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

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

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

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

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

ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care

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

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

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...

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

Betty Lynn HarrisAustin, Texas

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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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