2015 AACC

Improving Patient Care and Managing Health Care Resources by Ensuring Proper Use of Genetic Testing: The Role of the Laboratory Genetic Counselor-74217 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B303)

29 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Consultative Clinical Chemistry, Genetics and Genomics Disorders, Lab Management, Patient Safety, Utilization

Speaker(s): Jane Dickerson, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital; Elaine Lyon, ARUP Laboratories/U of Utah; Michael Astion, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital

After attending this session, participants will be able to: 1) identify challenges in ordering genetic tests that contribute to diagnostic error; 2) optimize pre-analytical workflows for systematic review of genetic test requests; 3) evaluate the patient safety risk for a provider to misinterpret complicated genetic results; and 4) estimate the return on investment to patients and the clinical lab from hiring a laboratory genetic counselor