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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 phlebotomy workflow at Marshfield Clinic, patients might wait as long as an hour, particularly before noon when phlebotomists would see 75% of each day’s patients. After the redesign, the number of draw sites was reduced from five to two while hand…
Henry Ford Health System Laboratory Division Combines Lean with ISO 15189
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII No. 3 – February 29, 2016 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: As healthcare transitions away from fee-for-service payment and adopts new models of reimbursement, every clinical lab will need to deliver more value with its lab testing services. At Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, the laboratory division has blazed a path of improving…
Quest South Florida Wins Governor’s Award for Quality
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIV No. 13 – September 17, 2007 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It’s an important milestone for the clinical laboratory profession. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated South Florida, based in Deerfield Beach, Florida, earned the 2007 Florida Governor’s Sterling Award for quality. This is only the second laboratory in this country to win a …
“Lean” Quality Methods Transform Core Lab In Florida Hospital
By Robert Michel | From the Volume X No. 11 – August 18, 2003 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: DSI Laboratories of Fort Myers, Florida became the nation’s first hospital laboratory to apply the “Lean” quality management system to a high volume core laboratory. In just 13 weeks, DSI’s Lean team created a work cell which performs 80% of the test volume in a 400-b…
“Lean” Management Helps Bay Care’s Lab Boost Quality
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VIII No. 14 – October 15, 2001 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: All laboratory managers and pathologists face the same challenge: do more testing with less money. This challenge is further complicated by the fact that there are inadequate numbers of trained laboratory professionals available to staff the nation’s laboratories. Now, earl…
Changing Lab Industry Trends Identified at War College
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VIII No. 7 – May 21, 2001 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Clinical laboratories and pathology group practices are beginning to respond to a new set of marketplace trends. Speaker after speaker at this EXECUTIVE WAR COLLEGE included new business strategies not heard in past years. Probably the most notable difference is a growing emp…
Eight Trends Reshaping Clinical Lab Services
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VIII No. 2 – February 5, 2001 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Once again, THE DARK REPORT’S annual list of lab industry trends deals less with government regulation and influence on laboratory operations and more with the impact of new technologies and new management philosophies. Marketplace acceptance of these lab industry trends is…
Business Premises Underlying Lab Industry Dynamics
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 18 – December 25, 2000 Issue
This chapter addresses the characteristics of the laboratory industry which define the starting point for changes and ongoing evolution. The eight business premises listed in this White Paper describe unique situations which directly influence the ability of clinical laboratories to serve the medical…
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Embraces New Testing Technology
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 17 – December 4, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Despite a decade of consolidation, competition among the world’s largest diagnostics manufacturers remains intense. In response to this competition, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) is preparing a variety of new products and services for its clinical laboratory customers. I…
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