omation mbers - Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening
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3:30 pm Wednesday, February 4 Clinical – In<strong>for</strong>matics I Room C1<br />
John Saulenas<br />
MEDITECH<br />
One MEDITECH Circle<br />
Westwood, Massachusetts 02090<br />
jsaulenas@meditech.com<br />
Autoverification: Paving the Path to Efficiency <strong>and</strong> Quality<br />
Clinical laboratories face an ever-increasing workload, a decreasing staff of skilled technologists, <strong>and</strong> the neverending<br />
requirement to “do more with less.” As a result, many laboratories are looking <strong>for</strong> ways to stream-line<br />
their processes. Automated solutions <strong>for</strong> the pre-analytical <strong>and</strong> analytical processes of the laboratory have been<br />
implemented ; Autoverification, also referred to as autorelease or autovalidation, is a post-analytical process that<br />
has been available <strong>for</strong> nearly a decade but has not been adopted in many laboratories. Autoverification uses<br />
computerized rules to review laboratory data, release results to the healthcare in<strong>for</strong>mation system <strong>and</strong> determine<br />
which results need further review by a technologist. If implemented correctly, autoverification can significantly<br />
improve a laboratory’s quality <strong>and</strong> efficiency. Attendees will come away with a better underst<strong>and</strong>ing of how<br />
autoverification can be used to improve patient safety, enhance the working environment <strong>for</strong> laboratory staff <strong>and</strong><br />
facilitate better patient care.<br />
4:00 pm Wednesday, February 4 Clinical – In<strong>for</strong>matics I Room C1<br />
Leo Serrano<br />
West Tennessee Healthcare<br />
708 West Forest Avenue<br />
Jackson, Tennessee 38301<br />
leo.serrano@wth.org<br />
Autoverification of <strong>Laboratory</strong> Results – A Real Life Perspective<br />
The presentation will discuss the processes, instrumentation issues, requirements <strong>and</strong> benefits of<br />
autoverification of lab results in a real clinical setting. Issues discussed will include processes <strong>and</strong> metrics<br />
be<strong>for</strong>e the implementation of autoverification, the stepwise implementation of autoverification, the selection of<br />
instrumentation, including the criteria <strong>for</strong> autoverification in the various disciplines of the lab. Metrics will be<br />
presented showing the improvement in per<strong>for</strong>mance <strong>and</strong> productivity<br />
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