Labs should provide their expertise to their organization's data and analytics teams
Labs should look for tests that provide meaningful metrics for measuring quality.
Labs should integrate their data for organizational data mining.
AJ Miller Professor and Chair
Department of Pathology at University of Louisville
AJ Miller Professor and Chair
Department of Pathology at University of Louisville
Laboratory IT systems grapple with genetic testing surge
By Mike Miliard
After launching a nationwide network with over 60 other hospitals and health systems, Seattle Children’s Hospital improved genetic testing ordering, retrieval, interpretation, and reimbursement. Here’s how they did it.
Upping the Ante on Sepsis
By Deborah Levenson
The Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Early Management Bundle (SEP-1), a new sepsis care quality improvement measure from CMS, is getting help from the lab to save the lives of seriously ill patients.
Clinical laboratory analytics: Challenges and promise for an emerging discipline
By Brian H. Shirts, Brian R. Jackson, Geoffrey S. Baird, Jason M. Baron, Bryan Clements, Ricky Grisson, Ronald George Hauser, Julie R. Taylor, Enrique Terrazas, and Brad Brimhall
This article shares insights from a meeting with eighty clinical laboratory experts. They review the current state of clinical laboratory analytics, applications, and future challenges for the field.