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Volume 35 Number 5 | October 2021 Carol Rentas, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Leadership Development Committee Chair What is professional growth, especially as it applies to a medical laboratory professional? It begins with the individual professional. Professionalism is a progression, from building a professional identity to participating in meaningful advocacy in the profession, and ultimately leading other…
Volume 35 Number 5 | October 2021 This recognition celebrates an ASCLS member who has made significant contributions to ASCLS at all levels. This is the eighth year for this award. The recipient will have made significant contributions to ASCLS, as well as the laboratory field, and who, by example, has inspired others. There were…
Volume 35 Number 5 | October 2021 The Developing Professional Leadership Award recognizes a student member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and who has contributed to the growth and development of the Developing Professionals Forum. The 2021 Developing Professional Leadership Award was awarded to: Katelyn Hadlich (MI). The following is from her letter of nomination:…
Volume 35 Number 5 | October 2021 The 2021-2022 Elections were held on June 28 as part of the 2021 ASCLS, AGT & SAFMLS Joint Annual Meeting. Many thanks to all the candidates who were on the ballot this year! Board of Directors: President-Elect: Kim Von Ahsen Region III Director: Angela Darby Region IV Director:…
Volume 35 Number 5 | October 2021 Pat Tille, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM, AHI(AMT), FACSc, AMTF President In 1992, I attended my first national ASCLS Annual Meeting. There was so much going on, I did not even know what to attend to get the most out of the meeting. I was the student forum representative for my…
Volume 35 Number 4 | August 2021 Maddie Josephs, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS President, 2020-21 What an extraordinary year we just had! It was remarkable and memorable for many reasons, good and bad. But the most incredible thing was that we survived, and as an organization, we have thrived. The work of the ASCLS Board of…
Volume 35 Number 4 | August 2021 Hassan Aziz, PhD, FACSs, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS President, 2021-22 Today’s healthcare environment is unusually complex and challenging. It is even more difficult due to the pandemic. In times like these, we need strong leadership and healthy organizations more than ever. We must remain committed to the ASCLS mission. Making…
Volume 35 Number 4 | August 2021 Patient Safety Corner Shannon Jongeward, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM “Do more with less.” This adage becomes more and more relevant in the clinical laboratory as the climate of healthcare continues to change. Value-based reimbursement systems are replacing the traditional fee-for-service system. Under these new systems, reimbursement for healthcare services is…
Volume 35 Number 4 | August 2021 A Tale of Two Patients from Diagnosis Until Now Pat Tille, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM, AHI(AMT), FACSc, AMTF President-Elect You may have read about my unexpected diagnosis of COVID-19 and the experience from a personal perspective in the October 2020 issue of ASCLS Today. Now you are going to see…
Volume 35 Number 4 | August 2021 Andrew Jones, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM As the COVID-19 pandemic began to materialize in early March of 2020, the medical laboratory community faced countless questions. Many of us asked, “How can we provide testing for the hundreds of millions of Americans that are now at risk of contracting a disease…