OBJECTIVE: Assessment of the adoption of automated classification (encoder) systems in healthcare settings and related effects on perceived data quality. METHODS: Survey of all U.S...
Keywords: MeSH terms: evidence-based, quality, classification, data systems
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer
Keywords: biological variation, imprecision, objective, quality, specifications
04/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterThe clinical laboratory is no longer its own limited ecosystem, as it is increasingly integrated with patient care, assisting diagnosis, monitoring therapies and predicting clinical outcomes...
Keywords: errors, laboratory testing, preanalytical phase, quality, risk management
06/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterPoint-of-care testing (POCT) is the fastest growing segment of a US$30 billion worldwide market...
Keywords: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulation, clinical laboratory testing, errors, patient safety, point-of-care testing, quality
06/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterThe EC4 Syllabus for Postgraduate Training is the basis for the European Register of Specialists in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine.
The syllabus:
Indicates the level of requirements in postgraduate training to harmonise the postgraduate education in the European Union (EU);
Indicates the level of content of national training programmes to obtain adequate knowledge and experience;
Is approved by all EU societies for clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine.
The syllabus is not primarily meant to be a training guide, but on the basis of the overview given (common minimal programme), national societies should formulate programmes that indicate where knowledge and experience is needed.
The main points of this programme are:
Indicates the level of requirements in postgraduate training to harmonise the postgraduate education in the European Union (EU);
Indicates the level of content of national training programmes to obtain adequate knowledge and experience;
Is approved by all EU societies for clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine.
Knowledge in biochemistry, haematology, immunology, etc.;
Pre-analytical conditions;
Evaluation of results;
Interpretations (post-analytical phase);
Laboratory management; and
Quality insurance management.
The aim of this version of the syllabus is to be in accordance with the Directive of Professional Qualifications published on 30 September 2005.
To prepare the common platforms planned in this directive, the disciplines are divided into four categories:
Indicates the level of requirements in postgraduate training to harmonise the postgraduate education in the European Union (EU);
Indicates the level of content of national training programmes to obtain adequate knowledge and experience;
Is approved by all EU societies for clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine.
Knowledge in biochemistry, haematology, immunology, etc.;
Pre-analytical conditions;
Evaluation of results;
Interpretations (post-analytical phase);
Laboratory management; and
Quality insurance management.
General chemistry, encompassing biochemistry, endocrinology, chemical (humoral), immunology, toxicology, and therapeutic drug monitoring;
Haematology, covering cells, transfusion serology, coagulation, and cellular immunology;
Microbiology, involving bacteriology, virology, parasitology, and mycology;
Genetics and IVF.
Keywords: clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, postgraduate education, professional qualifications, quality
01/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterThe purpose of this paper is to accurately identify the future governance arrangements the NHS will follow, a close examination of the roles of Directors in implementing such a policy, and the National Policy documents that are required to put this in place.
Keywords: Board Directors, Clinical Governance, Integrated Governance, NHS policy, quality
06/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterA body of evidence has been accumulated to demonstrate that current practice is not sufficiently safe for several stages of central laboratory testing...
Keywords: accountability, auto-identification, errors, information technology, Knowledge management, laboratory testing, quality, report
06/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterClinical Governance is a quality framework encompassing risk management, clinical and cost effectiveness, and patient outcomes...
Keywords: clinical effectiveness, Clinical Governance, outcomes, point-of-care-testing (POCT), quality, risk management
06/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterKeywords: clinical chemistry, laboratory testing, needle, preanalytic variability, quality
08/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterKeywords: accreditation, ISO standards, medical laboratory, quality
02/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterClinical laboratory errors can be considered as either belonging to attribute or continuous variables...
Keywords: attribute, failure mode effects analysis (FMEA), Medical error, quality, regulation, uncertainty interval
07/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterKeywords: cardiotocography, quality, uterine activity
05/2008 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de GruyterZusammenfassung Mit der Entwicklung von Analysenautomaten, die eine große Anzahl von Proben in kurzer Zeit bearbeiten können, haben die Diagnostikagerätehersteller ein Tor zur industriellen Massenproduktion im klinischen Labor geöffnet...
Keywords: Automationskonzepte, Informationstechnologie, Kosten, Ökonomischer Druck, Produktivität, Qualität, automation concepts, costs, economic pressure, information technology, productivity, quality
10/2007 | LaboratoriumsMedizin, Walter de Gruyter