Case Study
Data Management Revolutionizes Work flow at Akron City Hospital
CS-12983A Ever-increasing test volumes, multiple (aging) instruments, and a need for greater lab efficiency overall. In 2004, these factors caused growing frustration for Akron City Hospital’s Chief of Clinical Pathology, Dr. Nickolas O’Donnell, and Director of Lab Operations, Phyllis Barlette, who began researching the costs and feasibility of automation for the Critical Care Laboratory. That same year, the lab manager position became vacant. I