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Benchmarking with the Best To Be a World Class Laboratory
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII No. 5 – March 30, 2015 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: This fourth installment of this special series about the laboratory value pyramid introduces “Level Four: Use Benchmarks to Achieve Best-in-Class.” This is the highest level of the four level pyramid. When a lab organization performs at this level, it will be deliver…
Level Two of Value Pyramid Defines Internal Benchmarks
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No.16 – November 24, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In this second installment of our series on the laboratory value pyramid, we introduce “Level Two: Establish and Meet Standards of Value.” This second level continues the lab’s focus on its internal operations and activities. The goal is for the lab to develop the working cultu…
Labs Push to Cut Costs As Budgets, Prices Shrink
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XX No. 11 – August 13, 2013 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Cost-cutting is now the prime directive at progressive labs because nearly every laboratory organization in the United States is under sustained financial pressure. This is due to shrinking budgets for hospital labs and more aggressive price-cutting by private payers. Even Ob…
Middleware Provides Opportunity For Labs to Gain New Functions
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XII No. 17 – December 5, 2005 Issue
“Even as more laboratories begin to use middleware, the number of functions and uses for middleware continues to increase —Gregory R Vail, CEO, Data Innovations, Inc. CEO SUMMARY: Middleware is attracting attention throughout the laboratory ind…
“Coming Out” Party In Atlanta for IQLM
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XII No. 7 – May 9, 2005 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It was like a debutante ball for the fledgling Institute for Quality in Laboratory Medicine (IQLM). Over three days, thought leaders in healthcare and laboratory testing tackled the issue of how laboratory medicine can improve patient safety and contribute to higher-quality h…
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