The Clinical Laboratory at the Nebraska Heart Hospital
provides comprehensive testing for patients as well as serving as a resource for off-site clinical, research, and corporate
Outreach clients. The Nebraska Heart Hospital Laboratory is unique to
the industry in its team approach to management.
Each of the fourteen individuals that cover 24 hours
a day contribute to a dynamic exchange of ideas, expertise, and
abilities that make the laboratory a high-energy, fast-paced, and integral component of patient care. The
laboratory focus is to create efficiencies which provide
the best 'real-time' diagnostic tools for
our clinicians.
In addition to in-house testing,
availability of any laboratory test ordered is possible
because of a professional relationship with
reference laboratories throughout the
United States such as Physician's Laboratory.
The American Red Cross and other local suppliers are in
partnership with the laboratory for blood products on-site so
delays in emergency situations are minimized.
Another focus for rapid laboratory testing is the integration of
laboratory instrumentation electronically to the patient
charts and to our outreach clients. Results populate
the electronic charts within 2 minutes of completion. An extensive 'Point-of-Care' testing capability
has been implemented throughout the hospital. Hand-held
laboratory instruments are taken to the patient bed and results
of testing are electronically downloaded to the patient chart.
The 'Point-of Care' users are nurses, physicians, perfusionists, PCPs,
and
technicians who are extensions of the laboratory team. This allows
close monitoring of critical parameters with information
available immediately to the attending clinicians for rapid
treatment.
The Nebraska Heart Hospital Laboratory is a dynamic team that delivers
the data for the diagnosis!
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