CEO SUMMARY: Henry Ford Health System’s laboratory organization has become first in the nation to have all its laboratory sites “standardized under one source of leadership” and accredited to the standards of ISO 15189: Medical Laboratories. The journey to achieve this current state has taken almost 10 years and started with the development of a […]
Lean Used to Lay Groundwork for Lab’s 15189 Accreditation
Henry Ford Health is largest system to have all labs working with ISO QMS
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XXI No. 2 - February 3, 2014 Issue
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