Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services: Our Services. Our Work. Our Impact.: Laboratory Systems

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• Corporate Authors:
  Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (U.S.). Division of Laboratory Systems.
• Description:
  Our Mission: To strengthen the nation’s clinical and public health laboratory system by continually improving quality and safety, informatics and data science, and workforce competency ; Our Work ; • Quality and safety. Improve the quality and safety of public health and clinical laboratory science and practice. ; • Informatics and data science. Strengthen interoperability and the application of laboratory data and information systems. ; • Training and workforce development. Enhance the competency and sustainability of the public health and clinical laboratory workforces. ; • Biorepository science. Promote excellence in biorepository science to advance population health, patient care, and research. ; Our Services ; • Execute federal responsibilities for managing the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program in partnership with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and FDA. ; • Develop and evaluate standards, guidelines, and recommendations to improve laboratory quality and safety across the nation. ; • Support the advancement of health IT standards— such as harmonizing laboratory testing codes (e.g., LOINC, SNOMED CT)—to enable meaningful comparison of results worldwide. ; • Implement informatics and data science approaches to evaluate laboratory practices and improve access to and analysis of laboratory information that supports clinical and public health outcomes. ; • Provide reliable biorepository services to CDC scientists and collaborators to manage valuable specimen collections and reference materials. ; • Develop, deliver, and evaluate laboratory quality, safety, and informatics training and resources to enhance laboratory workforce competencies. ; • Improve the effectiveness and sustainability of state and local public health laboratories by developing shared systems, fostering regional and national coordination of systems, and supporting collective improvement of testing services. ; Our Programs ; Biorepository Science and Services ; • CDC and ATSDR Specimen Packaging, Inventory, and Repository (CASPIR) ; • CASPIR Advisory Committee ; • CDC Specimen Policy Board ; • CDC specimen and collections policies ; • Genetic Testing Reference Material Coordination Program (GeT-RM) ; Clinical Laboratory Improvement Program ; • Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program ; • Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC) ; • Laboratory Medicine Best Practices Initiative (LMBPTM) ; • Clinical Laboratory Integration into Healthcare Collaborative (CLIHCTM) ; Informatics and Data Science ; • Laboratory Health Information Technology (LabHIT) ; • Public Health Laboratory System Database (PHLSD) ; • Laboratory Informatics Self-Assessment Tool ; • Applied research of laboratory systems and databases ; Training and Workforce Development ; • Laboratory training resource development and evaluation ; • Laboratory competencies and fellowship support ; Publication date from document properties. ; CSELS_Framework_DLS.pdf
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• Subjects:
  • Clinical Laboratory Information Systems
  • Laboratory Techniques and Procedures
  • Public Health Informatics
• Document Type:
  Text
• Corporate as Subject:
  Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (U.S.). Division of Laboratory Systems. ; Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (U.S.). Division of Laboratory Systems.
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  12 unnumbered pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/45465/cdc_45465_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 19.50 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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