ADVANCE for Administrators of the Laboratory

Confidence Limit; Confidence Interval

By David Plaut and Clarice Perry — May 15, 2012

To date, we have discussed many statistics and graphics that describe a set of data but by themselves do not allow us to draw statistical conclusions about the data. The confidence limit (CL) and the confidence interval (CI) are our first steps from descriptive statistics into inferential statistics.

When we move to inferring (drawing conclusions) from the statistics of a data set, we are into inferential statistics. The two statistics in this installment are often used to m

Genetic Variants May Predict Those at Greatest Fracture Risk

May 14, 2012

Lifepoint Informatics now offers CPOE ConnectM, an easy to integrate plug-in solution for imporved lab order entry capability. Lifepoint Informatics has recognized the growing need for EHR vendors to deliver lab order entry functionality to their customers.
Lifepoint's CPOE Connect solution seamlessly integrates with existing EHR products to deliver advanced clinical order entry functionality at the point of care, providing medical necessity verificatio

Military Vets & the Lab: An Ideal Match

By Steve Eichmann — May 16, 2012

For some vets transitioning back to civilian life, a clinical lab career can be an attractive option.

Neogen launches the fastest molecular pathogen test

May 10, 2012

PipetTipFinder Is New Database for Laboratory Professionals

May 12, 2012

PipetTipFinder, an impartial online resource for laboratory professionals who use pipettors as well as lab administrators responsible for stocking the liquid handling supplies used in their laboratories, has been launched by Meta Enterprises

PipetTipFinder offers an extensive database of over 3,000 pipettors and 5,000 pipet tips from nearly every manufacturer. Advanced sorting and filtering options enable laboratory profess

Quality Control and CLIA

May 10, 2012

Explore CLIA's QC regulations and make sure your program is up to speed.

Service Agreement Contracts

By Jennifer Daugherty — May 16, 2012

Understand the differences between different equipment service contracts.

The Future of Lab Information Systems

By Dennis Winsten, MS, FHIMSS, FCLMA — May 16, 2012

Prognostications, i.e., educated guesses about the future are always a risk but here goes:

Over the past decade, the functions and utilization of LIS have changed dramatically. The advent of enterprise-wide computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems and EMR electronic medical records systems have usurped many of the roles that used to be played by the LIS. Today, in a hospital setting, patient demographics and laboratory test orders are rarely entered directly using the LIS, r

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces First Research-Grade FT-IR Spectrometer with

May 16, 2012

Thomas Jefferson University's Scott Waldman Awarded CURE Grant to Move Colon Cancer Test Closer to Commercialization

May 15, 2012

Scott Waldman, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at Thomas Jefferson University, has been awarded a Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement (CURE) grant for almost $750,000 to help advance a molecular diagnostic test for colon cancer into commercialization.

1 any action begins somewhere. It's what laboratories are often faced with when deciding to adopt paperless technology. Changing almost everything we do is a terribly long journey, and starting is the hardest part.

Of course, it's really about choices.

Our laboratories are