Reduce laboratory errors and increase quality, safety, and revenue
Clinical laboratories are under pressure to balance rigorous quality and safety standards with increasing operational costs and shrinking revenue margins. MLO’s newest e-handbook provides laboratorians information on quality control, regulatory compliance, and using laboratory data to increase revenue.
Some articles featured in the e-book, “Reduce laboratory errors and increase quality, safety, and revenue,” include the following:
High-reliability safety in the laboratory
In order to view the lab as a high-reliability organization, five core principles must be observed, which are outlined in this article by laboratory safety expert, Dan Scungio. These core principles, part of High-Reliability Organization Theory, include preoccupation with failure, reluctance to simplify, sensitivity to operations, commitment to resilience, and deference to expertise.
Have you heard about the (other) major regulatory change this year?
Interested in learning how Six Sigma can help with the latest CLIA proficiency testing requirements? Tighter CLIA PT requirements are not felt equally across laboratories. If you’ve selected a method or instrument with high Sigma quality, these new PT criteria may not even make you blink.
The power of information: Leveraging data to maximize efficiency and revenue to improve your bottom line
The future of the laboratory industry is data centric, and accurate payer, patient, and provider data has a direct impact on lab revenue. This article outlines the types of data most important to lab revenue and provides three examples of labs who have leveraged clean data to resolve obstacles and increase revenue.
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Qiagen, ZeptoMetrix, bioMérieux, Sapio Sciences,
Electronic Imaging Materials