Prologue - Dr. Carlyn L.
Collins - PDF (10K)
Keynote Address
Key Issues in Measuring the Quality of Health
Services
- William L. Roper - PDF (90K)
Plenary Sessions
- The Challenge of Laboratory Practice Research
- Dr. Carlyn L. Collins - PDF (120K)
- Laboratory Issues in Private Practice
- Frank Reed - PDF (104K)
- Quality Laboratory Performance
- Ronald Laessig - PDF (58K)
- The Impact of Laboratory Practice on Patient
Outcomes
- David Wilkinson - PDF (43K)
- Methodologies and Strategies in Laboratory Practice
Research
- Dr. Thomas L. Hearn- PDF (44K)
- Technological Frontiers In Lab Practice
- Robert Habig - PDF (447K)
- The Future: Managed Care/Health Care Reform
- Frank Elevitch - PDF (122K)
Workshop Sessions
Workshop 1: Proficiency Testing
- PDF (230K)
- The Validity of Proficiency Testing: A Review of
Data from the College of American Pathologists Laboratory Improvement Programs
- Noel S. Lawson, M.D.- PDF(48K)
- Performance in Proficiency Testing: An Indicator of
Laboratory Quality?
- Robert Rej, Ph.D.- PDF(91K)
- Achieving and Assessing Acceptable Analytical
Performance: The Challenge of Matrix Effects
- Fred D. Lasky, Ph.D.- PDF(74K)
- Proficiency Testing 1995-2000: Educational Tool,
Quality Control Tool, Managment Tool, or a Regulatory Tool?
- Sharon S. Ehrmeyer, Ph.D.- PDF(22K)
- Summary of Workshop 1: Proficiency Testing
- Facilitator, Paul Bachner, M.D.- PDF(18K)
Workshop 2: Personnel -
PDF (2144K)
- Clinical Laboratory Personnel Employment Patterns:
Hiring Practices and Quality Issues
- Karen R. Karni, Ph.D.- PDF(124K)
- A Prospective Study of Career Patterns of
Medical Technologists: Preparation and Entry-Level Practice
- Barbara M. Castleberry, Ph.D.- PDF(70K)
- Back to Basics: In-depth Interviews and Focus
Groups as Methods for Assessing Technical Competence
- K. Michael Peddecord, Dr.P.H.- PDF(71K)
- The Changing Structure of Work: Use of Work Teams
- John D. Kraft- PDF(27K)
- Future Needs for a Clinical Laboratory Workforce
- Glenda D. Price, Ph.D.- PDF(26K)
- Summary of Workshop 2: Personnel
- Facilitator, Judith Barr, Sc.D.- PDF(23K)
Workshop 3: Quality Assurance - PDF
(494K)
- Quality Assurance: Are Laboratories Assuring,
Assessing, or Assuming the Quality of Clinical Testing Today?
- James O. Westgard, Ph.D.- PDF(132K)
- Quality Managment of Pre- and Post-Analytical
Processes in Laboratory Medicine
- Ron B. Schifman, M.D.- PDF(90K)
- Are Phlebotomy Services Completely Satisfying
Our Patient Customers?
- George S. Cembrowski, M.D., Ph.D.- PDF(220K)
- Point-of-Care Testing and the Critical Care Nurse:
Implementation of an Effective QA/QC Program
- Lawrence S. Lamb, Jr., Ph.D., R.N.- PDF(29K)
- Summary of Workshop 3: Quality Assurance
Facilitator, Devery Howerton, Ph.D.- PDF(21K)
Workshop 4: Detection of Problems
Affecting Patient Outcome - PDF (233K)
- Analytic Performance Goals Based on Direct Effect of
Analytical Bias on Medical Classification Decisions
- George G. Klee, M.D., Ph.D.- PDF(74K)
- Prevention Effectiveness Case Study:
Institutionalizing Prevention of Group B Streptococcal Infections
- Anne Schuchat, M.D.- PDF(28K)
- The Development of Measures of Outcomes from a
Clinical Laboratory Database
- R. Peter Mallon, Ph.D.- PDF(118K)
- Laboratory Tests for Case-Finding in Ambulatory
Care: Application of a Conceptual Framework
- Marc D. Silverstein, M.D.- PDF(28K)
- Summary of Workshop 4: Detection of Problems
Affecting Patient Outcome
- Facilitator, Robert Kisabeth, M.D.- PDF(13K)
Workshop 5: Establishing Analytical
Performance Goals for the Laboratory - PDF (162K)
- The Establishment and Dissemination of Quality
Goals
- Callum G. Fraser, Ph.D.- PDF(29K)
- Analytical Goals in New and Non-Traditional
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
- Charles R. Handorf, M.D., Ph.D.- PDF(33K)
- Use of Analytical Goals by Health Care
Manufacturers
- Jan S. Krouwer, Ph.D.- PDF(28K)
- Analytical Goals, the Total Testing Process, and
Patient Outcomes
- Derek P. Lehane, Ph.D.- PDF(79K)
- Summary of Workshop 5: Establishing Analytical
Performance Goals
- Facilitator, Peter Howanitz, M.D.- PDF(23K)
Workshop 6: Measuring the Impact of
Change on Laboratory Testing - PDF (468K)
- Lab Practice Changes: Diagnostic Medicine by the
21st Century
- Robert E. Hannan- PDF(39K)
- Measuring the Impact of Change on Laboratory
Testing
- Jon Counts, Ph.D.- PDF(409K)
- Researching Change in Laboratory Systems
- Thomas E. Getzen, Ph.D.- PDF(33K)
- Medical Practice Changes
- Jan W. Steiner, M.D.- PDF(9K)
- Summary of Workshop 6: Measuring the Impact of
Change on Laboratory Testing
- Facilitator, Daniel Baer, M.D.- PDF(12K)
Workshop 7: Laboratory Focused Health
Systems Research - PDF (171K)
- Health Care Information Systems: Foundations for
Future Research
- Kathleen C. Aller- PDF(40K)
- Deploying Information Technologies for Better
Laboratory Use and Patient Outcomes: 20 Years at One Academic Medical Center
- William M. Tierney, M.D.- PDF(55K)
- Hospital Systems That Put Patients at Risk
- Christine Diehl- PDF(54K)
- Role of the Laboratory Professional - New
Opportunities
- Jay M. McDonald, M.D.- PDF(30K)
- Summary of Workshop 7: Laboratory Focused Health
Systems Research
- Facilitator, Steve Teutsch, M.D.- PDF(24K)
Workshop 8: Establishing Medically
Relevant Performance Goals for the Laboratory - PDF (278K)
- Medically Relevant Laboratory Performance Goals: An
Overview
- David L. Witte, M.D., Ph.D.- PDF(56K)
- Cognitive Limitations and Methods for Improving
Judgments: Implications for Establishing Medically Relevant Performance Goals
- Neal V. Dawson, M.D.- PDF(51K)
- Probabilistic Aspects of Medical Testing: Test
Results, Test Performance and Medical Decision Making
- George R. Bergus, M.D.- PDF(66K)
- A Success Story for the Biomedical Model: Improved
Understanding of Pathophysiologic Process Coupled with Improved Analytical Procedures
- Joseph H. Keffer, M.D.- PDF(33K)
- A New Arena for Clinically Related Performance
Goals: The Case of Cholesterol Managment...or Is the Laboratory Responsible for Ensuring
Quality Patient Care? - Gordon Schectman, M.D.- PDF(52K)
- Summary of Workshop 8: Establishing Medically
Relevant Performance Goals for the Laboratory
- Facilitator- David L. Witte, M.D., Ph.D.- PDF(20K)
Epilogue - Dr. Thomas L.
Hearn - PDF (10K)
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