Case Study
Aligning the Lab With the Hospital’s Strategic Priorities
Insight. Innovation. Transformation. Introduction With current events highlighting the critical role of the hospital laboratory as the primary source of diagnostic information and with legislation such as PAMA (Protecting Access to Medicare Act) reducing reimbursements, hospital laboratories must determine the best direction in defining the role of the lab and its value to the healthcare organization. This white paper is the third in a three-part series developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic Laboratories and Change Healthcare. The series aims to assist clinical laboratories in understanding the risks and requirements of implementing a clinical decision support (CDS) system in-house versus the benefits of turning to a third-party provider with a proven solution. This paper p