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“ In times of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to

“ In times of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists” (Eric Hoffer). Laboratory Medicine - The Forces of Change

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“ In times of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to

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  1. “In times of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists” (Eric Hoffer)

  2. Laboratory Medicine - The Forces of Change “improve quality - decrease costs - reduce utilization” “standardization - the new reality”

  3. The management of quality, costs and utilization • A definition of what is expected • A system that measures variation from the expected • A strategy for effecting and sustaining desired change • A system for measuring and monitoring the impact of change

  4. “A comprehensive, internet based quality management system can accomplish all of these objectives”

  5. The Information Age • Birth of the information age • 1992 - Microsoft exceeds General Motors • the nerds have won • in the past we used tools to leverage our muscles - today we use them to leverage our minds (Bill Gates)

  6. The Internet • “the greatest tool ever invented” • As fundamental tomorrow as the automobile is today • A portal of communication • A management tool for alignment

  7. The Internet • Human imagination - the factory asset • Distribution of information to the end user • Power shifting to the customer • Digital systems - standardize process • Accrued benefit - higher quality at lower cost

  8. The Internet and Clinical Laboratories • A worldwide “tool of stewardship” • A shared system to harmonize process • A vehicle for disseminating standards, guidelines and protocols • A system for real-time sharing of performance data

  9. The Internet and Clinical Laboratories • Today’s laboratories operate as islands unto themselves • “ misery loves company” • In the future, network performance will be the “yard stick” • “trueness” will be the analytical goal (JCTLM)

  10. International Federation of Reference Method Laboratories • International Federation of Reference Method Laboratories (IFRM) • IFRM - a global collaboration for standardization • CRMLN - “the prototype” • Standards Institutes - definitive methods, primary RM

  11. Proficiency Testing Proficiency testing will move to the Internet

  12. PT and the Quality Management Network • PT will catalyze the formation of the quality management network • This network will eventually become seamless with laboratory operations • The network will provide a common communications portal for standardizing process

  13. PT and the Quality Management Network Forces of change • Use multiple criteria to evaluate performance • Migrate towards “ideal criteria” overtime • Provide measures of “trueness” • Evaluate relative to “trueness” using fixed limits • Move towards the “ideal” as performance within the network improves • Share information throughout the network

  14. “Travelling to the future is like any other trip, it is hard to know about the destination until you arrive” (Frank Ogden)

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