Originally posted June 16, 2008
You've probably noticed that new JCAHO National Patient Safety
Goals
are out. Some new goals have been added this year. These goals are some
of the most prominent new measures, metrics, and indcators that are
being introduced to healthcare. At the Westgard Workshops, Teresa
Darcy, MD, MMM, gave a
presentation on this recent proliferation of Quality Indicators.
Do you know how many Indicators are out there? Here's just a short list
of what Dr. Darcy discussed:
Originally posted on June 12, 2006
First of all, we want to thank all of our participants who came
from all directions to learn and share. The most rewarding part of this
continuing series is that some of our speakers this year were the
participants only a few years ago. Clearly, we have seen people absorb
the material, put it into action, and go even further with it.
Lookingat the "class of 2006", it's going to be very interesting to see
who emerges as the new leaders and teachers.
Originally posted on May 3rd, 2006
I’ve been intrigued by some of the reasoning that is guiding laboratory priorities and directions, particularly the emphasis on pre-analytic and post-analytic processes along with a disregard for the quality of analytic processes. You can see this emphasis in the IQLM recommendations for laboratory quality indicators.
Originally posted April 21st, 2006
To: Those who will influence the future quality of laboratory testingCLSI Area Committee on Evaluation ProtocolsCLSI Subcommittee on Establishment of Manufacturer’s QC RecommendationsCLSI Subcommitee on Laboratory Quality Control Procedures
I
want to call your attention to an article on “The Quality of Laboratory
Testing Today” that was published in the American Journal of Clinical
Pathology in March 2006 (v125:pp343-354). This article was prepared for
the “QC for the Future” workshop, which was held in March 2005 in
Baltimore. Because you attended this conference and/or are involved in
the ongoing project work to develop QC for the Future, I hope you will
have some interest in the results of this study.