http://www.medialabinc.netOnline OSHA Training, Safety, and Compliance Courses for Clinical Laboratories and Medical Laben-us11 Jul 2008 10:30:45 EST Stay up to date on the latest news from LabCE and MediaLab! Follow our Twitter account at http://twitter.com/labce. You can also become a fan of MediaLab and LabCE on Facebook by visiting http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lawrenceville-GA/LabCE-Online-continuing-education-for-medical-technologists/68787103427.http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost18-follow_labce_and_medialab_on_twitter_and_facebook.aspx9/2/2009 3:35:49 PM ESTA new course is now available free for all LabCE.com subscribers. Laboratory Ergonomics, 1.0 ASCLS P.A.C.E. credit hour. Learn more about Laboratory Ergonomics and other online CE courses for meeting medical technologist continuing education requirements.http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost17-new_course_laboratory_ergonomics.aspx8/27/2009 2:07:45 PM ESTA new course is now available free for all LabCE.com subscribers. Routine Venipuncture, 1.5 ASCLS P.A.C.E. credit hours. Learn more about Routine Venipuncture and other online CE courses for meeting medical technologist continuing education requirements.http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost16-new_course_routine_venipuncture.aspx8/27/2009 2:07:34 PM ESTA new course is now available free for all MediaLab subscribers. Emerging Cardiovascular Risk Markers, 1.5 ASCLS P.A.C.E. credit hours. Learn more about Emerging Cardiovascular Risk Markers and other online CE courses for meeting medical technologist continuing education requirements.http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost14-new_course_emerging_cardiovascular_risk_markers.aspx6/29/2009 2:41:02 PM ESTA new course is now available free for all MediaLab subscribers. The Disappearing Antibody: A Case Study, 2.0 ASCLS P.A.C.E. credit hours. Learn more about The Disappearing Antibody: A Case Study and other online CE courses for meeting medical technologist continuing education requirements.http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost15-new_course_the_disappearing_antibody.aspx6/25/2009 2:50:09 PM ESTBuild your resume and help provide cutting-edge continuing education and compliance courses to the clinical laboratory market. Write a course for MediaLab! We're in search of experienced clinical laboratory educators to help us create and update online courses for clinical laboratory professionals. Writing for MediaLab is a valuable chance to build your resume, establish your expertise, and gain publishing experience with the growing field of online course development. Our course-building tools are convenient and easy-to-use. MediaLab also pays an honorarium to authors that work with us. Learn more about writing courses for MediaLabhttp://www.medialabinc.net/newspost8-authors_and_reviewers_needed___use_coursebuilder_t.aspx6/25/2009 2:49:31 PM ESTDid you know that procedures and rules for Medicare'e ABN (Advance Beneficiary Noticies) change on March 1st? MediaLab's Medicare Compliance for Clinical Laboratories course has been update to include the latest changes to ABN's. Keep your employees informed and up-to-date.http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost12-new_abn_rules___medialab_courses_updated.aspx2/27/2009 2:43:10 PM ESTBack in November, we asked for your feedback about MediaLab. Over 200 of you responded to our survey. We sincerely appreciate your feedback! This e-mail will summarize a few themes and suggestions that came out of that survey. Of those who completed the administrator survey, 99% said they would recommend MediaLab to a colleague. And 95% of respondents said they were "very satisfied" with MediaLab. Respondents said they feel MediaLab is a good value for the number of courses included. CourseBuilder and the administrator interface are easy-to-use, and MediaLab helps to reduce paperwork for both employees and administrators. Some MLT programs reported that the percentage of their students passing the registry has significantly increased since implementing MediaLab. Respondents also said that their employees respond positively to MediaLab. Ease of use, convenience, cost savings, and the flexibility to complete courses over the Internet and from home were the most frequently mentioned advantages for employees. Administrators also had a number of suggestions for improvement. We take these suggestions seriously, and we'll address as many as we can in 2009. Some respondents indicated that they feel certain courses are too long. We'll be breaking up some of our longer titles, such as Phlebotomy, into smaller, more focused courses as we update them in 2009. For new courses, we'll aim for an average completion time of one hour (1 ASCLS P.A.C.E. credit). Respondents also indicated the need for new courses, especially in the areas of chemistry, serology, microbiology, and supervisor-level courses. In 2009 and beyond, we have committed to adding at least ten new courses per year to MediaLab. We're working closely with a number of laboratory educators and authors to develop courses. If you're interested in authoring courses for MediaLab, please visit http://www.medialabinc.net/authors.aspx. If you've already built courses for your employees through CourseBuilder, we may be able to work with you to publish these courses for all users. Contact us at authors@medialabinc.net. Respondents also expressed the continually need for new courses, so that employees can fulfill recurring requirements for AMT, ASCP, and state license renewal. Most of these programs require CE to be completed every two or three years. Since MediaLab has committed to releasing at least ten new courses per year, your employees will have access to 20 to 30 new courses before they need to renew their licenses again. We'll also be adding new features to the MediaLab administrator interface, including better reports, customizable CE transcripts, and online tracking of CE hours earned outside MediaLab. Recently, we've added the ability to add continuing education hours to custom courses. We've also improved the organization of courses, so that you can develop your own customized curricula for your employees. We sincerely appreciate your feedback, whether through our online survey or communicated directly to us at (877) 776-8460 or feedback@medialabinc.net. Your support of MediaLab has helped us to grow tremendously over the years, and with your continued support, we'll be able to serve you better in 2009 and beyond.http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost11-administrator_survey_results.aspx12/29/2008 12:19:07 PM ESTThe LabCE.com Quiz Game is a free, randomized question bank published by MediaLab that tests clinical laboratory science knowledge. It's a great way to review for boards, brush up on laboratory knowledge, and challenge yourself and your employees. With over 1,500 questions in lab safety, hematology, chemistry, microbiology, body fluids, blood banking, hematology, quality control, and more, the LabCE Quiz Game is an excellent resource for all clinical laboratory personnel. The LabCE Quiz Game will always be free to everyone. No registration or sign-up is required to play. You don't need to be a MediaLab or LabCE subscriber. Try it out » We're very much in need of your help to keep this free resource fresh and challenging for all players. Contribute your own questions with our convenient online question creator. By creating a username and password to submit questions, you'll be able to save your progress, see how players perform on questions that you submit, and make changes to questions you've published. You can choose to include your name, bio, and picture on questions that you submit, or you can submit questions anonymously. Since the LabCE Quiz Game was launched at the end of June, we've had more than 30,000 players. Play the LabCE Quiz Game and try it for yourself! http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost10-labce_quiz_game___free_resource_for_medical_techno.aspx10/14/2008 4:55:39 PM ESTTwo new continuing education courses are now available to all subscribers: Alpha Thalassemia (1.5 P.A.C.E. credits) Fundamentals of Molecular Diagnostics (1.0 P.A.C.E. credit) Subscriptions to LabCE by MediaLab include access to 47 online courses. Provide your employees with a library of up-to-date continuing education courses to help them fulfill license requirements. Subscriptions also include safety and compliance courses, tracking and reporting features, and customization tools so that you can quickly create your own online laboratory training and in-services. Learn more »http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost9-new_courses_in_alpha_thalassemia_and_molecular_dia.aspx10/6/2008 4:36:56 PM ESTIf you're a medical technologist, you need laboratory continuing education to keep your skills up-to-date. Professional organizations, including the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), American Medical Technologists (AMT), and National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA), require you to complete laboratory continuing education every time you need to renew your license -- every one to two years. Learn more » Many states that require licensing of laboratory personnel also require laboratory continuing education. These states include Florida, California, Tennesse, West Virginia, and more. See what your laboratory personnel license requires » Your employer may also require you to complete a certain number of laboratory continuing education courses every year. LabCE.com is the most cost-effective source for online laboratory continuing education. Learn more. Get access to over 45 online courses in clinical laboratory science for just $95. Visit LabCE.com to help meet your laboratory continuing education needs »http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost7-medical_technologist_continuing_education.aspx9/8/2008 3:00:21 PM ESTUsing MediaLab's CourseBuilder, you can quickly create online courses from your organization's existing PowerPoint files. Create a custom solution for assigning, tracking, and documenting training in less than a minute. Learn more about turning your PowerPoint files into online courses »http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost6-turn_powerpoint_files_into_online_courses.aspx8/29/2008 4:44:17 PM ESTMediaLab's newest course, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Pharmacogenomics, is now available for all subscribers. Therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacogenomics are both pharmacy-related areas within the clinical laboratory. Although each is considered a sub-discipline within laboratory medicine, the two fields overlap significantly. This course provides an overview of each of these laboratory sub-disciplines and discusses the utility, rationale, and practice of each one. Learn more about the Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Pharmacogenomics online course. See a complete list of all included online courses.http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost5-new_pharmacology_in_the_clinical_lab_course.aspx8/11/2008 6:04:40 PM ESTTwo new courses are now available for all MediaLab subscribers. Both mycology courses carry ASCLS P.A.C.E. credit for laboratory continuing education, as well as Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Science credit for the General (Parasitology/Mycology) category. Mycology: Hyaline and Dematiaceous Fungi helps you identify hyaline mold isolates by observing the appearance of the colony on agar plates and through microscopic appearance, as well as identify dematiaceous molds by observing characteristic structures and their rate of growth. Mycology: Yeasts and Dimorphic Pathogens helps you identify yeast species and dimorphic fungal species by observing the appearance of the colony morphology and through microscopic appearance. The course also discusses various sources of fungal infections and the diseases that are associated with yeasts and dimorphic molds. See a complete list of all available online courses.http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost4-two_new_mycology_courses.aspx8/11/2008 6:00:49 PM ESTMediaLab is the easiest and more affordable way for clinical laboratory personnel to earn laboratory continuing education. Laboratories help make sure that their employees are up-to-date and in compliance with AMT, ASCP, NCA, state, and CLIA / federal requirements and recommendations. Using MediaLab, you can provide over forty courses with more than eighty hours of continuing education to your employees. All courses are approved for ASCLS P.A.C.E.® credits. Learn more. Individuals can also earn ASCLS P.A.C.E.@reg; credits for laboratory continuing education at LabCE.com, our sister site.http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost2-laboratory_continuing_education.aspx7/18/2008 11:24:35 AM ESTMediaLab, Inc. is proud to launch our redesigned website at www.MediaLabInc.net. You'll find lots of new information about our online compliance and continuing education courses, both for clinical laboratories and for individual medical laboratory technologists, technicians, and CLS students. Our homepage, www.MediaLabInc.net, shows how a MediaLab subscription can help your laboratory deliver customizable compliance and safety courses for OSHA, Medicare, HIPAA, and more. Provide your employees with ASCLS P.A.C.E.® credits for continuing education and license renewal. Track and document all employee training and CE with our powerful, easy-to-use learning management system. Customize MediaLab courses for your laboratory's unique needs, or build your own custom online courses, quizzes, and checklists. Laboratory subscriptions include 41 courses that cover OSHA safety, HIPAA and Medicare compliance, medical error prevention, quality control, and courses in laboratory disciplines like hematology, urinalysis, microbiology, blood banking, and more. Learn more about laboratory subscriptions at www.MediaLabInc.net. Subscriptions start at just $285/year for laboratories with up to 25 employees. MediaLab's companion at LabCE.com offers the same courses to individual medical laboratory technologists, laboratory technicians, and CLS students. Fulfill AMT, ASCP, and NCA recertification requirements, as well as state license renewal requirements for CA, FL, TN, LA, and more. Individual subscriptions are just $95/year and include access to all 41 MediaLab courses (just like a laboratory subscription). At LabCE.com, you can also play the FREE LabCE.com quiz game. Test your clinical laboratory science knowledge, review for ASCP Boards, and compete for today's high score. Start playing! Existing MediaLab subscribers will find that the "Subscriber Login" box has moved to the upper-right of the page.Site administrator should still click on the "Administrators" button to log in; students and subadministrators should click on the "Students" button. Both LabCE.com subscriptions and MediaLab subscriptions include the same courses and benefits. We've created two sites to help better organize the benefits and relevant features of our subscriptions for laboratories and individuals. Subscribers at both LabCE.com and MediaLab receive the same courses, updates, and continuing education credit. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail us at support@medialabinc.net.http://www.medialabinc.net/newspost1-new_site_and_website_redesign.aspx7/16/2008 2:34:31 PM EST