Regarding the complexity of being a service that provides testing for physicians, none of us can predict what tests will be coming on line in the next five years and what certain jurisdictions will be willing to fund. OMA has to agree to fund certain things. For us to do health human resource planning involves a large conversation with health care providers and health payees to see where the challenges lie.
What we do know is that no one's ordering fewer lab tests than before. Patients now walk in and tell their doctors what they want ordered, and when they want it done, and if the doctors can't do it, the patients offer to pay. I think the complexity of lab testing and what funders are willing to pay for it change the conversation for my professionals.