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Lab Services for Hospitals and Clinicians

A Resource for Hospitals and Clinicians Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Services

In addition to serving as The University of Vermont Medical Center's laboratory, the department also serves as a reference and consultative service for many hospitals in the North East.

The UVM Medical Center Laboratory is a member of the Northeast Community Laboratory Alliance (NECLA), a regional affiliation comprised of all of the hospitals in Vermont. Through a coordinated delivery system, NECLA is designed to support local and regional health care providers while supporting each hospital members outreach activities without limiting their primary loyalty to their hospital and its alliances. NECLA was formed in 1996 and is partnered with Mayo Medical Laboratories.

Our website offers a comprehensive guide to our services and contact information. Please contact our customer service professionals at 802-847-5121 or 1-800-991-2799 with any specific inquiries.

Laboratory Customer Service

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is comprised of several sections, and Laboratory Customer Service serves as the "voice of the lab". Our 12 customer service representatives provide reference and consultative services for patients, outside clients, other hospitals, and internal UVM Medical Center providers. Fielding an average of 22,000 calls per month, Lab customer Service demonstrates a culture of teamwork, professionalism and mutual respect in an environment that offers high quality customer service to the community and the northeast.

The services provided by laboratory customer service allow UVMMC technologists and phlebotomists to concentrate uninterrupted on their primary functions of lab testing and sample collection. Services include:

  • Processing all incoming and outgoing calls for the UVM Medical Center Laboratory
  • Reporting all critical and stat results
  • Processing and submitting test add-on requests to lab departments
  • Resolving non-UVMMC patient electronic lab order issues
  • Assisting phlebotomy with patient lab order issues
  • Entering orders into Epic for non-UVMMC clients (received by phone or fax)
  • Reviewing supply orders (received by phone or fax)
  • Assisting callers questions about sample collection
  • Expediting lab reports to providers
  • Assisting providers with ordering tests in Epic

Hours
Monday - Friday: 6:00 am - 9:00 pm
Saturday: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
Holidays: 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
To contact Customer Service, phone at 802-847-5121 or 1-800-991-2799 or fax 847-5905.

Contacts
Medical Director: Andrew Goodwin MD
Manager: Lynn Bryan
Supervisor: Amy Graham

Laboratory Support

Operations Support

The performance of millions of tests each year requires constant equipment washing and sterilizing. Three dedicated staff members perform all the tasks necessary to keep the lab testing materials (glassware, equipment, and supplies) fully operational. Along with this important work, the same staff fulfills supply orders for all clients who collect lab samples in their clinics. The staff maintains the inventory of supplies necessary for phlebotomy sites.
Hours
Monday - Friday: 6:30 am - 3:00 pm
Contact
To contact operations support, phone 808-847-5121.
Laboratory Support Contacts
Medical Director: Andrew Goodwin, MD
Manager: Lynn Bryan
Supervisor: Amy Graham

Laboratory Outreach

Patient volumes in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine here at UVMMC are split into 3 components, inpatients, outpatients and outreach. In addition to serving our own inpatient and outpatient communities we also act as an outreach reference lab for the private practice offices in Chittenden County and for all of the other hospitals in Vermont, plus some in upstate NY and NH. This presents us with a unique opportunity to offer the patients, who live locally, an integrated inpatient/outpatient record. Test results ordered by a community provider performed in our lab are available to any clinician with access to our Epic EMR. In addition, the results are returned electronically to the community practice. Not only does this provide much needed clinical history it also prevents duplicate testing and reduces the total cost of health care.
As an outreach reference laboratory we are able to offer an extensive menu of routine and esoteric testing, both here at the medical center, and through our partnership with Mayo Clinical Labs. the additional outreach volume allows us to offer testing we would normally need to send out, reducing turn around times and keeing testing local. As an outreach client you can expect:
  • A dedicated outreach specialist for your practice
  • Clinical and Surgical Pathology Consults and Hot Seat
  • Customized sample pickups
  • Collection supplies and centrifuge to maintain sample integrity
  • Electronic interfacing of orders and results for qualifying clients

Contacts
Manager: Lynn Bryan
Laboratory Outreach Specialist: Valerie Rogers
Laboratory Outreach Specialist: Lee Stirling

Laboratory Quality/Education/Communication/Compliance

A strong measure of quality is the degree to which we meet the needs of our patients and laboratory users. We continuously monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of our policies and procedures, and compliance with and conformance to technical and regulatory requirements. Cruicial to applying these commitments are education, communication, and compliance. Services include:
Quality
  • Quality management system
  • Non-conforming event monitoring
  • Internal audits
  • CAP surveys

Education

  • Lab tours: Come and discover the technology behind laboratory testing. Lab tours are given at the main lab at the main campus ACC weekdays by appointment only. To schedule call 847-5121.
  • Job shadows
  • Employee orientation
  • Consistency
Communication
Compliance
  • Consultations
  • Confidentiality and HIPAA
  • Monitors and audits compliance activities
Contacts
Co-Medical Director: Andrew Goodwin, MD
Co-Medical Director: Christina Wojewoda, MD
Manager: Nicole Carney, MT (ASCP)
Compliance Specialist: Katherine Nadeau, MLT (ASCP)
Laboratory Educator: Charles Gilroy

Laboratory Contact Information

If you have any questions about Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, please contact Laboratory Customer Service, at 847-5121 or 1-800-991-2799 of Fax 802-847-5905. University of Vermont Medical Center, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine-MP-103, Burlington VT 05401.

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