1 WHITEPAPER five strategies to improve the efficiency of your lab According to Merriam-Webster, efficiency is defined as “effective operation as measured by a comparison of production with cost (as in energy, time, and money).” Thus, efficiency gains save time, money, and resources, and are the crux of the adage “work smarter, not harder.” With increases in efficiency, come increases in productivity, leading to more rapid turnaround of actionable scientific results or clinical diagnoses. An example of a technology-driven efficiency gain in our daily lives is the rise of smartphone technology. Smartphones have created a paradigm shift for the way we manage our lives; we used to have paper lists and postits for reminders, grocery lists, and to-do lists, paper calendars, and day planne

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