From challenge to change: Scalable solutions for lab efficiency

Description

Hospital systems today face mounting pressure to deliver high-quality care amid staffing shortages, rising test volumes, and operational inefficiencies. This webinar addresses the urgent need for scalable solutions by exploring real-world challenges and showcasing proven strategies in lab automation, digital workflow design, and system-wide optimization. Participants will gain insights into how leading institutions are transforming diagnostics to improve throughput, reduce burnout, and elevate patient outcomes.

Through expert-led discussions and actionable frameworks, attendees will learn how to adopt and scale technologies that drive efficiency across diverse hospital environments. Whether you're navigating resource constraints or planning future growth, this session offers practical guidance to strengthen your lab’s impact and resilience.

Target audience

This activity is designed for lab supervisors, lab directors (and/or assistant directors), lab managers (supervisory and/or non-supervisory), and other laboratory professionals overseeing/conducting within this topic.

Learning objectives

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify real-world challenges faced by hospital systems in managing operational efficiency, staffing shortages, and test throughput demands.
• Describe strategies and innovations in lab automation, digital workflow design, and scalable operations that address these challenges and strengthen patient care across hospital systems.
• Define actions to adopt and scale technologies that improve efficiency across hospital systems.

Faculty

Michael Cornes, MSc, PhD, FRCPath
Consultant Biochemist
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Worcester, UK

Jessica Patel, BSc, MSc, MIBMS
Biochemistry Laboratory Manager
Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust
Worcester, UK

Disclosures and statement of independence

The Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) is dedicated to ensuring balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all educational activities. All participating planning committee members and faculty are required to disclose to the program audience any financial relationships related to the subject matter of this program. Disclosure information is reviewed in advance in order to manage and resolve any possible conflicts of interest. The intent of this disclosure is to provide participants with information on which they can make their own judgments.

The following faculty reported financial relationships:

• Michael Cornes, MSc, PhD, FRCPath
  • Honorarium: Beckman Coulter, Griener, BD, Sartedt
  • Consulting Fees: BHealthcare
  • Committee and/or Advisory Board: Griener Medical Advisory Board

The following faculty reported no financial relationships:

• Jessica Patel, BSc, MSc, MIBMS

Content validity

All recommendations involving clinical medicine are based on evidence accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients; AND/OR all scientific research referred to or reported in support or justification of a patient care recommendation conforms to generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis.

Accreditation statement

This activity will be submitted for 1.0 ACCENT continuing education credit.

Successful completion statement

Verification of Participation certificates are provided to registered participants based on completion of the activity, in its entirety, and the activity evaluation. For questions regarding continuing education, please email [email protected].