BC Biomedical Laboratories Ltd.
BC Biomedical Laboratories, Ltd is a physician-owned and operated laboratory in British Columbia, Canada. The company accredited with the Diagnostic Accreditation Program of the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons and is also an accredited laboratory with the College of American Pathologists.
History
The company was founded in 1958 by Burnaby pathologist Dr Cam Coady to provide diagnostic testing services to hospitals in the Vancouver area. It is now owned and operated by Dr. C.J. Coady Associates, a group of approximately 40 pathologists.
Facts
- BC Biomedical has been on the Hewitt Report on Business 50 Best Employers in Canada for the last eight years- three years in the number one position.
- Has more than 700 employees
- Serves between 6,000 to 8,000 patients per day
- Performs approximately 32,000 tests per day
- Performs over 400 different tests
- Transports more than 1,800 specimens each day to BC Centre for Disease Control, Canadian Blood Services, BC Cancer Agency, and hospitals at no charge.
- Provides Mobile Lab Services to more than 350 patients per day at no additional charge to the patient or Health Care System
- Provides efficient electronic reporting to over 5,000 BC physicians via Excelleris Technologies
- Is a Community Laboratory dedicated to health that is owned and operated by Dr. C.J. Coady Associates, a group of approximately 40 pathologists