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Optimize your use of laboratory testing

Lab testing is the single highest volume medical activity within a health system, yet 20% of diagnostic tests can be considered unnecessary, leading to wasted resources, avoidable costs, and inconvenience to patients. 

hc1 Lab Stewardship™ combines unrivaled expertise, proven frameworks and comprehensive analytics to help health systems and hospitals optimize lab testing. Our nationally recognized team has helped hundreds of hospitals generate millions of dollars in test utilization savings through our tailored processes and proprietary technology.

Increase Capacity for the Right Lab Testing
Reduce Lab Supply and Reference Expenses
Improve Patient Safety and Quality in Patient Care
Maximize Hospital Profitability

Deliver precision diagnostics with actionable, real-time insights

Lab Stewardship is the careful, responsible, and evidenced based management of laboratory resources by reducing clinically unnecessary lab testing. A methodical lab stewardship program will improve diagnosis from correct patient testing, optimize test utilization, and reduce blood collection.

hc1 industry-leading Lab Stewardship solution offers flexibility and customizable solutions for a health system’s lab stewardship journey. Our team of experts work with you to augment or develop a lab stewardship committee and implement a tailored program infrastructure and strategy. Then, we utilize our real-time analytics platform to uncover problem areas and monitor the progress of interventions.

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Unbiased, nationally recognized team

Our clinical experts work closely with your medical staff to augment or develop a committee, giving you confidence that you have a strong governance structure that can drive improvement.

Tailored, phased implementation strategy

We implement our proven framework to create a strong and sustainable program infrastructure. We focus on achievable initiatives to gain initial momentum and build on progress over time.

Gain insight into ordering patterns

Comprehensive, real-time analytics

Our analytics platform provides insight into ordering patterns across providers and locations, uncovering the data necessary to drive lab stewardship initiatives and monitor performance.

Clinician education & awareness

We work with you to create comprehensive education and test utilization awareness campaigns for clinicians and medical staff, including newsletters, e-blasts, educational memos and more.

See how you can take the guesswork out of test utilization

Watch our 5-minute product demonstration to see how our hc1 PrecisionDx Advisor technology powers lab stewardship initiatives by providing the data insights necessary to uncover and reduce test misutilization.

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See how you can take the guesswork out of test utilization

Watch our 5-minute product demonstration to see how our hc1 PrecisionDx Advisor technology powers lab stewardship initiatives by providing the data insights necessary to uncover and reduce test misutilization.

Watch the Mini Product Demo

Benefits of hc1 Lab Stewardship

hc1 is an AWS Technology Partner who has earned AWS Healthcare Competency

Strong Infrastructure = Sustainable Program

We will augment your existing committee or develop a new committee with strong governance structure.

Improve Overall Quality

Our proven playbooks generate fewer diagnostic errors and ordering variations, less antibiotic use, and greater patient satisfaction.

Reduce Hospital Acquired Conditions

Lab stewardship initiatives help reduce conditions such as iatrogenic anemia, CAUTI, C-Diff, MRSA, and more.

Decrease lab spend

Financial Impact

Improved test utilization directly leads to lower costs and decreased payment denials.

Get started fast. Plan for the future. Maintain best practices.

hc1 PrecisionDx Advisor is a comprehensive solution that provides health systems the data insights necessary to uncover test misutilization, then helps them to reduce it through custom testing guidelines and continuous monitoring. Intuitive, real-time dashboards and automated alerts and notifications ensure leadership can access critical data with just a click.

Accelerated Results

150+

Hospitals We've Worked with to Implement Lab Stewardship Programs

5%

Average Test Utilization Reduction Over Partnership

Decrease lab spend

$10M

Test Utilization Savings Across hc1 Partnerships

 

Ready to Create a Sustainable Lab Stewardship Program?

<p>Our industry-leading team is here to help you establish a new laboratory stewardship committee or enhance your existing program. Together, we can optimize your lab testing using our frameworks and technology proven to generate cost savings and improve patient care.</p>

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