The Kentucky laboratory was built in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help ensure the health and safety of Amazon’s frontline employees by providing them with regular, reliable access to free COVID-19 testing.
The International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy is leading a global consortium to oppose unproven cell therapies and services in the cell and gene sector.
While both BNP and N-Terminal Pro-BNP are excellent markers of cardiac failure, it is important to understand wherein the analyses and metabolism differ.
Accreditation by the College of American Pathologists will help the laboratory more quickly move findings from clinical trials into clinical use.
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With recertification performed by the British Standards Institute, COLA continues as the only CMS-deemed accreditor with an ISO quality systems designation.
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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 MoreThis 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, a leading laboratory accreditor, marked the reopening of its renovated headquarters in Columbia, Md, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, February 7.
Read MoreThe 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.
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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.
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Labs can demonstrate compliance with both state and federal laws through COLA accreditation.
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Conference to help labs transition to new CMS guidelines.
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The new program enables lab personnel to assess their operations to determine if they are operating in accordance with emerging new healthcare delivery models.
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COLA’s new subsidiary, CRI, takes over the educational offerings that, to this point, COLA had provided, including seminars, webinars, and more.
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Laboratory accreditor offers best practices for administering waived HIV test.
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In July, COLA is launching a new subsidiary, COLA Resources Inc, which is focused on educating lab professionals on regulatory developments.
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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 MoreThe federal government recognizes the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program as being equal to or more stringent than the government’s own inspection program.
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