AQMLM News
19.03.26 File mentioned in Zoom 59
This is the Dutch document on validation and verification that was recommended during Zoom 59. Go here to download it.
23.02.26 Zoom 61 has been added to the schedule
The topic is the fourth in our 2026 ‘Back to Basics’ Zooms and will discuss ‘Diagnostic Sensitivity & Specificity’
23.02.26 Zoom 60 has been added to the schedule
The topic is the third in our 2026 ‘Back to Basics’ Zooms and will discuss ‘Traceability & Uncertainty’
20.02.26 Zoom 59 has been added to the schedule
The topic is the second in our 2026 ‘Back to Basics’ Zooms and will discuss ‘Validation & Verification’
12.11.25 Paper discussed at Zoom 56
This is Mario Plebani’s paper on the Value-Based Score for laboratories.
16.07.25 Follow-up questions to Zoom meetings
Participants who attend our Zoom meetings are most welcome to ask follow-up questions or make further comments. Please email us.
16.07.25 Reference provided at Zoom 53
“Patient risk management in laboratory medicine: an international survey to assess the severity of harm associated with erroneous reported results”. Link here.
19.06.25 Health Services Safety Investigations Body
19.06.25 PSIRF Preparation Guide
Discussed today at Zoom 52, here is a copy of the PSIRF Preparation Guide
07.05.25 An important article on Value Based Laboratory Medicine
This is a very important article from Mario Plebani. Please go here. We are likely to have a Zoom on this topic!
25.04.25 Change of topic emphasis for Zoom 52
After comments made at Zoom 50, we have decided to use Zoom 52 to discuss the application of the NHS Patient Safety Incident Reporting Framework (PSIRF) to laboratory medicine.
17.04.25 Changes to AQMLM Governance
We have made changes to the roles of Directors. Nigel Coles is now Chair of AQMLM, Jonathan Middle becomes Honorary President and Mike Thomas becomes Past President. Please go to the Governance page here.
15.04.25 An interesting publication on AI
“Embedding Internal Accountability Into Health Care Institutions for Safe, Effective, and Ethical Implementation of Artificial Intelligence Into Medical Practice: A Mayo Clinic Case Study”
01.04.25 AQMLM Directorships
We are looking to recruit two Directors to help take AQMLM forward at this time of change in the NHS. If you have been a member for a number of years and have regularly supported our events, please email us on mail@aqmlm.org.uk and we will provide further details and answer any questions you might have.
21.03.25 An interesting publication on quality improvement
MK Bohn et al “Primer Part 1 – Preparing a laboratory quality improvement project”
Clin Biochem 2024 May:127-128:110764. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2024.110764. Epub 2024 Apr 16.
10.03.25 Future Zoom topics
We would like your views on the next set of Zoom topics for the second half of 2025. Maybe look at the previous topics and suggest those that you would like us to re-visit. Please reply using the Contact form or email us.