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Quality Update Library

All of the following Quality Updates are downloadable and available for printing. Some of the highlights of each issue include:
 

Topics

2009
June 2009:Ed Doucette Retirement, Collection Tubes for Coagulation Testing, Standing Orders Update, Care360 Physician Portal Changes…(June2009.pdf)

May 2009:Swine Flu Update, Maintaining Specimen Integrity, Inside our
Microbiology Department, Our Couriers…(May2009.pdf)

April 2009:Client Satisfaction Survey, Quantitative d-Dimer Testing, Insulin Changes – Free and Total, National Medical Laboratory Week, Ohio Patient Direct Bill of Anatomic Pathology Services (Insert), Lab Word Game
(Insert)…(April2009.pdf)

March 2009:Advanced Beneficiary Notice, Urine Collection for Cytology, Care360 and Something New, Immune Cell Function Assay – Changes in Testing Days, Estimated Average Glucose, New ABN Form (Insert)…(March2009.pdf)

January-February 2009: State of the Laboratory, Bordetella pertussis
and Bordetella parapertussis, Lock-Box Reminders, Result Faxing, 2009 AMA Changes in CPT Coding, Patient Service Center Client Surveys, PSC Changes (Insert)…(January-February2009.pdf)

2008
December 2008: Immune Cell Function Assay. Quality Specimen
Handling, Communicating to You, Billing Update, 2009 AMA Changes
in CPT Coding, Cold Weather and Specimen Integrity, Specimen Handling
in Cold Weather, New CPT Codes
(Insert)…(December2008.pdf)

October/November: Collecting Quality Specimens, Frozen Specimen in LockboxesFixative Key to Specimen Quality, Care360 Tips & Reminders, “Spaghetti” in Your Offices, Patient Service Centers News...(October/November.pdf)

September: Specimen Collection and Handling Resources, Frozen Specimen in Lockboxes, Use of Virology Bags, Anthem Medicaid Update, Linking Laboratory Results with your EMR, Care360 Easy Order...(September 2008.pdf)

August: Patient Services Satisfaction Results, Sample Collection for HIV Viral Load Testing, New Patient Service Center Opening, Fax Number
Changes, Specimen Integrity...(August 2008.pdf)

June: Aspirin Resistance Testing, Patient Safety Update – Specimen Labeling, Summer Heat and Specimen Integrity, Update on Key Laboratory
Legislation, Lab Week Winners Announced, Fax Number Changes...(June 2008.pdf)

May: Physician Survey Report, Pathology Turnaround Time, Aspirin Resistance testing Now
available...(May 2008.pdf)

April: Managed Care Status Bulletin, Quality Toolbox, Montgomery County
Science Fair, HIV Testing Revisited, Medical Professionals
Week...(April 2008.pdf)

March: Vitamin D, Something about a Name, Prompt Pay Discount, Communications is the Key, Hemoglobinopathies...(March 2008.pdf)

February: Unsatisfactory Pap Smears, Patient Safety, Managed Care
Providers, Pathologist Corner...(February 2008.pdf)

January: Virology Advancements, HPV Testing, Web site Redesigned, Samples and Cold weather...(January 2008.pdf)