Near Real-time Data Helps Lab Save $500K Annually

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 8 – May 29, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: After hospital labs and pathology groups implement Lean and process improvement methods to harvest the easiest cost savings and boost quality, they often take the next step of introducing real-time analytics systems. Access to detailed data about workflows, productivity, and …

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August 7, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 11 – August 7, 2017 Issue

PAML of Spokane, Washington, was the subject of an unusual public disclosure recently made by Laboratory Corporation of America. The lab company sent a statement to the Spokane Journal of Business stating its plans to make PAML “its primary lab site in the western…

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ARUP Laboratories Earns CAP’s ISO 15189 Accreditation

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 5 – April 3, 2017 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Being accredited to this internationally recognized standard for quality and competence communicates to clients and prospective clients that one of the nation’s largest clinical labs is committed to the highest standards of quality. Clients already knew about that commitmen…

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Speakers in New Orleans Offer Important Insights

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 7 – May 19, 2014 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: In coming years, there will be multiple challenges and opportunities for the nation’s clinical laboratories and pathology groups. That was one common theme heard from the 90 speakers and panelists at the 19th annual Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Manageme…

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Genetic Testing Creates New Legal Risks for Labs

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 1 – January 13, 2014 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Last month, in Seattle, Washington, a jury ordered Laboratory Corporation of America and Valley Medical Center each to pay $25 million following a lawsuit about a ‘wrongful’ birth. At issue was how genetic tests were ordered, performed, and reported. This court case is th…

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Ottawa Pathology Lab Cuts Turnaround Time By More Than 50%

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XX No.14 – October 21, 2013 Issue

CEO Summary: Pathologists at Ottawa Hospital not only must handle a large volume of specimens regularly, but are experiencing a 14% per year growth in the number of specimens. Last year, when the average turnaround time for a case was nine days, the pathology department embarked …

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Process Improvement Coming to Healthcare

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIX No. – October 8, 2012 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: One new byword coming to healthcare in the United States is the “continuously-learning healthcare system.” At the upcoming Lab Quality Confab in San Antonio next month, lab managers and pathologists can learn more about how to achieve and sustain continuous improvement in…

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Top 10 IT Trends Send Message For Labs & Pathology Groups

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIX No. 6 – April 23, 2012 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Healthcare’s shift away from fee-for-service medicine and toward integrated clinical care is widely recognized. However, few lab administrators and pathologists are aware of the even faster transformation underway in healthcare informatics. Presented here are the “Top 10 …

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Ohio Lab Offers Lessons Learned from CAP 15189

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XIX No. 5 – April 2, 2012 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: For a lab looking to continually improve lab operations, becoming accredited to either ISO 15189 or CAP 15189 is an ideal challenge. After hearing from other lab directors about the benefits of becoming accredited to CAP 15189, the staff at Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohi…

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Pursuing More Benefits From Next Generation Lab Automation

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVIII No. 1 – January 18, 2011 Issue

CEO Summary: Once it was decided to replace an aging, five-year-old laboratory automation system at the laboratory of Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Illinois, the administration at the hospital issued a challenge. It asked the laboratory team to deliver an immediate 10% cos…

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