Press Start: Lead an Empowered Life as a Clinical Laboratorian : March 2008

Mission and Vision Should be More Than "Just Words" March 20, 2008 10:09 AM by Glen McDaniel: Ever notice when you join an organization how much they push their mission and vision? Many companies even have these statements on employee badges, plaques and the like. Yet for every one employee who buys into the words, there are a hundred who roll Read More...
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Medicare New Reimbursement Rules and Laboratory Errors March 20, 2008 10:06 AM by Glen McDaniel: Under new Medicare regulations effective October 2007, hospitals will no longer receive higher payments for the additional costs associated with treating patients for certain hospital- acquired infections and medical errors. Previously, complications Read More...
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Words Have Power, Choose Them Wisely March 6, 2008 10:45 AM by Glen McDaniel: A nurse calls from the oncology clinic wanting to know how long she would have to wait to get the results of a CBC in order to start the patient's chemotherapy. The lab assistant answering the phone stumbles and says something like "we are really short Read More...
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