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Value-based Reimbursement vs. Fee for Service: Has Your Laboratory Adopted This New Paradigm?

December 13, 2016

Over the last quarter of a century, despite tremendous advances in medical science and technology, there has been a growing realization that the healthcare delivery system has not been able to provide consisten...

Utilizing Mobile Technology To Upgrade Critical Value Reporting

Irwin Rothenberg MBA, MS, MLS(ASCP)

November 15, 2016

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One of the key areas of laboratory to physician communication is that of reporting critical values. Since regulators and accreditation organizations define critical values as abnormal test results that are pote...

Building Effective Laboratory Educational Outreach

Irwin Rothenberg MBA, MS, MLS(ASCP)

October 20, 2016

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In a medical office setting, the general office staff are often part of the de facto laboratory operation due to their responsibilities related to initially seeing, and communicating with patients. This include...

If you thought Ebola and Zika were scary…Just wait!

Rodney Rohde Ph.D.

June 21, 2016

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I was working with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) when West Nile Virus arrived on our shores, and eventually in Texas (that’s me, the middle “conehead” during a rapid response team respons...

Answering all your Zika Questions

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June 7, 2016

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A recent USA Today article offers answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The virus has led to an epidemic of birth defects and cases of Guillain-Barré syndrom...

Staffing Matters

Kathy Nucifora, MPH, MT (ASCP)

May 24, 2016

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The primary raison d’etre for any clinical laboratory is to provide quality diagnoses, monitor treatment, and enable effective care for patients in the healthcare system; and to do this as expeditiously as poss...

Opening the Door

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May 12, 2016

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Metabolic syndrome is one of the world’s fastest growing health problems. It is a major risk factor for both type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including heart attack and stroke. The et...

This Lab Week, Share YOUR Story.

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April 24, 2016

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RFncDAJe-4 This Lab Week, We are looking for laboratorians, doctors, patients and anyone who has been impacted by laboratory medicine to tell us their story. Your story co...

Celebrating Medical Laboratory Professionals Week Around the World

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April 24, 2016

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Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (MLPW) – April 24-30, 2016 MLPW provides the profession with a unique opportunity to increase public understanding of and appreciation for clinical laboratory personnel. ...

The Hidden Profession that Saves Lives Every Day – Medical Laboratory Science!

Rodney Rohde Ph.D.

April 19, 2016

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A little over two years ago, I wrote an article for Elsevier Connect entitled “The Hidden Profession that Saves Lives.” The article details my journey as a microbiologist and molecular epidemiologist who discov...

because is the bed rock of solutions

Nigeria

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:10:14-04:00

Nigeria

because is the bed rock of solutions

https://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/bed-rock-of-solutions/

My 20 yo son was recently seen in the ER with back pain. A CT was sent off to be...

Jodi FrigonGlasgow, MT

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:41:12-04:00

Jodi FrigonGlasgow, MT

My 20 yo son was recently seen in the ER with back pain. A CT was sent off to be read and took 40 minutes. Because of a quick urinalysis, they were able to treat him for kidney stones.

https://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/quick-urinalysis/

Our mission is to provide convenient and compassionate quality health care to all patients in a cost effective manner. Accuracy...

Maria M. RamosTexas

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:47:49-04:00

Maria M. RamosTexas

Our mission is to provide convenient and compassionate quality health care to all patients in a cost effective manner. Accuracy and precision in our laboratories is ensured by efficient and effective quality assurance and quality control measures in conjunction with consistent personnel training. We treat our patients as we would our own family members. Simple as that!

https://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/quality-health-care-to-all-patients/

I’m retired now,but working in the lab was a most rewarding occupation. I worked as a technologist for over fourth...

Walter HearinFlorida

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:10:40-04:00

Walter HearinFlorida

I’m retired now,but working in the lab was a most rewarding occupation. I worked as a technologist for over fourth years and I wouldn’t change a thing I experienced in that time.

https://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/most-rewarding-occupation/

Yes testing is life saving. I’ve had 2 bad infections, losing a shoulder joint and left leg above the knee....

SHIRLEY GILONSKEIllinois

Lab Testing Matters

2019-10-07T21:41:38-04:00

SHIRLEY GILONSKEIllinois

Yes testing is life saving. I’ve had 2 bad infections, losing a shoulder joint and left leg above the knee. Lab tests saved my life, helped doctors to know what they needed to treat for. Thankful for all LAB workers.

https://www.labtestingmatters.org/testimonials/thankful-for-all-lab-workers/

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