Over the last 20 years laboratory medicine has played an increasingly dominant role in
clinical decisionmaking and patient management. Laboratory tests are essential to …

Technological developments and economic drivers have led to major changes in clinical
laboratories worldwide, principally represented by an increase in testing productivity and …

Clinical laboratories should, therefore, assume some responsibility for the whole cycle of
testing, including appropriateness of test request and interpretation, so that the reported data …

Laboratory medicine has undergone a sea change, and medical laboratories must now
adapt to, and meet new, customer-supplier needs springing from shifts in the patterns of …

Medicine is dedicated to the 2nd Strategic Conference of the European Federation for
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) that was held from 18th to 19th June …

The 21st century challenge is to redesign healthcare systems to be safe, efficient, effective,
timely, equitable and patient-centred. Although laboratory medicine is integral to many of …

Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine would now argue that this has probably little to do with
our education, expertise and daily activities, at least until exploring the full list of papers …

The contribution of Laboratory Medicine to the global patient healthcare procedure is
significant. Currently 70–80% of clinical decisions are based on laboratory data, as …

Laboratory medicine has evolved from basic scientific observation and good experimental
practice, with a strong emphasis on establishing the mechanisms of disease processes …

Clinical laboratories play a vital role in the healthcare system. Objective medical data
provided by clinical laboratories supports approximately 60–70% of clinical decisions …