In March 2015, EORLA held a contest for staff to help celebrate National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week which took place April 19-25th. Contest winner was Leigh Fenton, EORLA Corporate Office, who created a unique poster capturing the significance of this important week in healthcare. Congratulations Leigh!
IQMH-EORLA Symposium 2015 Beyond quality: The laboratory as a high reliability organization October 17, 2015 The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, Ottawa, Ontario High reliability organizations (HRO) are defined in terms of their results. They are highly predictable and effective operations in hazardous situations where there is high potential for significant harm. HROs operate without mistakes…
OTTAWA — They call themselves the “unseen champions” of patient care. Last year, they completed 13 million specimen tests at Eastern Ontario hospital laboratories, generating faster results at lower cost without sacrificing quality. Doctors rely on their work for 85 per cent of medical diagnoses and treatment decisions — 100 per cent in the case…