LII:The Practical Guide to the U.S. Physician Office Laboratory/Addendum

This is an addendum to the Laboratory Informatics Institute's white paper The Practical Guide to the U.S. Physician Office Laboratory. It contains information about conferences, consultants, organizations, and published materials that could potentially help those operating and working in a physician office laboratory (POL). Much of the content isn't specific to the POL, but it may prove useful to the POL's various personnel.

Note: This content was found via web searches and represents available resources that could potentially help POL staff. The appearance of an entity should not be construed as a recommendation for that entity by the Laboratory Informatics Institute.

Conferences

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While this arguably may not be an authoritative list of conferences relating to clinical laboratories, reference laboratories, physician office laboratories, or other aspects of clinical laboratory work, an attempt has been made to make it thorough. That said, the following are additional tools which may help you find additional clinical laboratory-related conferences:

HONmeeting and its database of medical meetings
ResearchBib and its research conference seeker
WikiCFP and its conference and workshop listing

Other search tools for conferences:

Conference listing

Notes about the table: DD/MM (Day/Month) is usually preferred on this wiki, but to make sorting work optimally in these tables, the MM/DD format is used. If you wish to sort by date, simply left-click the down arrow for the "Month / Day(s)" column, and then left-click the down arrow for the "Year" column.

Conference	Country	City (State)	Month / Day(s)	Year	Organizer	Details
AAB Annual Meeting and Educational Conference/CRB Symposium	United States	Las Vegas (Nevada)	05 / 15–17	2014	American Association of Bioanalysts	An annual meeting and educational conference for clinical laboratory personnel
AACC Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo 2014	United States	Chicago (Illinois)	07 / 29–31	2014	American Association for Clinical Chemistry	An annual meeting and lab expo for the AACC covering numerous areas of laboratory medicine
ACLA Annual Conference 2014	United States	Washington (D.C.)	03 / 18–19	2014	American Clinical Laboratory Association	An annual meeting of the ACLA
AMLI Annual Meeting 2014	United States	Seattle (Washington)	08 / 09–12	2014	Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists	An annual meeting of AMLI
ASCLS Annual Meeting and Exposition 2014	United States	Chicago (Illinois)	07 / 30 – 08 / 02	2014	The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science	An annual meeting of the ASCLS
ASCP Annual Meeting 2014	United States	Tampa (Florida)	10 / 08–10	2014	American Society for Clinical Pathology	An annual meeting of the ASCP
Asia-Pacific Federation for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine Congress 2016	Taiwan	Unknown	Unknown	2016	Asia-Pacific Federation for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine Council	A triennial congress of the APFCB
Balkan Clinical Laboratory Federation Annual Meeting 2014	Turkey	Istanbul	06 / 22–26	2014	Balkan Clinical Laboratory Federation	An annual meeting of the BCLF
Bulgarian Society of Clinical Laboratory National Conference 2014	Bulgeria	Varna	09 / 11–13	2014	Bulgarian Society of Clinical Laboratory	An annual meeting of the BSCL
California Clinical Laboratory Association Annual Conference 2014	United States	San Diego (California)	11 / Unknown	2014	The California Clinical Laboratory Association	An annual meeting of the CCLA
Clinical Laboratory Collaborative Conference 2014	United States	Northglenn (Colorado)	04 / 10–11	2014	Clinical Laboratory Collaborative Conference Organizing Committee	An annual education conference on clinical laboratory science
Clinical Laboratory Educators' Conference 2015	United States	Cincinnati (Ohio)	02 / 19–21	2015	The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science	An annual education conference on clinical laboratory science
Critical and Point-of-Care Testing International Symposium 2014	United States	San Diego (California)	09 / 17–20	2014	American Association for Clinical Chemistry	An annual international symposium on point-of-care testing and healthcare delivery trends
EuroLabFocus 2014	United Kingdom	Liverpool	10 / 07–10	2014	The Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine	An annual joint conference for UEMS and EFLM
Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine 2015	United Kingdom	Unknown	02 / Unknown	2015	Association for Clinical Biochemistry & Laboratory Medicine	An annual conference on laboratory medicine and management
German Congress for Laboratory Medicine 2014	Germany	Mannheim	09 / 24–27	2014	German Congress for Laboratory Medicine Organizing Committee	An annual national conference on laboratory medicine
Hungarian Society of Laboratory Medicine 2014	Hungary	Nyíregyháza	08 / 28–30	2014	Hungarian Society of Laboratory Medicine	An annual conference of the Hungarian Society of Laboratory Medicine
IFCC WorldLab 2014	Turkey	Istanbul	06 / 22–26	2014	The International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine	An annual conference on clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine
International Congress of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine 2014	Turkey	Istanbul	06 / 20–22	2014	The International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine	An annual international conference on pediatric laboratory medicine
International Symposium on Clinical Laboratory Medicine and Quality 2014	Spain	Barcelona	06 / 03–04	2014	Sociedad Española de Química Clínica y Patología Molecular	An annual conference on clinical laboratory medicine and quality
Lab Medicine 2014	United States	San Francisco (California)	05 / 29–31	2014	Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists	An annual meeting of the ACLPS
Laboratory Business Conference 2014	United States	Salt Lake City (Utah)	06 / 18–20	2014	ARUP Laboratories	An education conference on the business side of laboratories
Legislative Symposium 2015	United States	Washington (D.C.)	03 / 16–17	2015	The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science	An annual conference to meet with Representatives and Senators on topics concerning the clinical laboratory field
MEDLAB 2015	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	01 / 26–29	2015	Informa Life Sciences	An annual conference on diagnostic and laboratory medicine
MEDLAB Asia Pacific 2015	Singapore	Marina Bay Sands	03 / 18–20	2015	Informa Life Sciences	An annual conference on diagnostic and laboratory medicine
MEDLAB East Africa Exhibition & Congress 2014	Kenya	Nairobi	09 / 23–25	2014	Informa Life Sciences	An annual conference on in vitro diagnostic and laboratory medicine
MEDLAB South Africa 2014	South Africa	Johannesburg	05 / 29–31	2014	Informa Life Sciences	An annual conference on diagnostic and laboratory medicine
MEDLAB Total Diagnostics 2014	United States	Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)	09 / 20–22	2014	Informa Life Sciences	An annual conference on diagnostic and laboratory medicine
MEDLAB West Africa Exhibition & Congress 2014	Nigeria	Lagos	10 / 15–17	2014	Informa Life Sciences	An annual conference on in vitro diagnostic and laboratory medicine
National Conference on Clinical Laboratory Medicine 2014	Spain	Seville	10 / 15–17	2014	National Conference on Clinical Laboratory Medicine Organizing Committee	An annual national conference clinical laboratory medicine
Northeast Laboratory Conference 2014	United States	Portland (Maine)	10 / 21–23	2014	Northeast Laboratory Conference Organizing Committee	An annual regional conference "offering educational seminars in all laboratory disciplines and skill levels"
Ohio Collaborative Laboratory Conference 2014	United States	Columbus (Ohio)	05 / 07–09	2014	Ohio Collaborative Laboratory Conference Steering Committee	An annual regional education conference on medical laboratory science
Romanian Association of Medical Laboratories Conference 2014	Romania	Sibiu	05 / 28–31	2014	Romanian Association of Medical Laboratories	An annual conference of the RAML on laboratory medicine services in clinical medicine
SLAS Annual Conference 2015	United States	Washington (D.C.)	02 / 07–11	2015	Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening	An annual meeting of SLAS
Symposium for Clinical Laboratories	United States	Orlando (Florida)	10 / 15–18	2014	COLA Resources, Inc.	An annual symposium that provides continuing education concerning a medical diagnostic laboratory

Consultants

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LIMS and LIS

These consultancies seem to focus primarily on helping others plan, choose, and implement an informatics system for the laboratory, though they may offer other services to laboratories (location represents headquarters):

A Byte of Advice, Inc. - Fairfield, IL, U.S.
ABB Ltd. - Zurich, Switzerland
Astrix Software Technology, Inc. dba Astrix Technology Group - Edison, NJ, U.S.
Atlanta Consultant - Atlanta, GA, U.S.
Beacon Partners, Inc. - Weymouth, MA, U.S.
BGASoft, Inc. dba LIMS ABC - Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.
Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. - Western Cape, South Africa
Black & Veatch Corporation - Kansas City, MO, U.S.
Bottom Line Consulting, LLC - Endwell, NY, U.S.
Brevitas Consulting, Inc. - Sacramento, CA, U.S.
Chemtech Servicos de Engenharia e Software Ltda. - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Clinical Lab Consulting, LLC - Carmel, IN, U.S.
Clinical Laboratory Consultants dba Medical Source - Marietta, GA, U.S.
Cosine Consultants Ltd. - Strovolos, Cyprus
Covex, LLC - Wayne, PA, U.S.
CSols, Inc. - Newark, DE, U.S.
Edelway AG - Zurich, Switzerland
Feltham Associates, Ltd. - Kibworth Harcourt, U.K.
ForwardPhase Technologies, LLC - Chicago, IL, U.S.
GeoMetrick Enterprises - Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.
HPFM, Inc. - Pacifica, CA, U.S.
iConnect Consulting, Inc. - San Francisco, CA, U.S.
IMCOR GmbH - Filderstadt, Germany
J & R Consulting, Inc. - Swedesboro, NJ, U.S.
Kathy Faraone Mauro - New Jersey, U.S.
LabAnswer, Inc. - Sugar Land, TX, U.S.
LabCentrix, LLC - Cambridge, MA, U.S.
LabMetrics, LLC - Ishpeming, MI, U.S.
Laboratory Advisory Bureau, LLC - McAllen, TX, U.S.
Laboratory Expertise Center, Inc. - Centennial, CO, U.S.
Laboratory Systems Consulting - Celbridge, Ireland
LIMS Consultant Engineers Ltd. - La Paz, Bolivia
LIMSCON - Vienna, Austria
NARALABS, S.L. - Barcelona, Spain
Nichols Management Group Ltd. - York Harbor, ME, U.S.
NXG Group, Inc. - Chennai, India
Orbis Labsystems Ltd. - Dublin, Ireland
Q2Marketsite, LLC - Kennebunk, ME, U.S.
Segalstad Consulting AS - Oslo, Norway
Systems In Motion, Inc. - Newark, CA, U.S.
up to data professional services GmbH - Wörrstadt, Germany
Utilize IT, LLC - Naperville, IL, U.S.
Validation Systems, Inc. - Palo Alto, CA, U.S.
WynnIT Ltd. - Suffolk, U.K.

General laboratory

These consultancies offer general help to laboratories, including management and quality control among other things (location represents headquarters):

A & J Laboratory Consultants - Aubrey, TX, U.S.
Applied Management Systems, Inc. - Burlington, MA, U.S.
Becton, Dickinson and Company - Franklin Lakes, NJ, U.S.
Chi Solutions, Inc. - Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.
Colaborate, LLC - Tampa, FL, U.S.
Crime Lab Design - Southfield, MI, U.S.
Diversified Laboratory Sciences, Inc. - Newnan, GA, U.S.
DoctorsManagement - Knoxville, TN, U.S.
Intertek Group plc - London, U.K.
Kane Healthcare Solutions, LLC - Avon, CT, U.S.
Ketchmark & Associates, Inc. - Burr Ridge, IL, U.S.
Laboratory by Design, Inc. - Napa, CA, U.S.
LDC, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA, U.S.
Pathology Lab Solutions, Inc. - Conshohocken, PA, U.S.
Physician Office Laboratory Solutions - Pensacola, FL, U.S.
Quality Systems and Compliance, Inc. - Beverly, MA, U.S.
Rodric Consulting, LLC - Basalt, CO, U.S.
rpl Laboratory Solutions, Inc. - Corona, CA, U.S.
South Shore Laboratory Consultants, Inc. - Scituate, MA, U.S.
The Microbiology Network, Inc. - N. Chili, NY, U.S.

Laboratory design

These consultancies offer specific help to laboratories in the field of design and organization of a laboratory (location represents headquarters):

Design for Science, LLC - Carlsbad, CA, U.S.
GL Planning & Design, Inc. - San Francisco, CA, U.S.
Jacobs Consultancy, Inc. - Pasadena, CA, U.S.
jsAnalytical Laboratory Consultants Ltd. - British Columbia, Canada
Knapp-Frazer Consulting - Santa Rosa, CA, U.S.
Komoly Associates - Cheshire, U.K.
Laboratory Design and Supply, Inc. - Budford, GA, U.S.
LCS Constructors, Inc. - Irvine, CA, U.S.
Longo, Inc. dba Longo Lab Design - Ramsey, NJ, U.S.
Research Facilities Design - San Diego, CA, U.S.
SGS S.A. - Geneva, Switzerland
Strategic Science & Technology Planners, Inc. - Arlington, VA, U.S.
Superior Laboratory Services, Inc. - Pasadena, TX, U.S.
The Bode Technology Group, Inc. - Lorton, VA, U.S.

Organizations, not-for-profits, and special interest groups

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While this arguably may not be an authoritative list of organizations and associations relating to clinical laboratories, reference laboratories, physician office laboratories, or other aspects of health informatics, an attempt has been made to make it thorough.

A through D

Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists: ACLPS; an academy and society "dedicated to the advancement of teaching and scholarship in laboratory medicine"

American Academy of Family Physicians: AAFP; a professional association that "work[s] to solidify family medicine as the cornerstone of a functioning health care system"

American Association for Clinical Chemistry: AACC; "an international society comprised of medical professionals with an interest in clinical chemistry, clinical laboratory science, and laboratory medicine"

American Association for Laboratory Accreditation: A2LA; an independent, non-profit membership society and accreditation body "that offers a full range of comprehensive laboratory and laboratory-related accreditation services and training"

American Association of Bioanalysts: AAB; a national professional association that is "committed to the pursuit of excellence in clinical laboratory services"

American Clinical Laboratory Association: ACLA; a professional association "which offers members the benefits of representation, education, information and research" in clinical laboratory science

American Medical Informatics Association: AMIA; a professional scientific association which "aims to lead the way in transforming health care through trusted science, education, and the practice of informatics"

American Medical Technologists: AMT; a certification agency and membership society that intends "to manage, promote, expand upon and continuously improve our certification programs for allied health professionals who work in a variety of disciplines and settings"

American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science: ASCLS; a professional organization that attempts "to make a positive impact in health care through leadership that will assure excellence in the practice of laboratory medicine" (Note: Constituent state societies exist for nearly every state: http://www.ascls.org/state-center)

American Society for Clinical Pathology: ASCP; a professional organization that "provide[s] excellence in education, certification and advocacy on behalf of patients, pathologists and laboratory professionals across the globe"

Asia-Pacific Federation for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: APFCB; "a federation of 16 national and area associations of clinical biochemistry and laboratory medicine in the Asia-Pacific region" that works towards "promoting a variety of scientific/educational activities through several committees"

Association for Clinical Biochemistry & Laboratory Medicine: ACB; a professional association "dedicated to the practice and promotion of clinical science"

Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists: AMLI; a professional organization dedicated "to bring together professional and technical people engaged in the practice and study of medical laboratory immunology"

Association of Clinical Scientists: a non-profit scientific and educational corporation "dedicated to the advancement of research and learning in laboratory science"

Association of Laboratory Managers: ALMA; "an association of laboratory managers that provides a forum for improving laboratory management skills worldwide"

Balkan Clinical Laboratory Federation: BCLF; a regional organization "with the aim of improving clinical laboratory practice in each of the Balkan countries"

Belgian Medical Informatics Association: MIM; a not-for-profit association which aims "to promote and develop medical information science and technology in Belgium"

Bulgarian Society of Clinical Laboratory: BSCL; a professional association for "the development of the clinical laboratory and the healthcare system" in Bulgaria

California Association for Medical Laboratory Technology: CAMLT; "a non-profit statewide professional association for clinical laboratory scientists, medical laboratory technicians and phlebotomists"

California Clinical Laboratory Association: CCLA; "an active organization designed to deal with State regulations and legislation and to supplement the activities of the American Clinical Laboratory Association on Federal issues"

Canadian Association of Medical Laboratory Educators: CAMLE; a professional association that "exists to facilitate and mentor the education of current and future workers in Canada's laboratories, as well as assist in ensuring that laboratory workers are qualified to practice and remain competent"

Clinical Laboratory Management Association: CLMA; an international association that "empowers laboratory professionals to achieve excellence in leadership through forward-thinking educational, networking, and advocacy opportunities"

Colorado Association for Continuing Medical Laboratory Education: CACMLE; a non-profit organization "dedicated to the education and professional development of laboratory professionals"

Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation: COLA; "an independent, non-profit accreditor whose education program and standards enable clinical laboratories and staff to meet U.S. CLIA and other regulatory requirements"

Council on Clinical Information Technology: COCIT; an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) sub-group dedicated "to support the development of health information technology"

E through J

Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association: EORLA; a non-profit organization that intends "to deliver patient-focused, consistent, high-quality and cost-effective hospital-based laboratory services to meet the needs of the region’s patients"

eHealth Initiative: eHI; a national organization attempting "to drive improvement in the quality of healthcare by promoting the use of technology and information"

European Federation for Medical Informatics: EFMI; "a nonprofit organisation concerned with the theory and practice of information science and technology within health and health science in a European context"

EUROREC Institute: "an independent not-for-profit organisation, promoting in Europe the use of high quality electronic health record systems (EHRs)"

German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine: DGKL; a professional society that "promotes and develops clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine in research, teachings and patient care"

Health Informatics in Africa: HELINA; a pan-African health informatics association dedicated to developing education, research, and strategic plans related to health informatics in Africa

Health Informatics New Zealand: HINZ; a professional association that "seeks to facilitate improved health care outcomes through the dissemination and utilisation of information, knowledge and technology"

Health Informatics Society of Australia: HISA; "a not-for-profit membership organisation for health informaticians and those with an interest in health informatics"

Health Level Seven International: HL7; "a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited standards developing organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery, and evaluation of health services"

Health On the Net Foundation: HON; a non-governmental organization that "promotes and guides the deployment of useful and reliable online health information, and its appropriate and efficient use"

Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland: HISI; incorporates the Healthcare Informatics sections of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland and of the Irish Computer Society; strives to develop knowledge and promote research in healthcare informatics

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society: HIMSS; a "not-for-profit organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare"

Hungarian Society of Laboratory Medicine: MLDT; a professional association dedicated to expanding the field of clinical laboratory medicine in Hungary

IHE International: IHE; "an initiative by healthcare professionals and industry to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information"

IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics: an extension of IMS Health dedicated "to strengthen the vital role of information in advancing healthcare globally"

Indian Association for Medical Informatics: IAMI; an Indian association dedicated to medical specialists using informatics "into a common thread for the benefit of the patients and provoking an interdisciplinary research"

Institute for Laboratory Automation: ILA; a non-profit corporation dedicated to "helping people learn how to plan, implement, evaluate and use the products technologies available to them" in the laboratory and beyond

Institute of Health Records & Information Management: IHRIM; an educational body dedicated "to provide qualifications at different levels as well as career and professional assistance for members" from "the fields of health records, information management, clinical coding and information governance"

International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine: IFCC; an international organization for clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

International Federation of Health Information Management Associations: IFHIMA; a non-profit organization affiliated with the World Health Organization (WHO) as a non-governmental organization that "supports national associations and health record professionals to implement and improve health records and the systems which support them"

International Medical Informatics Association: IMIA; an "association of associations" which acts as a bridge between constituent organizations and their members to better "enable the transformation of healthcare in accord with the world-wide vision of improving the health of the world population"

IZIP - Internet Access to Patient Health Information: IZIP; a Czech organization promoting electronic health records

Japan Association for Medical Informatics: JAMI; a Japanese professional association dedicated to sharing academic research related to medical informatics

Japan Society for Clinical Laboratory Automation: a Japanese professional association dedicated to promoting clinical automation for the benefit and preservation of the health of the people

Japan Society of Health Information Management: JHIM; a Japanese scientific organization dedicated to "establishing, implementing, and promoting the science of health information (record) management in Japan" ([ http://www.jhim.jp/ original Japanese site])

K through Z

Kenya Health Informatics Association: KeHIA; a professional association dedicated "to further[ing] the health and biomedical agenda in Kenya to support the government's initiatives to improve and sustain quality health services for all Kenyans"

Laboratory Products Association; LPA; an association that "works to provide member companies with the tools they need to enhance their jobs and improve their business operations"

Laboratory Robotics Interest Group LRIG; a "special interest group focused on laboratory automation"

Medical Software Industry Association: MSIA; a membership-based professional association representing "the interests of the Australian commercial software industry which develops, supplies and services information management products and services for healthcare practitioners, healthcare service providers and healthcare organisations"

Michigan Association of Laboratory Science Educators: MALSE; a professional association that "promotes laboratory professions education through outreach"

Middle East Association for Health Informatics: MEAHI; a not-for-profit organization "trying to use regional as well as global potentials to provide a collaborative environment, in which requirements are discussed, solutions are provided, and resources are allocated to tackle healthcare issues of this vulnerable part of the world"

National Association of Health Data Organizations: NADHO; a U.S. "non-profit membership and educational association dedicated to improving health care data collection and use"

National Independent Laboratory Association: NILA; "a trade association for independent laboratories that provides a forum for the sharing of technical and business expertise"; membership is by laboratory, not individual

National Institutes of Health Informatics: NIHI; a Canadian not-for-profit corporation "dedicated to fostering health informatics (HI) innovation, research and education"

National Laboratory Association South Africa: NLA-SA; "a non-profit stakeholder body that represents the voice of South African laboratories"

National Medical Information Education: NMIE; a national project dedicated to putting a prominent focus on the clinical application and teaching specifications of medical informatics, technical medical vocational skills, and clinical IT systems

New York State Clinical Laboratory Association: NYSCLA; "a not-for-profit trade association which promotes the common business interests and seeks to improve the business conditions of clinical laboratories located or operated within New York State"

North American Specialized Coagulation Laboratory Association: NASCOLA; a non-profit organization that intends "to provide external quality assessment for tests used to diagnose bleeding or prothrombotic disorders, thereby promoting high standards of performance and practice for specialized coagulation laboratories"

openEHR Foundation: a not-for-profit company that develops specification, clinical model, and other medical programs and also supports health informatics education

Regenstrief Institute: RI; an informatics and healthcare research organization dedicated to "improving quality of care, increasing efficiency of healthcare delivery, preventing medical errors and enhancing patient safety"

Romanian Association of Medical Laboratories: ALMR; a professional association that "aims to support and improve training in laboratory medicine to young professionals (doctors, biologists, biochemists, chemists) to support and accelerate scientific investigations, [and] to improve work done in the field of laboratory medicine"

Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening: SLAS; "a global organization that exists to provide forums for education and information exchange to encourage the study of, and improve the science and practice of, laboratory automation and screening"

Spanish Society for Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Pathology: SEQC; a professional society dedicated to further clinical chemistry and molecular pathology in Spain

Swedish Association of Health Informatics: SFMI; a professional association that strives "to promote the development of informatics in health care ,in particular through the organization of meetings with scientific lectures and discussions"

Books, magazines, and journals

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Books

The following are potential resources for finding books related to the clinical and physician office laboratory:

CRC Press, informatics books

International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), all books

IOS Press, all books

Jones and Bartlett Learning, bioinformatics books

The National Academies Press, computers and information technology books

Springer, all books

Wiley, all books

Informatics books

Carter, Jerome H., ed. (2008). Electronic Health Records (2nd ed.). American College of Physicians. pp. 530. ISBN 9781930513976. https://www.acponline.org/ebizatpro/ProductsandServices/BooksfromACPPress/ACPPressDetail/tabid/203/Default.aspx?ProductId=17173.

(Amazon.com link)

Bali, Rajeev K. (2005). Clinical Knowledge Management: Opportunities and Challenges (1st ed.). IGI Global. pp. 334. ISBN 9781591403005. http://www.igi-global.com/book/clinical-knowledge-management/155.

(Amazon.com link)

Cowan, Daniel, ed. (2002). Informatics for the Clinical Laboratory: A Practical Guide (1st ed.). Springer. pp. 324. ISBN 9780387244495. http://www.springer.com/public+health/book/978-0-387-95362-5.

(Amazon.com link)

Davis, Nadinia A.; LaCour, Melissa (2013). Health Information Technology (3rd ed.). Elsevier. pp. 604. ISBN 9781437727364. http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781437727364.

(Amazon.com link)

Gammack, John; Hobbs, Val; Pigott, Diarmuid, ed. (2011). The Book of Informatics (1st revised ed.). Cengage Learning. pp. 542. ISBN 9780170216005. http://www.cengage.com/aushed/instructor.do?disciplinenumber=1003&product_isbn=9780170216005.

(Amazon.com link)

Hoyt, Robert E.; Bailey, Nora; Yoshihashi, Ann, ed. (2012). Health Informatics: Practical Guide For Healthcare And Information Technology Professionals (5th ed.). Lulu Press. pp. 490. ISBN 9781105437557. http://www.lulu.com/shop/robert-e-hoyt-and-nora-bailey-and-ann-yoshihashi/health-informatics-practical-guide-for-healthcare-and-information-technology-professionals-fifth-edition/paperback/product-18864042.html.

(Amazon.com link)

Lorenzi, Nancy M.; Riley, Robert T. (2004). Managing Technological Change: Organizational Aspects of Health Informatics (2nd ed.). Springer. pp. 305. ISBN 9781441931337. http://www.springer.com/medicine/book/978-0-387-98548-0.

(Amazon.com link)

Pantanowitz, Liron; Tuthill, J. Mark; Balis, Ulysses G.J. (2012). Pathology Informatics: Theory and Practice (1st ed.). American Society for Clinical Pathology. pp. 336. ISBN 9780891895831. http://www.ascp.org/Store/Books/5831.html.

(Amazon.com link)

Taylor, Paul, ed. (2006). From Patient Data to Medical Knowledge: The Principles and Practice of Health Informatics (1st ed.). BMJ Books. pp. 272. ISBN 9780727917751. http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0727917757.html.

(Amazon.com link)

Thomas-Brogan, Teri, ed. (2008). Health Information Technology Basics: A Concise Guide to Principles and Practice (1st ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. pp. 180. ISBN 9780763746872. http://www.jblearning.com/catalog/9780763746872/.

(Amazon.com link)

Clinical laboratory books

Estridge, Barbara; Reynolds, Anna (2011). Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques (6th ed.). Cengage Learning. pp. 816. ISBN 9781285225593. http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?Ntt=16771912091002362456108869879630770575&N=15+4294922384+4294922372&Ntk=P_EPI.

(Amazon.com link)

Kinkus, Candis A.; Laposata, Michael (2011). Laboratory Management: Quality in Laboratory Diagnosis (1st ed.). Demos Medical Publishing. pp. 120. ISBN 9781936287451. http://www.demosmedical.com/laboratory-management.html.

(Amazon.com link)

Lieseke, Constance L.; Zeibig, Elizabeth A. (2012). Essentials Of Medical Laboratory Practice (1st ed.). F.A. Davis. pp. 539. ISBN 9780803630352. http://www.fadavis.com/product/nursing-lab-diagnostic-tests-essentials-medical-laboratory-practice-lieseke-zeibig.

(Amazon.com link)

Magazines

ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals: a bi-weekly magazine that covers "the latest on compliance, marketing and professional issues" for laboratory professionals

American Laboratory: provides "analytical chemists and life scientists with up-to-date information about equipment, instrumentation, and applications that they use in their labs every day."

CAP TODAY: a healthcare publication with "feature articles, concise news items, editorial columns, and scientific abstracts"

Clinical Lab Products: "focuses exclusively on products and technology for the clinical lab industry."

Clinical Laboratory International: a magazine "with information of direct relevance to everyone working in clinical and blood bank laboratories"

Clinical Laboratory News: a "source for timely analysis of issues and trends affecting clinical laboratories, clinical laboratorians and the practice of clinical laboratory science"

Critical Values: "quarterly magazine with news and features covering trends of interest to pathologists and laboratory professionals"

Health Data Management: focuses on the process of "using information technology to achieve business goals and improve the quality of care" offered to individuals.

Healthcare Informatics: covers topics like EMR, EHR, wireless technologies, meaningful use policy, patient safety, point-of-care technology, health information exchange, and hospital administration.

Lab Manager: "analyzes the strong link between business strategy, technological innovation and implementation."

Lab Medicine: a quarterly publication from the American Society for Clinical Pathology

LabMedica: news and articles on "the latest techniques and applications in the clinical laboratory field worldwide"

Laboratory Design: serves the "community involved in the design, construction, and operation of laboratory facilities, including building owners and operators, high-level lab users and managers, and the building team."

Laboratory Informatics Guide: a yearly special supplement to Scientific Computing World subscribers that provides articles and information about laboratory informatics.

Laboratory Equipment: provides "concise and insightful information on the latest scientific instruments, software, supplies, and equipment."

Laboratory News: provides "readers with comprehensive and detailed coverage of the issues facing contemporary science."

MedicalLab Management: "the peer-to-peer information source for clinical laboratory management"

Medical Laboratory Observer: provides "lab professionals with peer-reviewed editorials, answers to critical questions and important product information."

Modern Healthcare: delivers "healthcare business and policy news, research and information."

Pulse+IT: eHealth and health IT topics primarily targeted at the Australian and New Zealand health sectors.

Journals

While this arguably may not be an authoritative list of journals relating to laboratory informatics, the clinical laboratory, and the physician office laboratory and its functions, an attempt has been made to make it thorough. That said, the following are additional tools which may help you find additional informatics- and laboratory-related journals:

ResearchBib and its research journal seeker
WikiCFP, a wiki for calls for papers
DLINE, a scholarly portal that "focuses on research and development in computing sciences and technology"

Additional search tools for journals and articles:

A through G

ACIMED: a Spanish language journal of medical informatics published by the National Center of Information on Medical Sciences in Cuba

Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science: a journal covering research in clinical science released by the Association of Clinical Scientists

Applied Clinical Informatics: a biomedical and health informatics journal produced by the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS)

Applied Medical Informatics: a medical informatics journal overseen by the Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics at Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: "the monthly, international, peer-reviewed journal of the College of American Pathologists"

BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making: an open-access journal focusing on "the design, development, implementation, use, and evaluation of health information technologies and decision-making within the healthcare setting"

British Journal of Healthcare Computing: an online journal covering informatics in healthcare

Chinese Journal of Health Informatics and Management: a Chinese journal reporting on trends in health informatics and the management of related systems

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine: a monthly journal that "reports on progress in fundamental and applied research in cutting-edge and exhaustive articles"

Clinical Informatics and Telemedicine: the official journal of the Ukrainian Association for Computer Medicine, this publication focuses on "the newest technologies in clinical informatics"

Clinical Laboratory: "an international fully peer-reviewed journal covering all aspects of laboratory medicine, transfusion medicine and cell therapy"

Clinical Laboratory Science: a quarterly journal of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine: an Elsevier publication, each issue focusing on a pathology topic as it relates to laboratory management and technologies (alternate URL)

Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences: "publishes review articles in all areas of clinical laboratory science (including clinical biochemistry, clinical hematology, clinical microbiology, pathology, transfusion medicine, genetics, and immunology)"

Electronic Journal of Health Informatics: an international open-access journal "dedicated to the advancement of health informatics and information technology in healthcare"

electronic Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine: an electronic open-access journal containing "numerous high quality articles, debates, reviews and editorials ... addressed to clinical laboratorians"

H through J

Health Care and Informatics Review Online: the official journal of the not-for-profit Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ), "dedicated to reviewing and interpreting significant developments in healthcare delivery with a particular focus on health informatics"

Health Informatics Journal: a SAGE journal which covers "the fields of informatics and telematics, the health professions, computer science, engineering and management"

Health Information Management Journal: the official research journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA), covering healthcare informatics

Informatics in Primary Care: a Radcliffe journal "concerned with information technology and information management in primary care, both nationally and internationally" (alternate URL)

Informatics for Health and Social Care: a quarterly journal dedicated "to show how informatics contributes to the better delivery of care through the presentation of high-quality [research or practice] material"

International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Research: "an international multidisciplinary journal devoted to research pertinent to human biology and disease"

International Journal of Clinical Laboratory Sciences: an international open-access journal that "cover[s] all the major field clinical laboratory sciences"

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare: an Inderscience journal "which presents current practice and research in the area of e-healthcare"

International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine: a quarterly Interscience journal "dedicated to promoting the research, education and awareness of functional informatics and personalised medicine"

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management: a quarterly Interscience journal that "provides an international forum and refereed authoritative sources of information in the fields of the economics and management of technology in healthcare"

International Journal of Health Information Management Research: a University of Sheffield-hosted open-access journal covering clinical informatics, e-Health, and health information management

International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics: an Inderscience journal that covers "the structural/functional aspects of disease mechanisms and the application of technology towards the treatment/management of such diseases"

International Journal of Medical Informatics: the Elsevier-published official journal of the European Federation of Medical Informatics (EFMI)

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care: the official digital journal of Health Technology Assessment International (HTAI) covering "the economic, social, ethical, medical and public health implications of health technology"

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis: a Wiley journal focused on "newly developing modes of technology and laboratory assays, with emphasis on their application in current and future clinical laboratory testing"

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing: a Springer journal focused on "the exchange of knowledge and clinical information through the rapid, accurate publication of empirical clinical studies, case reports," and other types of documents and data in the clinical sphere

Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries: an open-access biannual journal focused "on health informatics that relate to developing countries"

Journal of Laboratory Automation: the official bimonthly SAGE journal for the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) "devoted to the advancement of technology in the laboratory"

Journal of Laboratory Physicians: "a semiannual publication ... which entertains original communications on all aspects of biomedical research and teaching in laboratory procedures contributing to the advancement of knowledge in all sub-specialties of diagnostic medicine"

Journal of Medical Informatics: a CNKI Chinese journal covering the field of medical informatics

Journal of Medical Internet Research: an open-access journal on the topic of health and healthcare in the Internet age

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: the official journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), covering a wide array of biomedical and health informatics topics

K through Z

Laboratory Investigation: "an international journal owned by The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) whose prime mission is to publish original manuscripts and review articles in the broad area of translational and basic research as is related to experimental pathology"

Open Medical Informatics Journal: a Bentham Science open-access journal covering "all areas of medical informatics"

Perspectives in Health Information Management: an American Health Information Management Association- (AHIMA-) supported journal dedicated "to advance health information management practice and to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration between HIM professionals and others in disciplines supporting the advancement of the management of health information"

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Investigation: "an international scientific journal covering clinically oriented biochemical and physiological research"

Technology and Health Care: an IOS Press journal covering the development and significance of medical and informatics technology in health care

Translational Research, The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine: a monthly journal that "delivers original investigations in the broad fields of laboratory, clinical, and public health research"