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Marshfield Clinic Lab Tackles Phlebotomy Workflow Redesign
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII No. 5 – April 11, 2016 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Before a redesign of phlebotomyĀ workflow at Marshfield Clinic, patients might wait asĀ long as an hour, particularly before noon when phlebotomistsĀ would see 75% of each dayās patients. AfterĀ the redesign, the number of draw sites was reducedĀ from five to two while hand…
No Disruptive Technology In Lab Industryās Future
By Robert Michel | From the Volume X No. 14 – October 20, 2003 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: As new diagnostic technologies move through the development pipeline and into widespread clinical use, the scientific knowledge and skill sets needed by laboratory staff and management will change. The emphasis in laboratory medicine will evolve to include more molecular tech…
New Trends in 2003 Affect Clinical Lab Services
By Robert Michel | From the Volume X No. 1 – January 20, 2003 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Hereās our current list of macro trends that affect clinical laboratories, updated from the last list in January 2000. One bold prediction is that Medicare, as we know it, is on the verge of a major meltdown. Employers and consumers are also new forces to be reckoned with b…
Academic Center Lab Implementing Six Sigma
By Robert Michel | From the Volume IX No. 16 – November 18, 2002 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Fairview-University Medical Centerās laboratory may be the nationās first academic center laboratory to deploy Six Sigma and Lean management systems. Administration expects Six Sigma to accelerate the rate at which improvements in quality and productivity can be realized….
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