The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing to step up its oversight of a growing category of medical tests called laboratory-developed tests. The FDA approves and clears many types of lab tests ...

This study shows automatic, practical, simple, and effective strategies designed in the laboratory, in consensus with requesting clinicians, to improve laboratory test appropriateness. Objectives: The ...

If you’re waiting for lab test results to come back or you’re trying to figure out what they mean, the process and all those medical terms and numbers can be confusing. There are thousands of lab ...

Background and Objective: This study sought to extend the existing research regarding patients' reactions to viewing laboratory test results online by: (a) investigating patients' emotional responses ...

When you bring a measurement instrument to a calibration lab, you assume that your instrument will come back within expected tolerances. But, how do you know? That's where laboratory proficiency tests ...

In addition to the cost, the excessive overuse of laboratory testing causes patient discomfort and can lead to hospital-acquired anemia, which results in additional testing, prolonged hospitalizations ...