With the multitude of waived tests available today and the growing number of Certificate of Waiver (COW) laboratories, it is no surprise that there may be some concern about the quality and patient safety related to waived tests. That is why COLA, a national laboratory accreditor dedicated to quality in laboratory medicine and patient care,…
Free to clinical labs, Give Back Day kits meant to spread word about opportunities in the lab workforce
COLA successfully concluded its 2014 Leadership Summit last week. More than 30 thought leaders in health care, including physicians, regulators, public health experts, medical laboratory scientists, manufacturers, nurse practitioners and more gathered in San Francisco to discuss the future of laboratory medicine in the context of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The group explored the implications…
Paul Campognone, Medical Diagnostic Industry Senior Manager, Medical Technologist, named to post.
Accreditor Appoints Experienced Clinical Expert and Corporate Director to Education Post
New positions are a key part of COLA’s new “Continuous Quality Initiative”
COLA, a national laboratory accreditor and advocate for quality in laboratory medicine and patient care, has recognized the findings of a Johns Hopkins study that concludes that if medical errors were tabulated similarly to diseases, they would rank as the third leading cause of death in the U.S. (with more than 250,000 deaths each year),…
COLA to Assist Labs in Implementing Individualized Quality Control Plans COLUMBIA, MD, September 23, 2015 – Leading laboratory accreditor COLA, approved by Laboratory Field Services (LFS) to accredit laboratories in California, announced that it is offering a suite of tools to assist California labs in transitioning to a new quality testing procedure called Individualized Quality…
Event held during National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
This weekend, COLA has partnered with industry leaders in presenting solutions for increasing lab quality to prevent hospital readmissions at the AMDA (formerly the American Medical Directors Association) Long Term Care Medicine Conference, February 27-March 2 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Nashville, TN. COLA is joined by representatives of the American Association…
