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Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine
Sunday, November 10, 2013
5 Ways to Improve Lab Workflow
In the age of healthcare integration, IT implementation and the changing reimbursement landscape, laboratory workflow improvements should not be limited to the success of the laboratory alone and must extend to other departments to leverage the opportunity for improvements in the entire hospital organization. Improvements cannot be fully fruitful without the inclusion of IT systems to drive efficiency in decision making and information management to the next level. Quality and efficiency metrics, more than ever before, are critical to managing clinical practice, patient outcomes and maximizing reimbursement realization.