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July 14, 2025
ASCP’s Leading Laboratories recognition program is expanding to include additional eligible laboratories. The Leading Laboratories designation recognizes laboratory teams for exemplary leadership, mentorship, and innovative best practices. The designation supports a positive patient- and community-centric mission, which increases visibility for laboratories and their vital role in a patient’s healthcare journey.
Ali Brown, MD, FASCP, ASCP Chief Medical Officer, says, “We are expanding the program to give more laboratories the opportunity to showcase the great work they are doing to raise awareness of the laboratory community; this is a celebration of laboratories and their positive impact on patients.”
When it first launched in 2021, the Leading Laboratories program was a collaborative initiative with The Joint Commission and was only open to Joint Commission-accredited laboratories. With program expansion, much of the content in the program remains the same; however, laboratories accredited by other providers will now also be eligible to apply for the designation, according to Dr. Brown.
Leading Laboratories, developed and refined by laboratory leaders, provides a set of criteria that is designed to quantify and exhibit excellence in the areas of elevating quality outcomes, supporting professional development, cultivating trusted leadership, and promoting laboratory visibility.
This designation sets the gold standard for laboratory excellence, providing:
Public recognition of a laboratory’s meaningful achievements in improving patient outcomes
Evidence of a laboratory’s commitment to the ongoing professional development of its team
Proof of laboratory leadership’s dedication to their team and to their patients.
According to past designees, the designation can make an impact in recruitment, especially for hard-to-fill roles like medical laboratory scientists. It gives the laboratory a competitive edge in attracting top talent and strengthens the laboratory’s case for investments from the C-suite. Additionally, the process encourages comprehensive self-assessment that highlights areas of excellence, as well as areas ripe for improvement within the laboratory. The Leading Laboratories designation underscores the laboratory’s crucial role in the healthcare continuum.
By expanding the eligibility criteria to include all hospital-based accredited laboratories in the U.S., ASCP hopes to elevate and promote more laboratories with this prestigious designation. To learn more about eligibility requirements and the application process, please visit leadinglaboratories.org.
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