Five Macro Challenges Facing the Lab Industry

Thursday, March 22, 2012
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (MT)


Five Macro Challenges Facing the Lab Industry

Healthcare is Changing

Laboratorians are entering a time of great challenges and opportunity. Evolving at a rapid pace, laboratory medicine is improving productivity, increasing efficiency, and enhancing patient care. Laboratories can be a driving force in establishing future forms of healthcare delivery. Join Dr. Edward R. Ashwood as he discusses five challenges facing the industry and provides insight into successfully navigating the changing terrain.

The five macro challenges include:

  1. Increase in physician employment
  2. Electronic medical records integration
  3. Decrease in doctor visits
  4. Changes in reimbursement
  5. Early signs of ACO development

Following the webinar, participants will be able to:
  • Understand the impact of healthcare reform on laboratory operations.
  • Increase your value proposition as a healthcare leader to guide change.
  • Support your organization’s advancement in the competitive healthcare field.

Edward R. Ashwood, MD Edward R. Ashwood, MD
President and CEO, ARUP Laboratories

Dr. Ashwood is the president and chief executive officer at ARUP and a professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Ashwood joined ARUP in 1985. He received his MD from the University of Colorado and completed a laboratory medicine residency in clinical pathology at the University of Washington. He is board certified in clinical and chemical pathology, and his research interests include the clinical chemistry of pregnancy. He is the co-editor of the Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry, and
Fundamentals of Molecular Diagnostics.

Available Continuing Education Credits for this Webinar


  • P.A.C.E.® Credit (1)

The program has been approved for one (1) contact hour through ARUP, which is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (ASCLS) P.A.C.E.® Program.

  • CEU for Florida (1)

This event is also approved for one (1) CEU of Florida credit and meets the
requirements for the general category.