Impressive Lab Industry Lineup at Executive War College in New Orleans April 30-May 1, 2013

AUSTIN, Texas (April 25, 2013) — Now in its eighteenth year, the annual Executive War College Conference on Laboratory & Pathology Management is being held April 30-May 1 at the Sheraton New Orleans, just a short walk from the historic French Quarter district. Every year since its inception, this highly regarded event has attracted an impressive list of registrants fr...

Executive War College 2013 – Save the Date!

2013 EXECUTIVE WAR COLLEGE CONFERENCE ON LABORATORY & PATHOLOGY MANAGEMENT When: April 30 – May 1, 2013 Where: Sheraton Hotel – New Orleans Who Should Attend: Lab Leaders and Managers ready to position their laboratories for clinical and financial success Make your...

Clinical Laboratory Innovators in Lean Six Sigma to Gather in San Antonio November 6-7, 2012

AUSTIN, Texas (August 23, 2012) — This fall, the clinical lab industry’s leaders in the use of Lean, Six Sigma, ISO 15189, and other process improvement methods will gather November 6-7, 2012 for the annual Lab Quality Confab and Performance Improvement Institute. The event will take place in San Antonio, Texas, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel...

Developing value-based strategies that improve your lab’s chances of getting reimbursed for advanced diagnostics

Labs are having a tougher time getting paid for advanced diagnostic tests. More and more, health insurers are tracking spend on the rapid growth of advanced testing and accelerating the management of them. This inevitably will make it more difficult to not only get reimbursed for these tests, but to get reimbursed on value. So what can your lab do to increase the likelihood that it will be paid fo...

How a patient-centered focus can ensure the survival of your lab

Lab order, reporting and billing processes are often transactional in nature and not connected to a master or consolidated patient record within the lab system. This can create serious problems for your lab, affecting patient care, billing, and the ability to integrate with other players in the healthcare continuum. Moving lab data seamlessly between healthcare providers—physicians, hospitals...

Full Executive War College agenda now available for download

With only a week left to pre-register for the 17th Annual Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management, there’s no time to waste. Like last year, this is sure to be a sold-out event, so take advantage of the opportunity to register while you have this information in front of you. Be sure you check out...

Coming soon: The new Executive War College iPhone app for 2012

Here’s just one more way to enhance your 2012 Executive War College experience: Get the new EWC mobile app and you’ll have all the information about this event right at your fingertips. Available from iTunes in the next few weeks, this app will help you decide which sessions you want to attend, and keeps track of them for you. Create your very own schedule for each day. Automatically calend...

How non-sales lab managers can achieve sales success from their outreach programs

Managing a team of laboratory salespeople can be challenging, especially if, like most lab executives, your expertise is in the operational side of things. More and more these days, lab managers are tasked with hiring, training, and setting goals and expectations for a sales team even though they have limited (or no) formal training on how it should be done. If you’ve suddenly found yourself ...

Prepare Your Lab for Next-Gen Gene Sequencing Tests

New Opportunities to Add Value and Build Revenue! With more than 80 speakers and about as many sessions, the Executive War College, May 1-2, 2012 in New Orleans, promises to be chock-full of content designed exclusively for lab and pathology leaders. In fact, we just couldn’t fit another session into this two-day event. So what could we do but add an extra day?

Big changes ahead for existing clinical lab business model

The 17th Annual Executive War College is your ticket to a better understanding of what to expect in 2012 and how to position your lab for clinical and financial success. Significant changes are coming that will have a considerable impact on the way your laboratory does business—not to mention your bottom line, so register t...

Executive War College: Less than four weeks left to register

Time is running out to reserve your seat at the 17th Annual Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management. Like last year, this is sure to be a sold-out event, so take advantage of the opportunity to register while you have this information in front of you. The Executive War College, May 1-2, 2012 in New Orlean...

Techniques for increasing the performance of your lab’s middle managers

Senior laboratory managers are typically trained pathologists or other medical technicians who are good at managing processes and making sure the work gets done. But when it comes to supervising staff, it’s not necessarily what they were trained to do. Still, your lab’s employees, especially its middle managers, need growth opportunities as well as qualified supervisors who can provide dire...

Why you should get to know the 2012 Executive War College sponsors

When the 17th Annual Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management takes place on May 1-2, it will be your chance to hear from more than 80 speakers on the significant changes coming in 2012 that will affect your lab’s bottom line. But the value of the Executive War College goes well beyond a first-class line-up of speakers. The extensive list of top-quality lab-industry vendor...

How identifying and eliminating the cost of bad quality can improve your lab’s bottom line

Mistakes happen. It’s pretty much a fact of life in most labs (and just about everywhere else). Whether it’s the receipt of unacceptable samples, controls that don’t perform correctly, or inaccurate test reports—any error your lab makes is expensive. And if you don’t address the source of those mistakes, you’re destined to repeat them. That means time and money spent redoing processes ...

Save on your Executive War College
registration through March 16

Time is running out to save $100 on your registration for the 17th Annual Executive War College on Lab and Pathology Management. Register today and not only will you save money, you’ll also guarantee yourself a seat at what will likely be (once again) a sold-out ev...

Creating a laboratory outreach program to build sales volume for your laboratory

As a pathologist or lab manager, you probably know very little about sales. And that’s understandable. You’re a trained scientist working in a laboratory. But selling your lab’s services is exactly what you may need to do to survive. To compete with the national labs, you must generate an ever-greater volume of testing, often ...

Blending Work Cell Automation, Middleware and Lean to Reduce TAT, Decrease Required Specimen Volume, and Boost Productivity

How using automation can reduce turnaround time and boost productivity in your lab The University of Michigan Hospital laboratory was at a crossroads. Current equipment was no longer meeting the lab’s needs. And with specimen volume growing 7-10% a year, administrators knew they had to do something to better manage the increasing ...

Priority Legal and Compliance Issues for Laboratories and Pathology Practices

How to maintain compliance in your laboratory and pathology practice despite major legal and regulatory changes in 2012 New and changing laws, regulations, and market practices that govern how laboratories and pathology groups conduct business are increasing the risk of non-compliance, especially if you’re not keeping abreast of t...

Executive War College Helps Your Lab Achieve Clinical and Operational Excellence

The exciting list of speakers for the 17^th Annual Executive War College on Lab and Pathology Management is growing almost daily. Don’t miss your chance to hear more than 80 leading experts on the new financial stresses that clinical labs and pathology groups can expect in 2012. Big changes are coming that will affect your lab’s bottom line. From the first major reforms mandated b...

Winning Managed Care Strategies for Local Labs: New Developments for 2012

Managed care contracting strategies that can help safeguard the survival of local laboratories Several key developments will change the way you approach your lab’s managed care contracts in 2012. Many of them will focus on what insurance plans can do to save money. And you know what that means: Clinical laboratories and pathology ...

Understanding ACOs, Integration of Clinical Care, and Healthcare's Changing Landscape

Two major changes will seriously disrupt business-as-usual in most hospitals and labs. The first comes in the form of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). This legislation is already having a significant impact on the U.S. healthcare system. Second, as these new regulations unfold, we’re seeing changes in he...

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As a past attendee, you know why the Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management is a great way to get the latest information on the challenges facing clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups. And the 2012 Executive War College will once again be the hottest ticket in one of the hottest towns for laboratory executives, pathologists, and other industry leaders. Big chan...

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