COLA Organizes GIve Back Day with Anne Arundel County, MD Magnet School
Event held during National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
UPDATE on Controversial Proposal Affecting Florida Laboratories
Amendment would require certain labs to use one accreditor’s services
NextLOGiK Unveils LabClarity Tool at San Diego Symposium
Analysis Tool Helps Clinical Laboratories Assess Costs of Lab Testing
The Role of Clinical Labs in New Models of Outpatient Care
COLA explores healthcare trends affecting the laboratory community
COLA Launches Educational Subsidiary
COLA Resources, Inc. ® To Provide Education and Consulting Services to Laboratories
COLA Addresses CLIAC on Quality Issues Affecting Waived Testing
Accreditor Calls for More Education for Point-of-Care Testing Personnel
COLA First Private Lab Accreditor to Receive State Deeming Authority in California
COLA recently became the first private accreditor to be awarded “deemed” status by Laboratory Field Services (LFS) in the State of California. Clinical laboratories can now demonstrate compliance with federal CLIA regulations as well as California laboratory licensure laws and regulations through COLA accreditation. COLA’s deemed authority was granted in accordance with a law…
COLA Honors CLIA Architect Senator Barbara Mikulski with Highest Award
COLA announced that U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD)is the 2013 recipient of the organization’s Perry A. Lambird Memorial Excellence in Medicine Award. This award is bestowed annually on a professional who exemplifies the values and ideals of Dr. Lambird, a COLA founder and leader who was dedicated to improving the quality of laboratory testing.…
COLA Announces Endowment To Support Howard Community College Lab Training Program
COLA, marking 25 years of service to the laboratory industry, announced it is funding a $25,000 endowment to expand Howard Community College’s newly created Medical Laboratory Technician program. The gift is designed to help create further awareness of laboratory science careers, at a time when there are more than 40,000 current lab job vacancies in…
COLA Team Award Winners Announced
This week all COLA employees gathered in Columbia, Maryland to celebrate a year of hard work and dedication to COLA’s mission. During COLAcares week all employees participate in a full schedule of training on new accreditation criteria, team building exercises, and annual celebrations. One important component of COLAcares week is our annual COLA awards…