Lab tests online--an untapped resource.

Since its launch in 2001, Lab Tests Online has evolved into the go-to site for consumer information about laboratory testing. In some circles, however, it still remains underutilized as an educational tool for patients. This month, editor-in-chief Anthony S.

Don't waste my time! A guide to common sense meetings.

"The significant problems we face today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein Woody Allen once said we live in a world with "too many moving parts." Health care is a prime example of this level of complexity.

Recruiting, interviewing, and hiring the right person.

In 1998 and 1999, unprecedented changes occurred in the U.S. economy: unemployment rates dropped below 4.

Telemedicine: emerging opportunities and future trends.

Remote location, lack of specialty services, or managed care capitation contribute to limited access to health care. As reimbursement rates decline, availability to expert or high-tech care is affected. The need to "make do" with available personnel, existing technologies, or dated facilities is not uncommon and affects the quality of health care.

An introduction to case management.

Health-care professionals are constantly being challenged to find innovative ways to maintain quality of care with diminishing resources. Case management has emerged as a viable method of identifying resources and using those resources efficiently while providing the appropriate levels of care. The American Nurses Association defines case management as health assessment and planning, procurement, delivery, coordination, and monitoring to ensure that the multiple needs of the client are met.

Etiology of neutrophilic granulocytic hypoplasia in a case of large granular lymphocytic leukemia with paraproteinemia.

The association between large granular lymphocytic leukemia (LGLL) and neutropenia is poorly understood. We attempted to assess whether neutropenia in LGLL with paraproteinemia has a different etiology than LGLL without paraproteinemia. We found neither direct serum inhibition of granulocyte/monocyte-colony forming units in vitro nor increased immunoglobulin binding to granulocytic neutrophils, neutrophil precursors, or granulocyte/monocyte-colony stimulating factor.