDXX), a global leader in veterinary diagnostics and software, today announced that it is launching a new rapid digital cytology service that digitally connects veterinarians to the largest global network of more than 100 veterinary clinical pathologists and enables them to receive cytology interpretations within 2 hours. Powered by a new in-clinic instrument and IDEXX's proprietary VetConnect® PLUS software, the service will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. IDEXX Digital Cytology™ will be available to IDEXX customers in North America by mid-February.\n\n \n \n\n \nIDEXX has also integrated digital cytology capability into its reference laboratories so that veterinarians who submit cytology cases to IDEXX Reference Laboratories will also get faster turnaround times and broader access to IDEXX's world-class network of pathologists. Many reference laboratory digital cytology customers now benefit from deeper case collaboration among IDEXX's wide range of experts and greater ability to ensure cases are directed to the pathologist best suited to provide an interpretation.\nTimely and accurate cytology reporting is a critical step for veterinarians toward faster clinical decision-making, rapid case management, and an enhanced client experience. With the accelerated turnaround times, veterinary teams will be more equipped to speed up their healthcare delivery in what can often be high-anxiety situations for pet owners. Veterinary teams will also be able to maximize the likelihood that the attending veterinarian manages a case to its next steps, reducing the number of different touchpoints within a care management team and with a pet owner.\nVeterinarians will be able to easily incorporate orders for these cytology reports into the same workflows they use for in-house diagnostics and other IDEXX Reference Laboratories services. Veterinarians using IDEXX Reference Laboratories for digital cytology will also use existing workflows for specimen submission. With the new in-clinic service, veterinarians will be able to scan and submit high-resolution images of slides that they've prepared in the practice, and the resulting int...