LII:The Comprehensive Guide to Physician Office Laboratory Setup and Operation
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The Comprehensive Guide to Physician Office Laboratory Setup and Operation
This guide provides an in-depth discussion of the physician office laboratory (POL), including the clinical environment, testing domains, data management, and regulatory environment as well as useful, POL-friendly resources like vendor and distributor lists. (For an actual PDF- or PediaPress-friendly version of this book, please see the corresponding book page.)
The table of contents for The Comprehensive Guide to Physician Office Laboratory Setup and Operation is as follows:
1. Introduction
- The clinical laboratory and its equipment
- Good laboratory practice
- Laboratory safety
- Regulatory compliance: HIPAA and PPACA
- Regulatory compliance: CLIA
- Point-of-care testing
- Provider-performed microscopy testing
- CLIA market and industry trends
- Economic issues related to the POL
- Data management
3. Primary Laboratory Testing Domains in the POL
- Urinalysis
- Hematology/Blood collection
- Chemistry
- Immunology
- Microbiology
- Toxicology
4. Secondary Laboratory Testing Domains in the POL
- Pathology
- Pain management
- Molecular diagnostics
- Functional requirements
- Workflow and integration (EHR, HIS)
- Workflow and integration instruments
- LIS as a center of workflow/full office integration
- LIS relationship to other IT systems
- Best practices and standard operating procedures
- Other workflow requirements
6. Staffing and Education Requirements
- General staffing and education
- List of certification programs
- List of organizations and professional certifications
- List of educational programs
- List of staffing agencies
- Further reading
- List of POL instrument vendors and manufacturers
- List of other POL vendors, not covered elsewhere
- List of distributors
- List of consultants in the POL market
- List of consumables and supplies used in POL
- List of suppliers
- Laboratory billing
