Lab Tests Online

Lab Tests Online is a peer-reviewed, patient-centered, non-profit web resource about clinical laboratory testing.[1][2][3] The site provides information on clinical lab tests as well as conditions that are managed or diagnosed by lab tests.[4] Lab Tests Online also provides summaries of recommendations by age, feature articles on lab-related topics, and news items of patient interest.[5] All contents are reviewed and approved by an Editorial Review Board composed of laboratory professionals before being posted to the site.[2]

The site was launched in 2001[6] by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry,[7] the scientific society for clinical laboratory science[8] and is a collaboration of 17 other professional societies representing the laboratory medicine community.[9] The website is available through 17 sites worldwide and via mobile apps in the U.S., the U.K. and Australasia.[10]

As of 2012 the site received about 2 million viewers a month.[11]

References

  1. Lab Tests Online
  2. 1 2 Campbell, B; Linzer, G; Dufour, DR (May 2014). "Lab Tests Online and consumer understanding of laboratory testing". Clin Chim Acta 432: 162–5. doi:10.1016/j.cca.2013.09.028. PMID 24121032.
  3. Linzer, George (July 5, 2011). "Lab Tests Online at 10 Years: 100 Million Served". Clinical Lab Products (Clinical Lab Products). Clinical Lab Products. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. Kulkarni, Shweta (13 July 2012). "Lab Tests Online Honoured With 2012 Communicator Award". Medtech Europe. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. An Overview of Lab Tests Online (PDF). Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee. p. 6. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. "Lab Tests Online: Our History". Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  7. "Lab Tests Online". AACC. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  8. "American Association for Clinical Chemistry". aacc.org. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  9. Chisolm, Stephanie (Jul 3, 2008). The Health Professions: Trends and Opportunities in U.S. Health Care. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. p. 116. ISBN 0763735205. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  10. "Lab Tests Online® Goes Mobile". Sysmex. Sysmex. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  11. Anne Kadet for Market Watch. Aug 14, 2012 When Medical Testing Gets in Your Blood
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