Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality

LabTestingMatters.org is an online community for laboratorians, allied health professionals and patients to exchange ideas and experiences demonstrating the importance of quality laboratory medicine.

The ASCLS Patient Safety Committee has sponsored Patient Safety articles for this website since 2015.  All articles are available on the "ASCLS: Patient Safety & the Laboratory" page.  Additional excellent "Featured Articles, Lab Impact Stories, Videos, etc." are also available on this website.

ARTICLE URL LISTING:

Improving Diagnosis in Health Care: Improving Patient Engagement and Health Care Professional Education and Training in Diagnosis (April 2020)

Work Environment and its Importance in Healthcare(March 2020)

Improving Diagnosis in Health Care: Technology and Tools in the Diagnostic Process (February 2020)

A Team Approach to Diagnosis (January 2020)

Understanding Diagnostic Error – The First Step in Safeguarding Patient Safety (December 2019)

Choosing and interpreting laboratory test results – what are the chances? (November 2019)

IMPROVING DIAGNOSIS IN MEDICINE: INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW (OCTOBER 2019)

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: REDUCING DIAGNOSTIC ERROR (JUNE 2019)

PATIENT-CENTERED PRACTICE BY CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS (MAY 2019)

INFORMATICS COMPETENCIES NECESSARY TO DELIVER QUALITY CARE (APRIL 2019)

INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS REDUCE ERRORS AND IMPROVE OUTCOMES (MARCH 2019)

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES IN LABORATORY TEST DEVELOPMENT: THE NEED FOR CLINICAL UTILITY EVIDENCE (FEBRUARY 2019)

HEALTHCARE COMPETENCIES NECESSARY TO DELIVER QUALITY CARE – INTRODUCTION (JANUARY 2019)

EDUCATING OTHERS: A NECESSARY COMPONENT OF QUALITY PATIENT CARE (JUNE 2018)

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND PATIENT SAFETY (MAY 2018)

ANALYTICAL VARIABLES: SMALL MISTAKES LEAD TO MAJOR SAFETY CONCERNS (APRIL 2018)

‘TIME OUT’ – A PROCEDURE TO ENSURE PATIENT SAFETY (MARCH 2018)

PREANALYTICAL VARIABLES–CRITICAL FOR APPROPRIATE DIAGNOSIS (FEBRUARY 2018)

ANSWERING QUESTIONS PREVENTS ERRORS–ROLE OF MEDICAL LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS (JANUARY 2018)

IMPROVING ERROR REPORTING IN HEALTHCARE (JULY 2017)

REFORMATION OF THE PAYMENT AND CARE DELIVERY ENVIRONMENT TO IMPROVE THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS (JUNE 2017)

IMPROVING DIAGNOSIS IN MEDICINE BY DEDICATING FUNDING FOR RESEARCH ON THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS AND DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS (MAY 2017)

CREATING A CULTURE AND WORK SYSTEM THAT SUPPORT THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS (MARCH 2017)

DO NO HARM: DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS AND THE LAB (FEBRUARY 2017)

THE PATIENT SAFETY ASPECT OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (JANUARY 2017)

ENHANCING EDUCATION IN THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS (DECEMBER 2016)

EMPHASIZING TEAMWORK TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY (NOVEMBER 2016)

LOOKING INTO IMPROVING DIAGNOSIS IN HEALTH CARE (OCTOBER 2016)

IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY–EMPLOYING EVIDENCE-BASED LABORATORY PRACTICE (JUNE 2016)

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: THE PROCESS TO IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY (MAY 2016)

SAFE PATIENT CARE THROUGH COMPETENT MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION OF LABORATORY TEST INFORMATION (APRIL 2016)

INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAMWORK–THE KEY TO SAFE PATIENT CARE (MARCH 2016)

DEVELOPING COMPETENCY IN PATIENT-CENTERED CARE (FEBRUARY 2016)

MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE AND HEALTHCARE EQUITY (JANUARY 2016)

PATIENT-CENTRICITY: STAYING TRUE TO THE PURPOSE OF THE LAB (DECEMBER 2015)

IMPROVING TIMELINESS IN THE LABORATORY (NOVEMBER 2015)

IMPROVING EFFICIENCY IN THE LABORATORY (OCTOBER 2015)

IMPROVING DIAGNOSIS IN HEALTH CARE FROM THE LAB’S PERSPECTIVE (SEPTEMBER 2015)

EFFECTIVE LABORATORY TESTING MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN PATIENT CARE (SEPTEMBER 2015)

ENSURING SAFE LABORATORY SERVICES (AUGUST 2015)

MEDICAL LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS, IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY: AN INTRODUCTION (JULY 2015)