Sustaining the Public Health Laboratory System: The Laboratory Efficiencies Initiative

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Sustaining the Public Health Laboratory System: The Laboratory Efficiencies Initiative

May 10, 2012
By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services., Laboratory Science, Policy and Practice Program Office. ...

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Alternative Title:

Laboratory Efficiencies Initiative;LEI;
Corporate Authors:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services., Laboratory Science, Policy and Practice Program Office. ; Laboratory Efficiencies Initiative.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services., Laboratory Science, Policy and Practice Program Office. ; Laboratory Efficiencies Initiative. Less -
Description:

"CDC and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) developed the Laboratory Efficiencies Initiative (LEI) to help public health labs across the country achieve long-term sustainability by adopting high-efficiency management practices through: Multi-state sharing of laboratory services and within-state reorganization of test services, Procurement discounts through joint purchasing, Generation of new revenue streams, Standardization of testing methods and platforms, 'Lean' assessments to identify operating system efficiencies and improve workflow management, Informatics strategies such as implementing interoperability across information systems, and Workforce development." - p.1
Content Notes:

"May 10, 2012."

Available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (308.19 KB, 2 p.).
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Efficiency, Organizational Laboratories Public Health Informatics Public Health Practice
Document Type:

Pamphlet (or booklet)
Genre:

Fact Sheet
Place as Subject:

United States
Pages in Document:

electronic resource; remote; 1 online resource ([2] p.)
Collection(s):

Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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