LII:The Comprehensive Guide to Physician Office Laboratory Setup and Operation

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Title: The Comprehensive Guide to Physician Office Laboratory Setup and Operation

Author for citation: Shawn E. Douglas

License for content: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Publication date: June 2015

This guide provides an in-depth discussion of the physician office laboratory (POL), including the clinical environment, testing domains, data management, and regulatory environment as well as useful, POL-friendly resources like vendor and distributor lists. (For an actual PDF- or PediaPress-friendly version of this guide, please see the corresponding Book Creator page.)

The table of contents for The Comprehensive Guide to Physician Office Laboratory Setup and Operation is as follows:

1. Introduction

2. The Clinical Environment

  • The clinical laboratory and its equipment
  • Good laboratory practice
  • Laboratory safety
  • Regulatory compliance: HIPAA and PPACA
  • Regulatory compliance: CLIA
  • Point-of-care testing
  • Provider-performed microscopy testing
  • CLIA market and industry trends
  • Economic issues related to the POL
  • Data management

3. Primary Laboratory Testing Domains in the POL

  • Urinalysis
  • Hematology/Blood collection
  • Chemistry
  • Immunology
  • Toxicology and pain management
  • Molecular diagnostics

4. Data Management

  • Functional requirements
  • Workflow and integration (EHR, HIS)
  • Workflow and integration instruments
  • LIS as a center of workflow/full office integration
  • LIS relationship to other IT systems
  • Best practices and standard operating procedures
  • Other workflow requirements

5. Staffing and Education Requirements

  • General staffing and education
  • List of certification programs
  • List of organizations and professional certifications
  • List of educational programs
  • List of staffing agencies

6. Additional Resources

  • Further reading
  • List of POL instrument vendors and manufacturers
  • List of other POL vendors, not covered elsewhere
  • List of distributors
  • List of consultants in the POL market
  • List of consumables and supplies used in POL
  • List of suppliers
  • Laboratory billing