Summary:  Analyzing the entire clinical process that Point of Care testing supports frequently discloses room for efficiency improvement.  The “Lean” movement offers a framework for doing this process analysis.  Electronic integration of POCT into the clinical process is a growing for “lean” process analysis.  Two examples (outpatient coag clinic and cardiovascular OR blood gases) will be shared showing how an entire clinical process can be “leaned” with up-front process analysis.

Objectives:

• Cite 5 examples of how POCT is innately “lean”

• Describe the growing importance of the user/IT interface in efficient clinical process design

• State the importance of assessing the entire clinical process before installing POCT

This webinar is sponsored by:

• Eurotrol

• Hemocue

• Alere

• MAS

• Radiometer

This webinar is produced by and in cooperation with:
Whitehat Communications and www.pointofcare.net

Dr. Jay Jones has served as the Director, Geisinger Regional Laboratories since 1985 and the Director, Ancillary Testing Program for Geisinger Medical Center’s Division of Laboratory Medicine since 1992.  Concurrently, he has also held the position of Director, Chemistry and Toxicology since 1981.Prior to his current duties, Dr. Jones worked in the Special Chemistry Section of Georgetown University Medical Center; the Laboratory of Chemistry at the University of Southern California; the Section on Intermediary Metabolism and Bioenergetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institute of Health (1970-1978); and as part of the Commissioned Officer's Training and Extern Program (C.O.S.T.E.P.) with the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases.