Patient Safety

ASCLS: Improving Timeliness in the Laboratory

November 3, 2015

ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care

“The Right Test on the Right Patient at the Right Time”…how often have you seen or heard this mantra? It’s a goal all laboratory professionals should have! The Institute of Medicine (IOM) lists ‘timeliness’ a...

ASCLS: Improving Diagnosis in Health Care from the Lab’s Perspective

ASCLS Patient Safety Committee

September 28, 2015

ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care

Last week, on September 22nd, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) announced the publication of its report, Improving Diagnosis in Health, a follow-up to To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm. Improving D...

ASCLS: Ensuring Safe Laboratory Services

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

August 4, 2015

ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care

Healthcare needs to be safe, effective, efficient, timely, patient-centered and equitable. Each of these attributes is one of the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Quality Aims, and each describes one component of...

Medical Laboratory Professionals, Improving Patient Safety: An Introduction

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

July 6, 2015

ASCLS: Patient Safety & The Laboratory, Quality Care

It has been fifteen years since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published To Err is Human1 and Crossing the Quality Chasm2 alerting healthcare professionals and consumers that patients were unintentionally bein...

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