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PathWest Workforce Report June 2008


CAREER STRUCTURES AND PATHWAYS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE IN MEDICAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES


AACB response to draft NPAAC document - "Requirements for the Supervision of Pathology Laboratories" ►►►►►


United Kingdom

Careers in Clinical Biochemistry 
HPC              ACS            The Royal College of Pathologists

INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE     NHS HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE PORTAL

Federation for Healthcare Science           NHS Careers in the Life Sciences


USA -- See vacancy survey for clinical labs just released ►►►► 

The following is an extract from a report commissioned by the CDC in 2006 on US Laboratory Medicine. It contains some valuable information to be used for comparison with the Australian situation. I would suggest you look at Chapter III for some useful information on the structure if the US clinical laboratory workforce. http://www.futurelabmedicine.org/NationalStatusRptContent.aspx 

 

Laboratory Medicine: A National Status Report

A report on the current status of laboratory medicine in the United States that provides a detailed overview of the key factors affecting the field laboratory medicine today and those that will shape the field in the coming decades.

Complete Report (2,348 kb)

To view or download individual sections, please select:

 

Executive Summary (164 kb)

 

Introduction (102 kb)

 

Methods and Limitations (69 kb)

 

Chapter I - The Value of Laboratory Medicine to Health Care (343 kb)

 

Chapter II - Market Profile of the Laboratory Medicine Sector (315 kb)

 

Chapter III - Laboratory Medicine Workforce (276 kb)

 

Chapter IV - Quality and the Total Testing Process (399 kb)

 

Chapter V - Quality Systems and Performance Measurement (492 kb)

 

Chapter VI - Laboratory Information Systems (294 kb)

 

Chapter VII - Federal Regulatory Oversight of Laboratory Medicine (344 kb)

 

Chapter VIII - Reimbursement for Laboratory Medicine (324 kb)

 

Appendix A - Desirable Characteristics for Performance Measures (84 kb)

 

Appendix B - Summary of Selected Performance Indicators Used by Stakeholders (104 kb)

 

Appendix C - Development of the Medicare Payment System (85 kb)

 

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