Joint Commission President, CEO to Step Down
The Joint Commission Board of Commissioners has begun the search process for the next president and CEO.
Category: Accreditation
Accreditation
Latest
Accreditation
Latest
CMS Renews Deeming Authority for COLA
The renewal applies to specialties that include clinical chemistry, diagnostic immunology, hematology, immunohematology, and microbiology.
Accreditation
Latest
Eurofins Genomics Receives Accreditation from CLIA and CAP for New Laboratory in Louisville
Eurofins Genomics has received CAP accreditation and CLIA certification for its new laboratory in Louisville, Ky,
COLA Leadership Summit Concludes with a Path Forward
More than 30 healthcare thought leaders convened in San Francisco recently for the COLA 2014 Leadership Summit, to discuss the future of laboratory medicine in the context of the Affordable Care Act.
Read MoreCOLA Criteria Update
This webinar will help your lab keep up to date with COLA requirements for accreditation, as well as understand the drivers for change in laboratory medicine.
Read MoreCOLA Unveils Updated Headquarters Facility
COLA, a leading laboratory accreditor, marked the reopening of its renovated headquarters in Columbia, Md, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, February 7.
Read MoreCaris Gets Tumor Profiling Industry’s First ISO 15189 Medical Laboratory Accreditation
The tumor profiling laboratory of Caris Life Sciences has earned accreditation to the standard for "Medical Laboratories: Requirements for Quality and Competence" (ISO 15189), developed by the International Organization for Standardization.
Read More
New Program From COLA Resources Inc to Help Labs Transition to New CMS Guidelines
The products, including a comprehensive manual, software tool, video, webinars, and workshops, are designed to assist labs in understanding the new quality control program, which is scheduled to go into effect in 2016.
Read More
COLA is First Private Accreditor to Get State Deeming Authority in CA
Labs can demonstrate compliance with both state and federal laws through COLA accreditation.
Read More
Wide Arrary of Hot Topics for Laboratorians on Agenda at COLA Resources Symposium
Conference to help labs transition to new CMS guidelines.
Read More
COLA Creates New Tool for Labs
The new program enables lab personnel to assess their operations to determine if they are operating in accordance with emerging new healthcare delivery models.
Read More
COLA Launches Educational Endeavor
COLA’s new subsidiary, CRI, takes over the educational offerings that, to this point, COLA had provided, including seminars, webinars, and more.
Read More
COLA Offers Guidelines For HIV Testing Day Providers
Laboratory accreditor offers best practices for administering waived HIV test.
Read More
INSIDE TRACK: COLA’s New Subsidiary Acts as Education Arm
In July, COLA is launching a new subsidiary, COLA Resources Inc, which is focused on educating lab professionals on regulatory developments.
Read More
CardioDx Receives CAP Accreditation
The CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program is an internationally recognized program and the only one of its kind to use teams of practicing lab professionals as inspectors.
Read MoreCrescendo Bioscience Receives CAP Accreditation
The federal government recognizes the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program as being equal to or more stringent than the government’s own inspection program.
Read More
COLA Shines Light on Lab Medicine Careers for Young People During Lab Week
The organization will sponsor a hands-on initiative for 9th and 10th graders attending a biomedical allied health magnet public school program in Maryland, providing a window into careers in the lab sciences.
Read More
COLA Calls for More Education for Waived Testing Sites
Waived tests increase from nine to more than 5,400 test systems and 119 analytes since 1993.
Read More