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The Clinical Lab's Agent Problem

Laboratory informatics vendors are shipping autonomous agents into CLIA-regulated workflows faster than labs can validate what those agents actually do.

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Lab Agents Are Filling the Gap Between CLIA and ONC

Vendors are shipping agentic orchestration into CLIA-regulated labs just as ONC narrows certification scope, leaving lab directors without a validation standard or an authority map.