&gt;&gt;Theranos claims that the usual delay of testing in centralized laboratories is approximately 3 days and that they will generate and deliver their data much faster (e.g., within 4 h). The 3-day delay claim is not accurate. The bulk of laboratory testing in centralized laboratories is completed within an hour or two (calculated from time of sample collection to time of results posting for physician review). For example, in our laboratory, more than 90% of creatinine and troponin requests from all wards are completed in &lt;1 h and more than 97% in &lt;2 h. It is thus questionable that Theranos’s technology will be able to deliver faster results than the ones mentioned... Consequently, faster analysis will not have a major impact on patient outcomes.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.degruyter.com&#x2F;view&#x2F;j&#x2F;cclm.2015.53.issue-7&#x2F;cclm-2015-0356&#x2F;cclm-2015-0356.xml" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.degruyter.com&#x2F;view&#x2F;j&#x2F;cclm.2015.53.issue-7&#x2F;cclm-20...</a><p>This is the same kind of bullshit I see in academia, where a new technology is promised to replace an old technology that works fine, but now they have a 9 billion dollar valuation!