In an era of “hi-tech” medicine, efficiency, technical sophistication and innovation draw
recognition from a wide audience of colleagues, patients and society. The UK government's …

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 plays an increasingly essential role in modern healthcare systems,
since it is integral to most care pathways and plays an essential role for optimizing patient …

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 …

Objectives We aimed to share a new laboratory model based on laboratory knowledge,
meaningful use of information technology, and partnership with clinicians, to lead the …

Abstract Changes have occurred in the organization, complexity and role of medical
laboratories in healthcare, requiring a great increase in global productivity and diagnostic …

During the past decades the healthcare systems have rapidly changed and today hospital
care is primarily advocated for critical patients and acute treatments, for which laboratory test …

The large menu of laboratory assays available today makes it increasingly difficult for the
non-specialist to order all necessary tests, avoid medical errors, and still contain cost …

Appropriateness of diagnostic testing can be conventionally described as prescription of the
right test, using the right method, at the right time, to the right patient, with the right costs and …

The paradigm of “personalized medicine” has gained broad popularity in the past decade
due to the fact that convincing evidence was brought that the concept “one fits all” should be …