LAB INTEROPERABILITY COOPERATIVE (LIC)

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

The LIC has set up a two-stage checklist to assess a facility's readiness and ability to participate in this pilot. To determine if your laboratory is eligible, please answer the questions on the stage I checklist found here. The LIC will determine, after review of all the responses, which hospitals best represent a cross-section of the country. Among the factors used to determine this will be size, geographic location, current technology capabilities, potential technology capabilities, and current and future plans. After initial review, select facilities are invited to participate in stage II of the process. Following stage II, facilities will be formally invited to participate in the pilot.

PLEASE NOTE

Completing the checklist does not commit your organization to participating in this pilot if you later decide this opportunity is not the right fit. Alternately, participation in the checklist does not guarantee a space in the pilot.

Critical Access Hospitals

The LIC understands that at Critical Access and small, rural facilities staff may be quite limited. In some instances, one person might be performing all of these roles. This does not preclude your participation, and we encourage you to complete the checklist process.

Benefits of Participation

Hospitals selected to participate in the pilot will benefit from the resources the LIC will provide. As a result, participants may reach meaningful use goals more rapidly, knowing they have met the regulatory requirements for connectivity. Furthermore, participants will be equipped to confidently address future public health and clinical laboratory reporting requirements as meaningful use initiatives evolve...