TY - JOUR
T1 - Building a laboratory workforce to meet the future
T2 - ASCP task force on the laboratory professionals workforce
AU - Bennett, Andrea
AU - Garcia, Edna
AU - Schulze, Matthew
AU - Bailey, Mark
AU - Doyle, Kay
AU - Finn, William
AU - Glenn, Dave
AU - Blair Holladay, E.
AU - Jacobs, Jeff
AU - Kroft, Steven
AU - Patterson, Sara
AU - Petersen, Junell
AU - Tanabe, Patricia
AU - Zaleski, Sue
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - Objectives: To analyze the demand for services from the nation's medical laboratories, which is predicted to dramatically increase as our citizens age and millions receive insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Methods: A systematic review of relevant publications and databases was conducted to assess the current state of the nation's medical laboratory workforce and to examine the impact of population demographics and health reform on workforce development to address the future demand for laboratory services. Results: Building a Laboratory Workforce to Meet the Future, a new report from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), provides a comprehensive strategy to address the future workforce needs of the nation's medical laboratories to meet this demand to provide timely, accurate, and safe patient care and to fully realize the benefits of personalized medicine. Conclusions: The report, from the ASCP Task Force on the Laboratory Professionals Workforce, is a comprehensive review of the myriad of factors affecting recruitment and retention of qualified laboratory professionals and provides a set of thoughtful recommendations outlining a multifaceted approach to bolster the pipeline of potential candidates for the profession as well as leadership in health care.
AB - Objectives: To analyze the demand for services from the nation's medical laboratories, which is predicted to dramatically increase as our citizens age and millions receive insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Methods: A systematic review of relevant publications and databases was conducted to assess the current state of the nation's medical laboratory workforce and to examine the impact of population demographics and health reform on workforce development to address the future demand for laboratory services. Results: Building a Laboratory Workforce to Meet the Future, a new report from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), provides a comprehensive strategy to address the future workforce needs of the nation's medical laboratories to meet this demand to provide timely, accurate, and safe patient care and to fully realize the benefits of personalized medicine. Conclusions: The report, from the ASCP Task Force on the Laboratory Professionals Workforce, is a comprehensive review of the myriad of factors affecting recruitment and retention of qualified laboratory professionals and provides a set of thoughtful recommendations outlining a multifaceted approach to bolster the pipeline of potential candidates for the profession as well as leadership in health care.
KW - Laboratory professionals
KW - Vacancy rate
KW - Workforce
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U2 - 10.1309/AJCPIV2OG8TEGHHZ
DO - 10.1309/AJCPIV2OG8TEGHHZ
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24436262
AN - SCOPUS:84895116249
SN - 0002-9173
VL - 141
SP - 154
EP - 167
JO - American journal of clinical pathology
JF - American journal of clinical pathology
IS - 2
ER -