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There are numerous factors that must be considered when selecting a referral laboratory. Selection criteria should consider service, quality and costs. When a referral laboratory is selected, it is important to remain aware of regulatory changes and keep the contracting specialist apprised of inadequacies in service and quality., Because contracting with a new referral lab can be quite costly, selecting the wrong facility due to an inadequate evaluation of its capabilities can be devastating. FACED WITH RISING costs [...]

The Medical Laboratory Observer's national survey has shown that doctors rated their laboratories' services as good to excellent based on overall quality, turnaround times and routine menus. The average clinician requested approximately eight profiles and 18 individual assays each day and 86% of them were routines. The regular day shift got the highest rating for overall quality of service and physician office laboratories have the fastest turnaround time on routines as compared to hospital and independent laboratories., We hope you agree it's nice to be appreciated. According to MLO's newest national survey on the clinician's view of the laboratory, doctors appreciate your efforts and use your services [...]

Site visits and well-planned specimen submissions provide insight into the operation of labs to which you're considering sending out tests. Regularly evaluate the labs you decide to use. When a [...]

The community-based comprehensive laboratory system offers definite advantages for patients, doctors and healthcare institutions as compared to the national commercial laboratory system. These benefits are exemplified by the experiences of the Regional Laboratory Alliance in Kansas City, KS. Reduction in cost and redundancy of procedures benefit the patient sector, while physicians gain the advantage of access to laboratory workers whom they personally know. The ultimate result of such a laboratory system is an excellent health care delivery that values human dignity., A promising future for anatomic and clinical pathology With the right partners and patient-focused values, community laboratory alliances can offer competitively priced lab services to major healthcare organizations. Find out [...]

A six-step process was implemented to evaluate outpatient medical laboratories. The image the laboratory wants to project was first determined and a form was developed to evaluate various aspects of the laboratory. Undercover customers were then selected and trained to evaluate the laboratory personnel, facilities and the service. Employees were informed of the program to give them the opportunity of recognizing the positive points of the laboratory and detect its flaws. The results of the evaluation were then collated and analyzed. Employees were also asked for suggestions regarding laboratory management., Wonder what goes on at your outpatient labs when you're not there? This clever adaptation from the retail world can help you ferret out foul play and affirm first-rate employees. [...]

When duplicate testing leads to different results You are walking down the hospital corridor to the coffee shop when you see a group of attending physicians standing in the hall. [...]

This survey of physicians feeling about laboratory services highlights their good feelings about basic services, but covers their feelings about reporting delays.

All U.S. health care facilities performing transfusions of blood or blood products are required to report any fatal transfusion reactions to the Food and Drug Administration. In a 1980 memorandum [...]

Judging from the ROEs, or lack of ROE, there were a lot of disappointed shareholders last year. If companies are judged by how well they employ their shareholders' money -- [...]

Around Christmastime at my granddaddy's house, we children would endlessly talk about what we wished Santa would bring. We studied the Sears catalog--better known as the Wish Book. We often [...]

AJT & Associates and research/engineering company SAIC unveiled their self-contained mobile isolation unit and medical lab. The Mobilis Systems units are designed to quarantine victims of such diseases as tuberculosis, [...]

The American Society of Internal Medicine (ASIM) claims that managed care organizations should allow doctors to conduct physician in-office laboratory testing instead of sending specimens to independent laboratories. Testing at physician office labs is less expensive, convenient and faster. The ASIM's views may be acted upon by the government as Pres. Bill Clinton and legislators are preparing for the next round of health reform measures in 1997., The leading professional society representing internists says managed care organizations (MCOs) should give patients better access to physician in-office lab testing, and is encouraging MCOs to negotiate with participating doctors [...]