Improving the Reporting of Critical Results II
Building Proactive Post-test Communications
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
2:00-3:30 pm Eastern (US) Time

Nearly 3,000 laboratorians listened last year to AACC's first audioconference on improving critical result reporting to hear what labs at Massachusetts General Hospital and Geisinger Health System are doing to meet the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goal 2C for labs, which sets forth requirements for reporting critical results to appropriate caregivers. Improving the Reporting of Critical Result II builds on what labs learned during the first audioconference – providing information on the critical result reporting practices of more than 100 CAP-accredited labs.

Attend this audioconference and know:

• Which benchmarks you should use to develop and maintain critical values
• Best practices for critical values notification
• How to document your critical result reporting activities and track your progress
• How to reduce miscommunication and undocumented notifications of critical results

Setting up an efficient system for critical result reporting is essential for assuring patient safety. Register now to learn more about how you can improve your processes!

The Experts:

Anand S. Dighe, MD, PhD, Director, Core Lab, Director, Information Management in the Dept. of Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Michael Astion, MD, PhD, Professor and Director, Reference Laboratory Services, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Elizabeth A. Wagar, MD, Clinical Professor and Laboratory Director, UCLA Clinical Laboratories, Los Angeles, CA

Target Audience

Laboratory administrators, directors and managers; hospital administrators, pathologists, physicians, nurses, and others involved in the receiving or reporting critical results.

Invite your hospital administrators and emergency department physicians to join you! Presenters will provide information targeted to both audiences.

This program is approved by AACC for 1.5 Category 1 ACCENT credit hours, and is supported in part by an educational grant from Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics