Download or read book Leadership and Stewardship of the Laboratory written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leadership and Stewardship of the Laboratory Objective 4 1 Notable Outcome Phase II Alternative Analysis and PNNL Site Plan Recommendation written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the Pacific Northwest Site Office (PNSO) have recently completed an effort to identify the current state of the campus and gaps that exist with regards to space needs, facilities and infrastructure. This effort has been used to establish a campus strategy to ensure PNNL is ready to further the United States (U.S.) Department of Energy (DOE) mission. Ten-year business projections and the impacts on space needs were assessed and incorporated into the long-term facility plans. In identifying/quantifying the space needs for PNNL, the following categories were addressed: Multi-purpose Programmatic (wet chemistry and imaging laboratory space), Strategic (Systems Engineering and Computation Analytics, and Collaboration space), Remediation (space to offset the loss of the Research Technology Laboratory [RTL] Complex due to decontamination and demolition), and Optimization (the exit of older and less cost-effective facilities). The findings of the space assessment indicate a need for wet chemistry space, imaging space, and strategic space needs associated with systems engineering and collaboration space. Based on the analysis, a 10-year campus strategy evolved that balanced four strategic objectives, as directed by the DOE Office of Science (DOE-SC): - Mission Alignment - maintain customer satisfaction - Reasonable & Achievable - do what makes sense from a practical and cost perspective - Campus Continuity - increase the federal control of assets and follow the Campus Master Plan - Guiding Principles - modern, collaborative, flexible, and sustainable. This strategy considered the following possible approaches to meet the identified space needs: - Institutional General Plant Project (IGPP) funded projects - Third party leased facilities - Science Laboratory Infrastructure (SLI) line item funded projects. Pairing the four strategic objectives with additional key metrics as criteria for selection, an initial recommendation was made to DOE-SC to use all three funding mechanisms to deliver the mission need. DOE-SC provided feedback that third party facilities are not to be pursued at this time. The decision was made by DOE that an IGPP-funded program would be the base plan, while retaining the possibility of a 2019 SLI-funded project. The SLI project will be designed to deliver significant impact on science and technology (S & T) and support the development of a modern, synergistic core campus where a collaborative and innovative environment is fostered. The specific scientific impact will be further defined in the 2015 and 2016 Annual Laboratory Plans. Additionally, opportunities will be explored to construct annexes on current federal facilities, including the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), if proven synergistic and cost effective. The final result of this effort is an actionable, flexible plan with scope, schedule, and cost targets for individual acquisition projects. Implemented as planned, the result will increase federal ownership by approximately 15 percent, reduce the operating cost by approximately 7 percent, and reduce the geographic facility footprint by approximately 66,000 gross square feet (GSF). Reduction of surplus space will be addressed while maintaining customer satisfaction, lowering operating costs, reducing the campus footprint, and increasing the federal control of assets. This strategy is documented in PNNL's 2014 Laboratory Plan.
Download or read book The Guide to Management For Laboratory Leaders written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quality, sustainability and leadership depict the success of every laboratory and lie at the heart of a competent laboratory manager who can function in a complex and dynamic business environment. The competent laboratory manager must be able to lead and function optimally in this complex and dynamic business environment. Changing technologies and shifting trends in healthcare present several challenges that must be overcome with constrained resources. Herein lies the value of astute laboratory management skills. In earlier times, laboratories operated as isolated technical units or departments. Over the past 20 years, an evolution of these separate units into integrated systems of broader healthcare providers has led to a need for understanding and successfully applying business and financial knowledge, management and leadership skills as well as marketing acumen. To excel in the current laboratory environment, managers would need to combine these more recent elements with the older pre-requisites of technical competence, expertise and knowledge. The Guide to Management for Laboratory Leaders is the ultimate guide to managing the complex laboratory. Focused on crucial aspects, such as human resource management, leadership, process and operations management, budget and revenue management, quality management and much more, this handbook is the requisite instrument for the laboratory manager's toolbox.
Download or read book Clinical Laboratory Management written by Timothy C. Allen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-03-25 with total page 821 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical Laboratory Management Apply the principles of management in a clinical setting with this vital guide Clinical Laboratory Management, Third Edition, edited by an esteemed team of professionals under the guidance of editor-in-chief Lynne S. Garcia, is a comprehensive and essential reference for managing the complexities of the modern clinical laboratory. This newly updated and reorganized edition addresses the fast-changing landscape of laboratory management, presenting both foundational insights and innovative strategies. Topics covered include: an introduction to the basics of clinical laboratory management, the regulatory landscape, and evolving practices in the modern healthcare environment the essence of managerial leadership, with insights into employee needs and motivation, effective communication, and personnel management, including the lack of qualified position applicants, burnout, and more financial management, budgeting, and strategic planning, including outreach up-to-date resources for laboratory coding, reimbursement, and compliance, reflecting current requirements, standards, and challenges benchmarking methods to define and measure success the importance of test utilization and clinical relevance future trends in pathology and laboratory science, including developments in test systems, human resources and workforce development, and future directions in laboratory instrumentation and information technology an entirely new section devoted to pandemic planning, collaboration, and response, lessons learned from COVID-19, and a look towards the future of laboratory preparedness This indispensable edition of Clinical Laboratory Management not only meets the needs of today’s clinical laboratories but anticipates the future, making it a must-have resource for laboratory professionals, managers, and students. Get your copy today, and equip yourself with the tools, strategies, and insights to excel in the complex and ever-changing world of the clinical laboratory.
Download or read book The American Lab written by C. Bruce Tarter and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In The American Lab, former LLNL director Bruce Tarter captures the spirit of the Laboratory and its reflection of the broader world in which it thrived. He identifies the major themes that have characterized science and technology in the latter half of the twentieth century--the growth and decline of nuclear warheads, the unprecedented rise of supercomputing technology, laser systems, fusion, and mass spectrometry. He illuminates the Cold War dynamic from the participants' point of view--an unusual and valuable perspective on nuclear history. The story of the laboratory is a tale of three eras. Although the Lab took its research vision from European Edward Teller, its modus operandi came almost exclusively from namesake Ernest Lawrence and was subsequently invented in-house by its scientists and staff. During its first two decades the Lab's focus was almost entirely on nuclear weapons research and development, with a few other smaller enterprises that were technically related to the nuclear weapons activities. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Laboratory, along with many others in the Department of Energy complex, expanded into civilian pursuits that included energy, environment, biology, and basic science. A major program in laser science and technology became a cornerstone of this period. The third era was initiated by the end of the Cold War and saw the transformation of the traditional nuclear weapons activities into the stockpile stewardship program along with the rapid growth of projects that can be broadly characterized as homeland security. Tarter's history/memoir of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, provides an insider's examination of nuclear science in the Cold War and the technological shift that occurred after the fall of the Berlin Wall."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Clinical Laboratory Management written by Donna L. Nigon and published by McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past twenty years, laboratories have evolved from isolated, purely technical departments into integral segments of broader provider systems. Excelling in this new environment requires business knowledge, management skills, and marketing savvy in addition to the age-old prerequisites of clinical competence and technical expertise. This new book imparts these skills and much more. Addressing both emerging needs in the curriculum and the new demands upon practitioners, the text concentrates on critical issues of lab management including strategic thinking and planning, maximizing reimbursement, practical financial issues, compliance with governmental regulations, optimizing productivity and much more.
Download or read book The Stewardship Claim at Los Alamos National Laboratory written by Matthew Jude Egan and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lab Dynamics written by Carl M. Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lab Dynamics is a unique guide to the interpersonal side of scientific research and management. The book provides practical solutions to some of the toughest problems that working scientists and science managers face daily problems for which most scientists are unprepared. Eleven thematically focused chapters show scientists how to communicate and interact more productively and how to develop and improve their management and leadership skills. Every chapter from the first edition has been revised, updated and supplemented with new illustrations and graphics; many new case studies have been added to illustrate themes and techniques. Two new chapters have been added and new sections have been added to Chapter 3, "Gordian Knots: Solve the Toughest Problems through Negotiation" and Chapter 7 "Win/Win with Peers: Make Allies, Not Enemies", which now contains a section on Dealing with Difficult People.
Download or read book Environmental Health Perspectives written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Best Care at Lower Cost written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-05-10 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's health care system has become too complex and costly to continue business as usual. Best Care at Lower Cost explains that inefficiencies, an overwhelming amount of data, and other economic and quality barriers hinder progress in improving health and threaten the nation's economic stability and global competitiveness. According to this report, the knowledge and tools exist to put the health system on the right course to achieve continuous improvement and better quality care at a lower cost. The costs of the system's current inefficiency underscore the urgent need for a systemwide transformation. About 30 percent of health spending in 2009-roughly $750 billion-was wasted on unnecessary services, excessive administrative costs, fraud, and other problems. Moreover, inefficiencies cause needless suffering. By one estimate, roughly 75,000 deaths might have been averted in 2005 if every state had delivered care at the quality level of the best performing state. This report states that the way health care providers currently train, practice, and learn new information cannot keep pace with the flood of research discoveries and technological advances. About 75 million Americans have more than one chronic condition, requiring coordination among multiple specialists and therapies, which can increase the potential for miscommunication, misdiagnosis, potentially conflicting interventions, and dangerous drug interactions. Best Care at Lower Cost emphasizes that a better use of data is a critical element of a continuously improving health system, such as mobile technologies and electronic health records that offer significant potential to capture and share health data better. In order for this to occur, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, IT developers, and standard-setting organizations should ensure that these systems are robust and interoperable. Clinicians and care organizations should fully adopt these technologies, and patients should be encouraged to use tools, such as personal health information portals, to actively engage in their care. This book is a call to action that will guide health care providers; administrators; caregivers; policy makers; health professionals; federal, state, and local government agencies; private and public health organizations; and educational institutions.
Download or read book GAO Report on the Department of Energy National Laboratory Management written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Basic Research and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biomedical Research and the Environment written by John T. Grupenhoff and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Role of Medical Laboratory Professionals in Laboratory Stewardship written by Amanda Dianne Van Spronsen and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With thousands of available laboratory tests and countless patient variables, clinical decision-making is highly complex. It occurs against a backdrop of time pressures, disjointed communication structures, and a culture that emphasizes certainty. Both over- and under- utilization of laboratory tests occur at unacceptably high rates. Despite considerable research into characterizing misutilization and understanding contributing factors, it remains an issue. There is a progressive trend of involving laboratory medicine professionals in ensuring appropriate ordering and management of laboratory tests. As this perspective becomes more sophisticated, it is increasingly aligned with the concept of stewardship. Stewardship calls for a wholistic, multidisciplinary approach to responsible resource use with an emphasis on securing value for efforts, and has led to new roles, and new challenges, for many healthcare professionals. Stewardship is a relatively recent concept within healthcare, and it is still being defined and integrated. Behind the scenes in healthcare, there are many professionals that generate and validate the information that is used to make clinical decisions. Medical Laboratory Professionals (MLPs), a term primarily inclusive of Medical Laboratory Technologists (MLTs) and Assistants (MLAs), are a skilled population that collects, processes, and tests biological specimens. MLTs also ensure result quality and communication to the ordering provider. The research presented in this thesis focuses on MLPs. Currently, little is known about how MLPs contribute to existing utilization issues in laboratory testing, or how they impact patient and resource waste in their routine practices. It is also difficult to articulate tangible and practical ways that MLPs can contribute to stewardship interventions and activities, as this deviates from how their work has been historically viewed through the lens of preventing errors and maximizing efficiency. This understanding is vital in highlighting their importance as stakeholders in laboratory stewardship. However, even if new roles and their explicit inclusion in stewardship activities can be justified, the barriers they face may be substantial as they have little visibility and authority outside of the laboratory. We used a modified Delphi process with a panel of MLPs to identify common practices that contribute to harm and waste. A scoping review expanded on this work to discover what has been published about the impact of MLP practices on inappropriate laboratory utilization, and the roles they can play in stewardship interventions. We administered a Canada-wide cross-sectional survey to assess knowledge, attitudes, and barriers experienced by MLPs as they considered active participation in laboratory stewardship. We used the Theoretical Domains Framework and the Behaviour Change Wheel to characterize survey findings and suggest tailored interventions, respectively. We also asked MLPs about their observations about inappropriate laboratory test ordering to highlight this unexplored perspective. This research shows that MLPs impact laboratory utilization in both direct and indirect ways during their routine activities, but many practices are absent from published research. Globally, there are staff shortages and burnout, and correspondingly, available research tends to focus on recruitment and retention. This reveals the historical view of the laboratory as a factory of inputs and outputs, with replaceable workers. However, our research shows that these skilled professionals are dedicated to patient care and wise resource use, can offer unique and valuable insights, and want to contribute in meaningful ways to stewardship. Unfortunately, they face environmental, cultural, and social barriers. A shift to laboratory stewardship may bring new roles and new opportunities to MLPs but it must be proactively and intentionally inclusive of all professionals who work in the laboratory.
Download or read book Tietz Textbook of Laboratory Medicine E Book written by Nader Rifai and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 4232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use THE definitive reference for laboratory medicine and clinical pathology! Tietz Textbook of Laboratory Medicine, 7th Edition provides the guidance necessary to select, perform, and evaluate the results of new and established laboratory tests. Comprehensive coverage includes the latest advances in topics such as clinical chemistry, genetic metabolic disorders, molecular diagnostics, hematology and coagulation, clinical microbiology, transfusion medicine, and clinical immunology. From a team of expert contributors led by Nader Rifai, this reference includes access to wide-ranging online resources on Expert Consult — featuring the comprehensive product with fully searchable text, regular content updates, animations, podcasts, over 1300 clinical case studies, lecture series, and more. Authoritative, current content helps you perform tests in a cost-effective, timely, and efficient manner; provides expertise in managing clinical laboratory needs; and shows how to be responsive to an ever-changing environment. Current guidelines help you select, perform, and evaluate the results of new and established laboratory tests. Expert, internationally recognized chapter authors present guidelines representing different practices and points of view. Analytical criteria focus on the medical usefulness of laboratory procedures. Use of standard and international units of measure makes this text appropriate for any user, anywhere in the world. Expert Consult provides the entire text as a fully searchable eBook, and includes regular content updates, animations, podcasts, more than 1300 clinical case studies, over 2500 multiple-choice questions, a lecture series, and more. NEW! 19 additional chapters highlight various specialties throughout laboratory medicine. NEW! Updated, peer-reviewed content provides the most current information possible. NEW! The largest-ever compilation of clinical cases in laboratory medicine is included on Expert Consult. NEW! Over 100 adaptive learning courses on Expert Consult offer the opportunity for personalized education.
Download or read book Cannabis Laboratory Fundamentals written by Shaun R. Opie and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legislative requirement for cannabis to undergo laboratory testing has followed legalization of medical and recreational use in every U.S. state to date. Cannabis safety testing is a new investment opportunity within the emerging cannabis market that is separate from cultivation, processing, and distribution, allowing individuals and organizations who may have been reluctant to enter previously a new entry route to the cannabis space. However, many of the costs, timelines, operational requirements, and compliance issues are overlooked by people who have not been exposed to regulated laboratory testing. Cannabis Laboratory Fundamentals provides an in-depth review of the key issues that impact cannabis testing laboratories and provides recommendations and solutions to avoid common – but expensive – mistakes. The text goes beyond methodology to include sections on economics, regulation, and operational challenges, making it useful for both new and experienced cannabis laboratory operators, as well as all those who want to understand the opportunities and risks of this industry.
Download or read book State of the Laboratory written by William A. Bookless and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995-11 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the Laboratory's 1994 accomplishments in their mission areas and core programs -- economic competitiveness, national security, lasers, energy, the environment, biology and biotechnology, engineering, physics and space science, chemistry and materials science, computations, and science and math education.
Download or read book Inspiring Stewardship written by Didier Cossin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform from leader to steward to drive growth and make an impact Inspiring Stewardship helps leaders drive sustainable development and growth by balancing short- and long-term objectives amidst competing interests. By examining a range of exceptional individual and organisational stewards alongside insights from quantitative studies, this book unlocks the contributions you can make to enhance your influence and secure your legacy. Profiles of leaders from Ratan Tata to Bill Gates illustrate what stewardship really means, and the attributes and characteristics of steward leaders. Are they fundamentally different? Where do they get their exceptional drive and resilience? Why do they shoulder such huge responsibility? Risks, rewards, motivations and actions are explored in depth to give you a real-world view of stewardship, and to show you how to embody these principles in your own everyday life. The notion of stewardship has never been more relevant to business than it is today, as managers struggle to balance present and future interests. This book provides clarity, direction and guidance for more purpose-driven action. Understand the concepts and principles of stewardship Discover characteristics of steward leaders across cultures Learn how stewards have shifted the course of their organisations Examine the capabilities that deepen organisational resilience Today, ownership of firms is increasingly fragmented, investment structures are more and more complex and the time horizons of investors, executives and owners do not always coincide. Inspiring Stewardship helps you break through the tension and drive sustainable growth through adaptability and good leadership.
