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“One World Lab” – database shared
worldwide while protecting confidentiality |
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Appropriate tests are available to all people,
not just the western world |
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More partnerships among stakeholders, working
together, holding a patient-centered focus |
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Standards and system that is centered on the patients
(individual and collective/public health) |
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Lab is viewed as integral to the whole healthcare
system |
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System is effective, responsive and low cost |
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Ensures high quality work |
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Appropriate testing of high quality reflective
of the reality in resource-stressed countries/regions Base standards
which can be applied easily and with relevancy to the appropriate
technology for a country/region |
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The lab of the future will handle well the political
landscape |
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Versatility in the system, adaptive |
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Governance body for any system of standards depends
on scientific evidence, includes stakeholders and is government
empowered |
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Traceable |
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In making our decisions we default to the “right
thing” to do for the common good |
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Accreditation options are “tiered”
and relevant to the tests done in a region/country; phased in
approach |
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High confidentiality of testing performed |
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Appropriate tests performed in the right place
at the right time |
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International database that allow us to make better
predictions of disease |
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| What the Future Holds for Laboratory Medicine |
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Advances in technology (e.g. miniaturization) will change
the face of laboratory medicine. More laboratory tests will
be done by the patient themselves. Continued growth in point-of-care-testing;
less invasive testing will be performed. |
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Medical tourism will play a greater part of our lives which
will drive the importance of quality globally |
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Ethics will play an important role in changing the changing
landscape of laboratory medicine |
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Government will take an increasing role in ensuring laboratory
quality and information |
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Payment for testing will play a role in the future of laboratory
medicine and evidence based medicine will determine which tests
are paid for |
