Clinical labs have to innovate for the future and function day to day.
Labs often look to make new investments before they've gotten the most out of existing investments.
Leaders should assign different people to operational and innovation teams, and align their efforts from the top.
Research Scientist, Director Pathology Informatics
Yale University Medical School
Innovative Clinical Laboratories of Hospitals and Health Systems Now Working to Standardize and Rationalize Lab Tests and Lab Services
By Michael McBride
It’s the next wave in the long-running trend of hospital laboratory consolidation, as the need to trim costs and support thriving medical laboratory outreach programs continues
The Benefits and Challenges of an Interfaced Electronic Health Record and Laboratory Information System
By Athena K. Petrides, PhD; Ida Bixho, BS; Ellen M. Goonan, MS, MT(ASCP), SH, RN; David W. Bates, MD; Shimon Shaykevich, MS; Stuart R. Lipsitz, ScD; Adam B. Landman, MD; Milenko J. Tanasijevic, MD, MBA; Stacy E. F. Melanson, MD, PhD
A recent government regulation incentivizes implementation of an electronic health record (EHR) with computerized order entry and structured results display. Many institutions have also chosen to interface their EHR with their laboratory information system (LIS).
Future-proofing pathology: the case for clinical adoption of digital pathology
By Bethany Jill Williams, David Bottoms, Darren Treanor
This document aims to clarify the strategic context of digital pathology adoption, define the different use cases a healthcare provider may wish to consider as part of a digital adoption and summarize existing reasons for digital adoption and its potential benefits.