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Evidence-Based Practices in Laboratory Test Development: The Need for Clinical Utility Evidence

February 12, 2019

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By Brandy D. Gunsolus, DCLS, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Patient Safety Committee Within the healthcare professional competencies outlined by the 2003 report “Health Professions Education – A Bridge to Quality”, effe...

Healthcare Competencies Necessary to Deliver Quality Care – INTRODUCTION

Stacy Walz, PhD, MS, MT(ASCP)

January 4, 2019

ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Featured, Home Page, Quality Care

Some years back, members of our committee wrote articles for Lab Testing Matters that revolved around the six aims of quality healthcare and the five competencies all healthcare professionals should possess to ...

Dr. Daly Discusses…Legionnaires Disease

John Daly, MD

December 20, 2018

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A few months ago an article was published in JAMA asking the question “Why are Legionnaires Disease Diagnoses becoming More Common in the US?” In this installment, Dr. Daly discusses the several interesting are...

Dr Daly Discusses Audit Focus on Medical Necessity

John Daly, MD

December 18, 2018

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One of the major areas reviewed during an audit of a laboratory performing urine drug screening is documentation of medical necessity of the testing. In this installment, Dr. Daly discusses the criteria to esta...

Dr. Daly Discusses…Adulterant Testing

John Daly, MD

October 25, 2018

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In drug testing of pain management patients, it is important that a valid sample is collected in order to determine compliance with appropriate use of prescribed drugs and to identify the use of other non-presc...

Dr. Daly Discusses…Hepatitis C Virus Infection

John Daly, MD

October 18, 2018

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It is estimated that more than 4 million individuals have been infected with the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in the U.S., and from that number, some 75% are infected at any given time. In the latest installment of ...

Dr. Daly Discusses…Balance Billing

John Daly, MD

September 20, 2018

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At the recent Executive War College presented by the Dark Intelligence Group, there was a roundtable presentation featuring four attorneys active in laboratory legal affairs discussing “Current Issues in Clinic...

Rabies: History, myths and diagnosis on Outbreak News This Week

Rodney Rohde Ph.D.

September 12, 2018

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Interview with Rodney E. Rohde, Ph.D on Outbreak News Today. Hosted and authored by Robert Herriman and re-published here with permission. Rabies has been a topic several times on the radio show where I looked...

Doctorate in Clinical Laboratory Science (DCLS) with Dr. Rodney Rohde

Rodney Rohde Ph.D.

September 4, 2018

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Interview with Rodney E. Rohde, Ph.D on Outbreak News Today. Hosted and authored by Robert Herriman and re-published here with permission. A relatively new advanced degree is now available at select institutio...

Dr. Daly Discusses… Laboratory Billing Pitfalls

John Daly, MD

August 23, 2018

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Insurers and the government are scrutinizing laboratory billing arrangements where small, financially challenged hospitals contract with Medical Service Organizations (MSO) to perform laboratory marketing servi...

Without quality systems in the clinical laboratory, diagnosis can be a crap shoot. No test is better than a test...

Betty Lynn HarrisAustin, Texas

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T20:59:27-04:00

Betty Lynn HarrisAustin, Texas

Without quality systems in the clinical laboratory, diagnosis can be a crap shoot. No test is better than a test that yields an incorrect value & sends the physician down a bunny trail looking for something that is not there.

http://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/diagnosis-can-be-a-crap-shoot/

it is the backbone of modern medicine

Anas IsahNigeria

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:37:48-04:00

Anas IsahNigeria

it is the backbone of modern medicine

http://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/it-is-the-backbone-of-modern-medicine/

I started out my carrier change studying to be a RN. BUT it was boring for the most part sitting...

Mary MillerOklahoma

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:44:34-04:00

Mary MillerOklahoma

I started out my carrier change studying to be a RN. BUT it was boring for the most part sitting for long hours typing in the relentless paperwork. Medical lab technicians jobs are always new and exciting. No two results are the same. You are a mini detective, lifesaver, mad scientist all in one. Doctors and nurses see one is ill from the outside, but we see deep into the tissue, blood, urine and body fluids to see what is causing the illness. To see the morphology of the cells, the bacteria growing inside blood, wounds, our tissue and to know this is what probably is causing the illness. Only to give the results to the Dr. for him to tell you what the problem is. We get no thanks but we know we don’t have to be the glory seekers. Not to forget blood banking. We test the blood for correct matches for transfusions because one can’t simply just get any blood. So yes our job is hidden but we are Super Heroes! I love my job!!!

http://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/relentless-paperwork/

Lab test results are an integral part of the medical diagnostic process!

Donna DaytonIndiana University

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:50:58-04:00

Donna DaytonIndiana University

Lab test results are an integral part of the medical diagnostic process!

http://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/results-are-an-integral-part/

I remember one case where a patient had complaints that were confusing to the doctor and he (the patient) was...

Ritah KiconcoMbarara, Uganda

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:05:47-04:00

Ritah KiconcoMbarara, Uganda

I remember one case where a patient had complaints that were confusing to the doctor and he (the patient) was sent to the lab. We performed liver function tests and renal fuction tests. The results revealed the the renal function tests were out of range and so the doctor had a clearer picture of what was going on with the patient. So what do I learn from this? Well, i could say that, my proffesion saved the day. Both for the troubled patient and the confused doctor!

http://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/complaints-that-were-confusing/

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