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Open Access
Special Issue
Topic

Best Practice in Medical Testing Laboratories

Abstract Submission Deadline : November 30, 2024

Manuscript Submission Deadline : December 25, 2024

Special Issue Description

A medical laboratory, also known as a clinical laboratory, is a laboratory where tests are performed on clinical specimens to obtain information about a patient’s health to aid in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Clinical medical laboratories are examples of applied science, as opposed to basic science research laboratories found in some academic institutions. Although laboratory testing is one of the most widely used diagnostic interventions to support medical decisions, evidence demonstrating its value and impact on health outcomes is limited. This contributes to wide variations in test utilization, including underdiagnosis, overdiagnosis, and misdiagnosis, which can have an impact on quality, clinical- and cost-effectiveness, and patient safety. As a result, incorporating evidence into patient care is a moral and social imperative for laboratory professionals and all health care personnel. Laboratory tests are only valuable if they are clinically valid, which means they provide highly accurate diagnostic or prognostic information for clinical decision making; clinically effective, which means they contribute to improved patient-centered outcomes; and cost-effective, which means they contribute to lower health care costs.

Keywords

Clinical Test , Patient Safety , Diagnostics , Medical Laboratory , Health care professions

Manuscript Submission information

Manuscripts should be submitted online via the manuscript Engine. Once you register on APID, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline.
All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the email address:[email protected] for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a Double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for the submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page.

Participating journals:
2277-6192

Journal Name

Research & Reviews: A Journal of Health Professions, Research & Reviews: A Journal of Health Professions

Abbrivation


rrjohp, rrjohp

ISSN


2277-6192

Since

2018, 2018

APC

950, 950  $