Quality Care

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

November 25, 2019

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

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

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

“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

Posted by Site Administrator

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

ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care

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 testing there is little to discuss with a physician other than symptoms, feelings, or best guesses. I can do...

MBBRhode Island

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2019-10-07T21:09:37-04:00

MBBRhode Island

Without testing there is little to discuss with a physician other than symptoms, feelings, or best guesses. I can do that with my husband.

http://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/discuss-with-a-physician/

I work in a small critical access hospital in rural NW Iowa. The providers depend on our lab work in...

Brenda M Day MLS (ASCP)Iowa

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:40:39-04:00

Brenda M Day MLS (ASCP)Iowa

I work in a small critical access hospital in rural NW Iowa. The providers depend on our lab work in diagnosis and treatment of all our patients. Our lab results often impact whether or not a patient can be treated successfully at our hospital or should be transferred to a large medical facility. Whether you are large or small, lab results need to be spot on and your quality control excellent. We matter.

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the physicians rely on our results in order to give the patients proper meds and treatments

Colleen P. Caldwell

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:47:21-04:00

Colleen P. Caldwell

the physicians rely on our results in order to give the patients proper meds and treatments

http://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/physicians-rely-on-our-results/

because is the bed rock of solutions

Nigeria

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:10:14-04:00

Nigeria

because is the bed rock of solutions

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My 20 yo son was recently seen in the ER with back pain. A CT was sent off to be...

Jodi FrigonGlasgow, MT

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:41:12-04:00

Jodi FrigonGlasgow, MT

My 20 yo son was recently seen in the ER with back pain. A CT was sent off to be read and took 40 minutes. Because of a quick urinalysis, they were able to treat him for kidney stones.

http://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/quick-urinalysis/

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