Clinical laboratory tests have no value if clinicians cannot quickly order and obtain the results
they need. We found that efforts to obtain even the most commonly ordered tests are often …

A n adequate level of appropriately educated and trained medical laboratorians is crucial
for the future of quality healthcare. We play a vital role in the prevention, diagnosis, and …

New advances in instrumentation, bar coding, computerization, all hold the promise of
standardizing processes—as long as they are used properly. The Hospital at the University of …

… Address for correspondence:Elissa Passiment EdM CLS(NCA), American Society for
Clinical Laboratory Science, 6701 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 300, Bethesda MD 20817. (301) …

This chapter describes the importance of effective communication to laboratory management.
Communication and information flow or transfer throughout the healthcare setting are very …

The Negotiated Rulemaking Committee that has been working since July of 1998 to simplify
and standardize the reimbursement of clinical laboratory services under Medicare Part B, …

Modern communication in our busy world is delivered in sound bites and text messages that
use a new language: acronyms such as BFF (best friend forever) and DOS (disk operating …

… Elissa Passiment: The inclusion of payment data from hospitals and physician office
laboratories (POLs) could substantially increase laboratory payments because these service sites …

Congress and the Administration believe that fraud and abuse in the health care industry cost
Medicare and Medicaid billions of dollars in false claim payments. The crusade to stop the …

… Lynn Russell Elissa Passiment Neysa Simmers Micaela Sieracki Jean Krupa Lynn Furman
Barbara Lindsey Martha Roulund Becky Perdue (2) Deb Rodahl (2) Becky See Randy …