Laboratory/Patient Safety/Quality
PACE/State of FL - This webinar will provide a review of several real-life laboratory safety events. The presentation will outline the scenarios, the lessons learned and look at ways future incidents can be prevented. We will also discuss ways to create effective corrective and preventive action plans.
PACE/State of FL - An in-depth look at the efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Autopsy Lab through Lean principles.
PACE/State of FL - An overview of recent operational updates to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and administrative process changes in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
PACE/State of FL - Internal assessments are integral to a laboratory’s quality management system (QMS).
PACE/State of FL - A brief history of the FDA’s interest in LDTs and detailing new requirements.
PACE/State of FL - What problem-solving thinking is, as well as an overview of what DMAIC, A3, and PDSA problem-solving approaches are to support your quality and continuous improvement journey.
PACE/State of FL - This webinar will provide a methodology for laboratory leadership to review their test menu for assays that most impact the financial health of their laboratory.
PACE/State of FL - This "Phlebotomy Webinar" will review proper blood culture collection techniques and demonstrate how specimen quality can impact patient care.
PACE/State of FL - This “Continual Improvement” webinar provides an overview of the event management process deployed by the Mayo Clinic Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology.
PACE/State of FL - An overview of the most common CLIA deficiencies in 2022 and ideas for avoiding noncompliance. The presenters will also review new CMS rules for remote review that were published at the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency and provide an update on efforts to reform the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) provisions that are used to calculate laboratory reimbursement.
R. Ross Reichard, M.D., DLMP Vice Chair of Quality and Associate Chair of Practice, recently contributed to a College of American Pathologists (CAP) article in CAP Today. The article, "How the Laboratory Drives Patient Satisfaction," explores the myriad ways laboratories can monitor and improve the patient experience.