COLA Announces June Webinar Schedule
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COLA announces Leadership Summit keynote speakers
COLA is happy to announce its keynote speakers and attendees for the 2014 Leadership Summit to be held at the historic Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California on April 28th and 29th. Ensuring quality in laboratories benefits patients directly by preventing potentially life-threatening errors. Interdisciplinary healthcare leaders attending the Summit will convene to discuss the…
COLA ANNOUNCES ROLE AS COLLABORATING PARTNER TO AACC’S LAB TESTS ONLINE
COLA ANNOUNCES ROLE AS COLLABORATING PARTNER TO AACC’S LAB TESTS ONLINE Kathy Nucifora, COLA Director of Accreditation, Confirmed as Member of Editorial Review Board COLA, a national laboratory accreditor and advocate for quality in laboratory medicine and patient care, announced its new role as collaborating partner to Lab Tests Online, a health information web…
COLA ANNOUNCES TAMMY ZINSMEISTER AS FIRST CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER
Zinsmeister to Head Division Focused On Developing Innovative Solutions to Ensure Excellence in Laboratory Medicine and Patient Care COLA, a national laboratory accreditor and an advocate for quality in laboratory medicine and patient care, has announced the appointment of Tammy Zinsmeister to the newly created position of Chief Innovation Officer. In her new role, Zinsmeister…
COLA Appoints Mark Tatelbaum as Chief Counsel
COLA, a nationally recognized private, non-profit laboratory accreditation organization, has announced the appointment of Mark Tatelbaum as Chief Counsel. Tatelbaum joins COLA having extensive legal experience in healthcare and, more specifically, in the clinical laboratory sector. Tatelbaum recently served as the General Counsel for Ameritox, LLC, a national toxicology laboratory headquartered in Columbia, MD. Prior…
COLA Appoints Nancy Stratton as Chief Executive Officer
COLA, the nation’s premier clinical laboratory accreditation provider, has announced the appointment of Nancy Stratton as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). A senior executive with more than 35 years of experience in laboratory management, Stratton will be responsible for driving the organization’s continued growth as it furthers its mission to promote excellence in laboratory medicine and…
COLA AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO 19 LABORATORY SCIENCE STUDENTS
COLA, a national laboratory accreditor and an advocate for quality in laboratory medicine and patient care, has awarded 19 laboratory science students studying at East Coast colleges and universities with a $500 scholarship, for a total of $9,500. The COLAcares Scholarship awards stem from COLA’s GiveBack365 initiative. GiveBack365 was designed to foster awareness of careers…
COLA AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO TEN LABORATORY SCIENCE STUDENTS : Latest COLAcares Scholarship Awards Total $5,000
One solution to the problem of the increasing number of laboratory job vacancies in the U.S. is to provide financial support to aspiring laboratorians in Medical Laboratory Science or Technology programs. That is why COLA, a national leader in lab testing accreditation and an advocate for quality in laboratory medicine and patient care, has medical laboratory…
COLA AWARDS TEN SCHOLARSHIPS TO AREA LAB SCIENCE STUDENTS
COLUMBIA, MD, September 8, 2015 – COLA, a national laboratory accreditor and an advocate for quality in laboratory medicine and patient care, has awarded ten laboratory science students studying at several Mid-Atlantic colleges and universities with a $500 scholarship, for a total of $5,000. The awards are part of the “COLAcares Scholarship Program,” designed to…
COLA Called “Best of the Best”
ADVANCE’s Jill Hoffman recently blogged about COLA becoming the first and only private accreditor to receive ISO certification. Hoffman called COLA “a model for pursuing excellence.” She added: “It is refreshing to know that some organizations still hold not only their clients and others around them to the highest possible standards, but also themselves in…