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Clinical Instrumentation - Structure & Organizations
Lab Structure & Organizations
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Medical
Undergraduate 2
03/24/2012

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Term
- Clinical Lab Structure
Definition

-Laboratory Director (MD)

-Laboratory Manager

-Department Supervisors

-Support Services

Term
-Lab Departments
Definition

-Chemistry

-Coagulation

-Hematology

-Immunology

-Microbiology

-Toxicology

-Blood Bank

Term
-Support Services
Definition

-Processing

-Phlebotomy

-Clerical

-LIS (lab information systems)

Term
-CLIA
Definition

-Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendement

-regulations published February 1992

-Congress passed law in 1988

-regulates all testing on humans for health purposes using minimum quality standards

Term
-HIPAA
Definition

-Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act

-Federal law passed by Congress in 1996

-regulations overseen by Dept of Health & Human Services


-guidelines implemented in April 2003

Term
-Why HIPAA?
Definition

-genetic advancements

-marketing

-technology

Term
-OSHA
Definition

-Occupational Safety & Health Administration

 

-agency of the US Dept of Labor

-signed by Nixon December 1970

-job safety and health standards

Term
-JCAHO
Definition

-Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

-organization of individuals from the private medical sector to develop and maintain standards of quality

-no official connection to government

Term
-NCCLS (CLSI)
Definition

-National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards

-Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute

-non profit organiztion that develops voluntary consensus standards

Term
-ADA
Definition

-Americans with Disabilities Act

-enacted by Congress in 1990

-prohibits discrimination

Term
-CPT codes
Definition

-Current Procedural Terminology

-numbers assigned to every task and service provided to a patient

-determines amount of reimbursement

Term
-ICD Code
Definition

-International Classification of Disease

-insurance code that describes medical condition or diagnosis

Term
-Indemnity
Definition
-fee for service plan health insurance
Term
-POCT
Definition

-Point of Care Testing

-lab testing performed in a clinical setting by non-laboratory healthcare professionals

-results are quicker, but more expensive

Term
-DRG
Definition

-Diagnosis Related Group

-classify hospital cases into one of approx 500 groups

-in use since 1983

Term
-HCFA
Definition

-Health Care Financing Administration

-now Medicare & Medicaid

Term
-ASCLS
Definition

-American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science

-preeminent organization for CLS practitioners

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