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Experiencing the joy of being healthy plays a central role in modern life. Health improves the quality of our lives and the lives of those we love. I certainly don’t need to explain to you, how advances...

Earlier this month, COLA, a national laboratory accreditor and an advocate for quality in laboratory medicine and patient care, hosted an interdisciplinary “Lab Testing Matters” forum to discuss the impact...

As a nation, we have invested extensively in striving for quality and patient safety in healthcare. Many of us would agree that the two major reports of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) -To Err is Human:...

One of the top priorities for every laboratory should be the safety of its employees facilitated by creating a culture of safety consciousness, education, organization and accountability. Managing safety is...

When real-life patients present, their ailments often require treatment from a variety of experts—physicians aren’t the only professionals patients will interact with. So medical schools are building new...

Blood pressure measurement is a routine task in most practices, but are you sure it’s done accurately in yours? It’s easy to get skewed results if clinicians and patients aren’t on the same page about...

Concepts of what makes for effective quality control have continued to evolve since the original requirements were defined by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1988, and became effective in 1992.  ...

Of all the challenges that face our nation’s laboratories  --  implementation of the Affordable Care Act, an influx of millions of new patients into the healthcare system,  the rise of healthcare delivery...

We are living and serving in extraordinary times. Many of us reflect privately or aloud with our colleagues about the incredible ambiguity of what is often referred to as the healthcare system. Unfortunately,...

Waived testing is one of the fastest growing markets in clinical laboratory testing. Test systems which have been granted a waiver under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) have grown to...