Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou (CGMH Linkou) is one of Taiwan’s largest hospitals, serving millions of patients annually. It also operates one of the country’s busiest clinical labs. The hospital plans to expand this lab in the coming years, but in the meantime, it’s constantly working to improve performance and increase offerings in the […]
Timely reporting of critical results is an essential responsibility of most clinical labs. A recent letter in the Annals of Clinical Biochemistry provides fresh data on how turnaround time (TAT) targets and modes of reporting for critical results vary between government hospitals, private hospitals and private commercial labs in the Asia Pacific region. The letter
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A large majority of clinical labs in the Asia Pacific region maintain turnaround time (TAT) targets for cardiac biomarkers, but some countries and laboratory market segments have more ambitious targets than others, according to the latest results from the Asia Pacific Laboratory Benchmarking Survey, an annual survey by Roche Diagnostics that measures the operational effectiveness of
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As clinical labs across Asia Pacific seek greater operational effectiveness, many are implementing continuous improvement programmes and monitoring new KPIs every year. To manage these efforts, more than two-thirds of labs in the region have a dedicated continuous improvement team, according to the latest results from the Asia Pacific Laboratory Benchmarking Survey, an annual survey
In many ways, turnaround time (“TAT”) in a laboratory is determined by the resources at our disposal. The more resources you have—and the more appropriately they are used—the more headway you can make in reducing TAT. Of course, there are limitations on the resources we have available. No one really says, “I don’t care what
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Understanding turnaround time (TAT) from a more holistic perspective can help drive improved metrics and better connectivity between work and lab staff. It is the duty of a laboratory to continuously work towards improved TAT, and one way to get a fresh start on doing that is to ground our appreciation of TAT in clinical
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Automation and technology will not solve every problem. However, there is a good reason for the growing movement towards more technology in the laboratory: it can be very effective in improving outcomes that matter. Even once lean management principles and processes have been adopted, labs can find opportunities for increased efficiency using information technology (IT).
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There’s no question that turnaround time (TAT) is a critical aspect of the laboratory business. At the end of the day, however, TAT is important because it impacts patient health. So rather than focusing on traditional TAT, which is measured in terms of “time to result,” lab professionals should focus on “clinically impactful TAT,” which considers the temporal
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Yes, it is possible to shave half an hour off your laboratory’s average turnaround time. We did it at Siloam International Hospitals’ laboratories, and you can too.
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When it comes to clinical care-related decision making, perhaps no other information is as objective and important as laboratory test data. According to a 2019 study in the Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine [1], virtually all inpatients and more than half of emergency department patients have one more or lab tests ordered for them, providing a vital
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