The laboratory industry faces continuing workforce shortages that create challenges affecting work quality and turnaround times. Successful labs are facing this with strong recruitment and retention efforts and process improvements achieved by leveraging every possible technical solution to its maximum capability.
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March 24, 2022
Mitigate the Laboratory Labor Shortage with Process Improvements
Kim Futrell, MT(ASCP), MSHI
Lab Administration, Leadership, LIS, Orchard
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Orchard® Harvest™ maximizes process automation and decision-support technology to improve workflow efficiency, reduce errors, and increase the value of lab services to providers and patients.
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