How can your hospital improve clinical outcomes? Choose the right test at the right time

Payers are increasingly reimbursing hospitals for becoming more efficient while maintaining quality. In a value-based payment model, patient outcomes are of the utmost importance, and hospitals failing to maintain infection compliance may suffer financial consequences. BioFire created the FilmArray Gastrointestinal Panel to help providers identify infectious diseases quickly and efficiently.

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In a webinar titled “The Clinical IMPACT of the FilmArray GI Panel”, infectious disease experts Kimberle Chapin, MD, director of microbiology and infectious disease molecular diagnostics for Rhode Island-based LifeSpan Hospitals, and Rangaraj Selvarangan, BVSc, PhD, professor at University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, will present preliminary data on how the FilmArray GI panel impacted children with gastroenteritis clinical outcomes. The panel tests for 22 different pathogens such as bacteria, diarrheagenic E. coli, parasites and viruses from stool specimens in Cary Blair transport media.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn about how you can improve your patients’ clinical outcomes. The webinar will take place on Tuesday, July 28, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Click here to learn more and register.

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