Lab Quality

Laboratory Products

• Lab Quality
  • Achieving and Maintaining Blood Culture Contamination Rates Below 1%
  • Building the Laboratory and Antimicrobial Stewardship Relationship
  • Calculating an ROI for Your Lab's Quality Program
  • Closing the Gap in Pre-analytical Specimen Quality
  • Proficiency Testing - Turning Pitfalls into Positive Outcomes
  • Quality in the Coagulation Laboratory
  • Overview
• Laboratory Data/Analytics
  • The Importance of Information Technology for your Outreach Program
  • Lab 2.0- The Golden Age of the Clinical Laboratory: Reshaping the Way Healthcare is Delivered
  • Using Lab Information to Reduce Downstream Healthcare Costs
  • Using Unexpected Analytics for Quality and Process Improvement in the Clinical Laboratory
  • Overview
• Laboratory Management
  • 2018 Outlook for the Clinical Laboratory Industry
  • A Critical Evaluation of Critical Value Notification
  • Actions You Can Take to Have Your Lab Viewed as a Profit Center
  • Creating Laboratory Value for a Competitive Advantage
  • Laboratory Outreach – A Continued Opportunity
  • The Huron CEO survey: The Six Trends that will Change Health Care over the Next 5 Years
  • The Laboratorian as a Clinical Consultant - Identifying Needs and Building New Roles
  • Laboratory Interpretive Services: Taking Your Lab to the Next Level in Meeting Medical Needs
  • Overview of Lean Principles in Histology: Patient Safety, Efficiency and Workflow
  • The Patient-Centered Laboratory: A Renewed Focus
  • Survival of the Fittest: Transforming Your Lab from Cost to Value Center
  • One Lab's Journey up the Laboratory Value Pyramid
  • Role of the Hospital Laboratory in Antibiotic Stewardship
  • Pros and Cons of Selling the Laboratory
  • Finding the Right Referral Laboratory
  • The New Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Final Rules: Implications and Considerations for Laboratories
  • Overview
• Regulatory and Compliance
  • Be Inspection Ready with the 2018 CAP Accreditation Checklist
  • Compliance Considerations for Clinical Laboratories
  • FDA New Reclassification of Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests
  • Payor Audits - Preparing your Laboratory
  • 2019 CAP Accreditation Checklist Updates: Changes That Matter
  • 2020 CAP Accreditation Checklist Updates: Changes that Matter
  • Overview
• Reimbursement - Lab Briefings
  • Clinical Lab Payment Reform under PAMA
  • Reimbursement & Policy Outlook for Labs in 2020
  • Reimbursement & Policy Outlook for Labs in 2019
  • The First Cut Isn’t The Deepest: Proposed Clinical Lab Fee Schedule Under PAMA
  • Lab Payment and Policy Update & Outlook in the Age of COVID-19
  • Overview
• Test Utilization
  • COVID-19 Serology: Implementation, clinical utility and outstanding questions
  • Diagnosing Group A Strep Pharyngitis - Which Technique is Best for You?
  • Discovering the Optimal Approach to Diagnosing CDI
  • How Effective Test Utilization Can Enhance Patient Safety
  • Laboratory Stewardship - The Power of Appropriate Test Utilization
  • Laboratory Stewardship Essentials
  • Laboratory Test Utilization; Improving Outcomes and Reducing Costs
  • Implementing a Successful Patient Blood Management Program
  • What’s in a Name? Nomenclature Changes and the Impact on Microbiology
  • Overview