Quality Care

Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) has exploded over the last 5-7 years, transforming an industry seemingly in the blink of an eye. But what exactly is it and how is reality different from the NIPT testing ex...

Tissue biopsy is the gold standard for assessing allograft rejection and managing treatment in solid organ transplant. However, this approach requires an invasive procedure that is expensive, requires advanced ...

As clinical laboratories are pressed to increase testing capacity for SARS-CoV-2, one key question looms.  How do we secure the equipment and supplies needed to meet testing demands during this global pandemic?...

“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” – Albert Einstein Many individuals in healthcare have now read the National Academies of Sc...

Throughout healthcare there has been a push to include all health care personnel as part of the diagnostic team, along with patients and their families. Team-based healthcare has shown to provide better outcome...

One’s work environment, broadly considered, includes physical space, conditions, resources available, and safety, in addition to more “nebulous” aspects such as culture, relationships, hierarchy, and attitudes....

Introduction Health Information Technology (Health IT) plays a large role in the diagnostic process. Health IT includes electronic medical records (EHRs), clinical decision support, patient engagement tools,...

Members of the healthcare team have both a professional and moral obligation to ensure patient safety through the reduction and prevention of diagnostic error.  Medical errors have been recognized as the third ...