Quality Care

Choosing and interpreting laboratory test results – what are the chances?

November 25, 2019

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The National Academy of Medicine’s report, Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, establishes the role of laboratory professionals and laboratory testing in the diagnostic process. The report also describes factor...

Improving Diagnosis in Medicine: Introduction & Overview

Stacy Walz, PhD, MS, MT(ASCP)

October 23, 2019

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Reports published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), a part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS), are the foundation of research on medical errors1 and how to improve patient s...

INFORMATICS COMPETENCIES NECESSARY TO DELIVER QUALITY CARE

Andrea Pitkus, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM and Susie Zanto MPH MLS ASCP

April 3, 2019

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Can you imagine any healthcare professional practicing quality care today without the use of informatics? Medical informatics, as defined by the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is, ‘the interdis...

Healthcare Competencies Necessary to Deliver Quality Care – INTRODUCTION

Stacy Walz, PhD, MS, MT(ASCP)

January 4, 2019

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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 ...

Educating Others: A Necessary Component of Quality Patient Care

Brandy D. Gunsolus

June 15, 2018

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“All health professionals should be educated to deliver patient-centered care as members of an interdisciplinary team, emphasizing evidence-based practice, quality improvement approaches, and informatics.” – In...

Thinking Outside the Box for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Jennifer Dawson, MHA, DLM(ASCP)CMSLS

May 16, 2018

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Laboratories are constantly seeking to improve their services for the benefit of their patients, but are usually under significant budgetary constraints. Sometimes all that is required to improve patient safety...

Preanalytical Variables–Critical for Appropriate Diagnosis

Lezlee Koch, MT(ASCP)

February 6, 2017

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The laboratory total testing process begins with the preanalytical phase and concludes with the postanalytical phase. Due to improvements in analytical techniques and effective quality programs, most errors no...

ASCLS: Enhancing Education in the Diagnostic Process

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December 8, 2016

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It’s no secret that arriving at a definitive diagnosis in medicine is a complex process involving many “moving parts”. There is no “cookie cutter” or “one-size-fits-all” approach that can be applied, and very ...

ASCLS: Emphasizing Teamwork to Improve Diagnostic Accuracy

Pamela Meadows, Ed.D., MT(ASCP)

November 10, 2016

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Diagnostic errors represent a prominent issue for patient safety. In an effort to improve accuracy in patient diagnosis, recent recommendations from the Institute of Medicine suggest that increased emphasis sh...

ASCLS: Looking into Improving Diagnosis in Health Care

Catherine Otto, Ph.D., MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM and Karen Golemboski, Ph.D., MLS(ASCP)CM

October 13, 2016

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Since To Err is Human was published in 2000, healthcare has focused upon improving patient safety; specifically, reducing errors, decreasing hospital readmissions, and creating systems to reduce harm to patient...

It matters to me because its very important to know your conditions.

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2019-10-07T21:08:38-04:00

It matters to me because its very important to know your conditions.

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Helped doctor save my life when I had a heart attack @ 47 years old.

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2019-10-07T21:39:46-04:00

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Helped doctor save my life when I had a heart attack @ 47 years old.

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Without us to run all these tests on patients, the doctors would never know how to cure them. Especially in...

Jean Morin, MLT(ASCP)Racine,WI

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2019-10-07T21:46:37-04:00

Jean Morin, MLT(ASCP)Racine,WI

Without us to run all these tests on patients, the doctors would never know how to cure them. Especially in microbiology, you need a tech that can think outside the box a lot of the time. A Sherlock Holmes.

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Patients are our highest priority. We give the best and most accurate information to the doctors and nursing staff to...

Joan GreuleNewark, NY

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2019-10-07T21:09:09-04:00

Joan GreuleNewark, NY

Patients are our highest priority. We give the best and most accurate information to the doctors and nursing staff to ensure the best outcome we can. Our patients become our families in need.

http://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/most-accurate-information/

Without our test results, diagnosis is guessing.

Angela BWisconsin

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2019-10-07T21:40:07-04:00

Angela BWisconsin

Without our test results, diagnosis is guessing.

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