Top industry takeaways revealed at the MLO Lab Directors Summit: Expertise in abundance among speakers and attendees at inaugural lab event.

AUTOMATION; CONFERENCES & conventions; COST control; LABORATORIES; MEDICAL technologists; MEETINGS; PATHOLOGICAL laboratories; PATIENT satisfaction; PATIENT safety; PROBLEM solving; PROFESSIONAL employee training; EMPLOYEE retention; HEALTH insurance reimbursement; LABORATORY test panels; LABORATORY personnel

The article offers information on the Endeavor Lab Directors Summit held in December 2019 in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada. It mentions responsibilities of lab directors oversee the selection and direction of lab systems, analyzers, automation and Laboratory Information Systems (LIS), as well as control inventory of supplies through purchasing and management. It also mentions step in managing reimbursement cuts from Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA).