Laboratory Medicine: Value for Patients Is the Goal To the Editor:

Bossuyt et al. (1) make interesting points regarding the major transfor-mations in laboratory medicine in recent decades. They also underline the new competencies required by laboratory professionals to address current challenges, including the need to give “comprehensive consul-tative support ” to clinicians. I would like to emphasize that the evolution of clinical laboratories into knowl-edge services is the key not only for their survival but, even more rele-vant, for improving patient safety. A body of evidence has been col