COLA Names New COO
Paul Campognone, Medical Diagnostic Industry Senior Manager, Medical Technologist, named to post.
COLA Names Rose Mary Casados Education Division Manager
Accreditor Appoints Experienced Clinical Expert and Corporate Director to Education Post
COLA Names Two New “Quality Advisors”
New positions are a key part of COLA’s new “Continuous Quality Initiative”
COLA OFFERS RECOMMENDATIONS IN RESPONSE TO JOHNS HOPKINS STUDY THAT FINDS MEDICAL ERRORS ARE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN U.S.
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 OFFERS TOOLS TO CALIFORNIA LABS FOR TRANSITIONING TO NEW QUALITY CONTROL PLAN
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…
COLA Organizes GIve Back Day with Anne Arundel County, MD Magnet School
Event held during National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
COLA Participates in Long Term Care Conference
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…
COLA PARTNERS WITH HOWARD COUNTY POLICE DEPT. TO PROVIDE CRITICAL REPAIRS FOR LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNER
COLA, a national laboratory accreditor and an advocate for quality in laboratory medicine and patient care, along with Hussman Institute for Autism, teamed up with the Howard County Police Department’s for Rebuilding Day on April 23, an initiative of Rebuilding Together Howard County. The team of police, COLA and Hussman volunteers worked throughout the day…
COLA Partners with Mayo Medical Laboratories
Lab Accreditor Provides Link to Test Utilization Website
COLA POSITION STATEMENT: IOM Report: IMPROVING DIAGNOSIS IN HEALTH CARE
The National Academies of Medicine, formerly the Institute of Medicine, recently published a study that concludes that “diagnostic errors – inaccurate or delayed diagnoses – persist throughout all settings of care and continue to harm an unacceptable number of patients.” In reviewing the evidence, the committee concluded that most people will experience a diagnostic error…