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What Your Professional Society Can Do For You!

What Your Professional Society Can Do For You!. What Is ASCLS?.

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What Your Professional Society Can Do For You!

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  1. What Your Professional Society Can Do For You!

  2. What Is ASCLS? ASCLS provides dynamic leadership and vigorously promotes all aspects of clinical laboratory science practice, education and management to ensure excellent, accessible cost-effective laboratory services for the consumers of health care. The Society advances high standards of practice and professional competence through its conferences, publications and education programs.

  3. ASCLS Is…Your VOICE, Your VALUE, Your VISION

  4. ASCLS gives VOICE to your concerns, opinions, competence and professionalism. Why ASCLS? • ASCLS is designed to represent and VALUE our entireprofession, not just one specialty area. • ASCLS has VISION and is led by members of our profession, not by members of another related profession.

  5. ASCLS Member Benefits Education  Advocacy  Networking  Marketing  Shared Resources  Information  Access  Leadership Opportunities Mentoring

  6. Our Strategic Partners ASCLS participates with other organizations to speak with one united voice on laboratory issues. • ADVANCE Magazine and Media Alert Liaison • American Hospital Association (AHA) • Board of Certification (BOC) • Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI; formerly NCCLS) • Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce (CCCLW) • International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science (IFBLS; formerly IAMLT) • The Joint Commission (TJC)  • National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS) • National Fire Protection Association — Technical Committee on Laboratories (NFPA) • Health Professions Network (HPN)

  7. We Promote the Profession

  8. We Increase Awareness Started by ASCLS and now celebrated by… • American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science • American Society for Clinical Pathology • American Association for Clinical Chemistry • American Association of Blood Banks • American Medical Technologists • American Society of Cytopathology • American Society for Cytotechnology • American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics • American Society for Microbiology • Association of Public Health Laboratories • Clinical Laboratory Management Association • College of American Pathologists • National Society for Histotechnology

  9. We Develop Future Leaders

  10. We Create Change in Your Area and Nationwide IX VIII I V IX V I I VIII V V I I VIII IV I I II VI X VI II IV VI IV II VIII VIII II II X II VI VI IV III III X VII VII VII III III III III VII VII III IX X

  11. We Collaborate • Sponsoring member of the Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce (CCCLW) • Legislative Issues and Government Affairs • Member of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC) • Co-sponsored Lab Tests Online • www.labtestonline.org • Consumer Information Response Team

  12. We Provide a Forum to Network

  13. We Are Committed to Your Professional Development

  14. We Support for Research and Higher Education E&R Fund Student Scholarship

  15. We Advocate on Your Behalf • Medicare Reimbursements • Lab Fee Schedule • Medicare Reform • Competitive Bidding • Public Health Security & Bioterrorism Response Act • Patient Safety

  16. Your Investment Student $25.00/year  $2.08/month  $0.48/week  $0.07/day Professional I $99.00/year  $8.25/month  $2.06/week  $0.29/day

  17. American Society forClinical Laboratory Science Visit www.ascls.org for more information or call the ASCLS office at 571-748-3770. . .

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