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2007 Status Report on Laboratory Medicine

Laboratory Medicine: A National Status Report

A report on the current status of laboratory medicine in the United States that provides a detailed overview of the key factors affecting the field laboratory medicine today and those that will shape the field in the coming decades.

You are welcome to provide us with your comments on this draft final report through June 23, 2008. Comments will be reviewed for relevance and considered, as appropriate, for incorporation in the final report. Some comments may be more appropriate to consider for the 2008 supplement to the current report. Please submit your comments using the designated link here. If you would like to send a document with your comments, please submit it to Ed Liebow, LiebowE@Battelle.org.


Complete Report (2,348 kb)

To view or download individual sections, please select:
Executive Summary (164 kb)
Introduction (102 kb)
Methods and Limitations (69 kb)
Chapter I - The Value of Laboratory Medicine to Health Care (343 kb)
Chapter II - Market Profile of the Laboratory Medicine Sector (315 kb)
Chapter III - Laboratory Medicine Workforce (276 kb)
Chapter IV - Quality and the Total Testing Process (399 kb)
Chapter V - Quality Systems and Performance Measurement (492 kb)
Chapter VI - Laboratory Information Systems (294 kb)
Chapter VII - Federal Regulatory Oversight of Laboratory Medicine (344 kb)
Chapter VIII - Reimbursement for Laboratory Medicine (324 kb)
Appendix A - Desirable Characteristics for Performance Measures (84 kb)
Appendix B - Summary of Selected Performance Indicators Used by Stakeholders (104 kb)
Appendix C - Development of the Medicare Payment System (85 kb)

     

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