Thursday, April 28, 2005 -- Atlanta, Georgia |
CDC Welcome and Keynote |
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Welcoming Remarks: Introduction to the Institute for Quality in Laboratory Medicine
Joe Boone, PhD (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) |
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CDC Welcome and Keynote Introduction
Toby Merlin, MD (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) |
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Keynote: Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH
President and CEO, National Quality Forum |
Friday, April 29, 2005
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Plenary Session: Introduction and Keynote |
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Introduction
Robert Martin, DrPH, MPH |
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Keynote: Dennis S. O'Leary, MD
President, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
IQLM Workgroup Presentations
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Introduction and Overview
Joe Boone, PhD
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Developing monitoring networks
Michael Noble, MD, FRCPC / Julie Gayken, MT(ASCP)
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Developing a Core Set of Laboratory Based Quality Indicators
Lee Hilborne, MD, MPH |
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Developing a national report on the quality of laboratory services
Marc D. Silverstein, MD
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Acknowledgements and Summary
Joe Boone, PhD / Julie Taylor, PhD
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Plenary Session: Business Case for Quality
Best practices surrounding:
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Laboratory Setting
Rick Panning, CLS(NCA),MBA
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Government
Stephen F. Jencks, MD, MPH
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Private Insurance
Robert Kropp, MD, MBA
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Health Economics
Frank R. Litchtenberg, PhD
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Panel Discussion
Moderator: Thomas Hearn, PhD
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Panel Discussion
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Plenary Session: Business Case for Quality
Best practices surrounding:
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Information Technology
Stephen Raab, MD
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International Standards
Rogerio Rabelo, MD, PhD, MBA
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Diagnostic Industry
Paul Epner |
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Clinicians/Patients
Steven Asch, MD, MPH
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Panel Discussion
Moderator: Belinda Vanatta, MS, MT(ASCP)DLM
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Panel Discussion
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Saturday, April 30, 2005: 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
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Delivery and Utilization of Laboratory Services: Lessons Learned
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Introduction
Joe Boone, PhD
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Errors in the Testing Process in Primary Care: A Report from the American Academy of Family Physicians’ National Research Network
Nancy Elder, MD
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The Impact of Gynecologic Pathology Diagnostic Errors on Patient Care
Dana Grzybicki, PhD
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Utilization of Tests of Hypercoagulability as Observed at a Reference Laboratory
Brian Jackson, MD, MS(Medical Informatics)
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The Science of Patient Safety: Longitudinal Studies in an Environment of Change
Elizabeth Wagar, MD
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Public Panel - Learning from the field
Moderator: Ana K. Stankovic, MD, PhD, MSPH
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Panel Discussion
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Developing a Quality Agenda for Laboratory Medicine
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Developing a Quality Agenda for Laboratory Medicine: a View from the Other Side
Nancy Elder, MD, MSPH |
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Developing Your (Local) Patient Safety Agenda
Michael Astion, MD, PhD, HTBE |
Next Steps and Summary
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IQLM Summary and Next Steps
Joe Boone, PhD
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Additional files are currently being uploaded; please check back soon to access a more complete collection of presentations.
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Poster Session
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A sustainable community process to improve availability of appropriate, verified quality control (QC) materials for genetic testing
Lisa Kalman, Bin Chen, Ira M. Lubin, D. Joe Boone |
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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Improving Central Lab Turnaround Time for Stat Troponin Testing
D. Robert Dufour, Kathleen A. Zeiler, Patricia Shiu, Rosario N. Hunter, Pamela Del Monte, Mitra Thompson |
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Assessing the Benefit of Measuring B-type Natriuretic Peptide
Larry H. Bernstein, Madeleine Schlefer |
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Cervical Biopsy Correlation of SurePath™ Liquid Based Pap Tests Interpreted as Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance in Conjunction with Digene Hybrid Capture® II High Risk Human Papilloma Virus Testing
Lynnette C. Savaloja, Misty D. Babb, Chelsi R. Womack, Elizabeth T. Jordan |
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Communications System: A ‘Tailored Tools’ Approach
Sarah-Jane Downing, Kit Johnson |
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Comparison of Cytology Proficiency Testing--Glass Slides vs. Virtual Slides
MariBeth C. Gagnon, Stanley Inhorn, John Hancock, Keller Barbara, Dana Carpenter, Toby Merlin, Thomas Hearn, Pamela Thompson, Rhonda Whalen, Barbara Keller |
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Developing a Matrix-Structured Quality Financial System for a Public Health Laboratory
Tanya Koga, Kit Johnson |
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Development of an Integrated System for Reporting, Analyzing and Learning from Adverse Incidents involving Patients, Staff and Others
Leroy Mell, Shirley Knelly |
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Different Temporal Systems May Contribute to Medical Error: A Study of a Hospital Emergency Department (ED) and Clinical Laboratory Interaction
Zixing Shen, Yisong Jiang, Youngjin Yoo, Kalle Lyytinen, Edward Michelson, Linda M. Sandhaus |
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Discordant results for LDL obtained by direct measurement and Friedewald calculation (FW-C)
Henry Gang |
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Enhancing Cardiac Diagnosis and Treatment Capability with Automation and Laboratorian/Clinican Collaborations
Denise L. Uettwiller-Geiger, Peter Bruno, Joan Faro, Judith Mignone, Owen Yen |
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EQUIP: International Collaboration in Laboratory Services
Kathleen L. Caldwell, Amir A. Makhmudov, Robert L. Jones |
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ERRORS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE: TRANSCRIPTION ERRORS AND INTERPRETATIVE COMMENTS IN REPORT
Laura Sciacovelli, Paolo Carraro, Mario Plebani |
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Errors in the Testing Process in Primary Care: A Report from the American Academy of Family Physicians' National Research Network
Nancy C. Elder, John Hickner, Deborah Graham, Elias Brandt, Susan Dovey, Robert Phillips |
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Establishing Analytical Turnaround Time for Urine Cultures: A Project of the Canadian Coalition for Quality in Laboratory Medicine (CCQLM) Working Group
Deirdre L. Church, Elizabeth Melnyk, Cabrini Carmona Silva, Pierre Turcotte |
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Establishing Meaningful Laboratory Performance Indicators Using Quality Systems Thinking
Joan M. Carlson |
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Establishment of Internal Threshold for Transfusion Reaction Reporting
Linda K. Lowe, Nancy Krueger, Jill L. Wood, Karen Clifton, Timothy S. Braverman |
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Evaluation of Job Aids for Laboratory Confirmation in Tanzania
Kathleen F. Cavallaro, Vincent Y. Mgaya, Ahmed Seha, Mohamed Amri, Thomas Aisu, Jeannette St. Pierre, Kirk P. Winger, Peter Mmbuji |
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Evaluation of Medical Laboratory Conformance to ISO 15189:2003: The Ontario, Canada Experience
Linda Crawford, Harold Richardson |
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IMPACT OF QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTATION IN CENTRAL ASIA REGION
Tatyana Valentinovna Kalashnikova, Erkin Isakovich Musabaev, Natalya Grigorievna Koftunenko, Rafik Karimovich Usmanov, Saida Djakanovna Suleimenova, Nina Ivanovna Golovchenko, Azat Babdjanovich Ongarbaev, Tatyana Enverovna Kuchuk, Adelya Adilkhanovna Albetkova, Jan Drobeniuc, Aliya Balzabekovna Jumagulova, Michael O. Favorov |
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Implementation of an ISO-based Integrated Management System for Managing Quality and Environmental Requirements in the Clinical Laboratory
D. M. Périgo, A. S. E. Gonçalves, D. P. Santos, R. Rabelo |
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Implementation of the 2002 Group B Streptococcus Screening Guidelines
Barbara E. Robinson-Dunn, Marcus Zervos, JoAnn Logue-O'Malley |
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Implementing a quality management system (QMS) in a public health laboratory
Jean Joly, Johanne Lefebvre |
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Improvement of STAT Results Turn Around Time – A Six Sigma Approach
F. Leland McClure |
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Improving Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors by Standardizing Manufacturers of Diagnostic Assays
Mahnaz Dasti, Mary M. Kimberly, Gary L. Myers |
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Improving Process Quality and Reducing Total Expense Associated with Specimen Mislabeling in an Academic Medical Center
Stephen E. Kahn, Colleen Jarosz, Kathleen Webster, Cheryl Czerlanis, Deborah Barnish, Suzanne Robertazzi, John Burger, Carrie Holland, John Lee |
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Improving Specimen Integrity in Transport: A Six Sigma Approach
Jeffrey L. Lawrence |
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Innovative integration and use of well-known Information Technology tools to support the management of ISO Quality and Environmental Standards in a clinical laboratory
D. M. Périgo, A. S. E. Gonçalves, D. P. Santos, Rogerio Rabelo |
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Interobserver Variability in the Interpretation of Routine Gynecological Specimens Within A Large Practice
Frederick A. Meier, Ruan Varney, Sudha R. Kini, Arthur R. Gaba, Chad H. Stone, Daniel S. Schultz, Antoinette Klimowicz, Mona Bansal, Colleen Vrbin, Richard J. Zarbo |
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LABORATORY ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCES: CAN EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT SCHEMES (EQAS) STIMULATE THE IMPROVEMENT?
Laura Sciacovelli, Martina Zaninotto, Mario Plebani |
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Laboratory Turnaround Time Improvement for Emergency Department Services Using Innovative Solutions
Gloria Zuroff, Marjorie Merkey, Susan Yost |
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New Tools and Approaches for Monitoring and Analyzing Internal and External Clinical Laboratory Performance
Ilira Shtepani, Kit Johnson, Norman Neumann |
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Ordering Genetic Tests and Reporting Results: Communication is Key
Ira M. Lubin, Carolyn Constantin |
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Partnering to Promote an Understanding of ISO 15189:2003
Linda Crawford, Julie Coffey, Harold Richardson |
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Pathology resident education in laboratory administration and clinical chemistry is less effective than other areas of pathology, as measured by the ASCP Resident In-service Examination (RISE)
Barbara J. McKenna, Laura Culver-Edgar |
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Proficiency Testing Accuracy in the United States
Daniel C. Edson |
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Quality Improvement Through Investigation of External Quality Assessment Discordant Findings
Harold Richardson, Jane Gun-Munro |
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Reduce Pre-Analytic Errors at Hospital: A Joint Six Sigma Project with Quest Diagnostics and a Hospital Customer
John Bower |
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Relative Frequency of Mislabeled Laboratory Samples from the Emergency Department (ED) Compared to Other Hospital Areas
Linda M. Sandhaus, Kennan J. Sauder, Edward Michelson |
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Results of a Survey of Prothrombin Time Testing Practices in the Pacific Northwest, 2004
Shahram Shahangian, Kathy LaBeau |
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Root Cause Analysis for Pap test Diagnostic Errors Due to Sampling Using a Lean Production System Improves Specimen Quality
Stephen S. Raab, Jennifer Condel, Colleen M. Vrbin |
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The Impact of Gynecologic Pathology Diagnostic Errors on Patient Care
Dana Marie Grzybicki, Colleen M. Vrbin, Danielle Pirain, Stephen S. Raab |
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The Role of Education in Heightening Awareness and Broadening the Knowledge Base of Laboratory Professionals
Theresa M. Somrak |
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The Science of Patient Safety: Longitudinal Studies in an Environment of Change. Wagar, E. A.* Hilborne, L. H., Yasin, B. Tamashiro, L., Bruckner, D.A. UCLA Healthcare and Department of Pathology and Lab. Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Elizabeth A. Wagar, Lee H. Hilborne, Bushra Yasin, Lorraine L. Tamashiro, David A. Bruckner |
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Use of Hospital Antibiograms as a Quality Indicator
Martha S. Boehme, Patricia A. Somsel |
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Use of patient data to derive long term random error in laboratory assays: Application to glycohemoglobin testing
George Cembrowski, David V. Tran, Tammy L Hofer, Terrence Lee |
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Using Laboratory Automation and Process Improvement to Eliminate Manual Steps and Related Error
Sam C. Terese |
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Utilization of tests for hypercoagulability as observed at a reference laboratory
Brian R. Jackson, Shannon R. Swenson, George M. Rodgers |
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Variability in Cytologic-Histologic Correlation Practices and Implications on Patient Safety
Dana Marie Grzybicki, Colleen M. Vrbin, Stephen S. Raab |