The Thin Pink Line - ART Compass- IVF Lab Management Software

The Thin Pink Line (ART Compass Blog) – In our context represents the struggle, and strife of the “infertility warrior” trying to make sense of and create order out of the chaos of infertility – doctors, diagnoses, meds, and IVF cycle information.

The thin pink line between two black fields also pays respect to all the “loss” that goes into infertility care- from failed cycles, to failed FETs, “biochemical” pregnancies, blighted ovums, miscarriages and more.

Lastly, the thin pink line also references the line infertility warriors walk everyday- between hope and despair- between being a parent or not (typically abbreviated to “PUPO” or pregnant until proven otherwise in infertility forums).

January Quality Audit: Preventative Maintenance, Air Quality, and Deep Clean

The ARTC Digital Lab Playbook January Quality Audit focuses preventative maintenance, deep cleaning, and air quality.

Top 10 Infertility Research Priorities: Implantation Failure

Infertility research priorities have been proposed for 2021. Healthcare professionals, people with fertility problems and infertility researchers (healthcare funders, healthcare providers, healthcare regulators, research funding bodies and researchers) were brought together in an open and transparent process resulting in an article that was published in Human Reproduction in November 2020 outlining the top future infertility-related …

Does Stress Incontinence Cause Infertility?

Does stress incontinence cause infertility? Do you uncontrollably pee in your pants after laughing or coughing? Are you always looking for the nearest bathroom wherever you go in case of “little accidents?” Then you may be suffering from stress incontinence. Although it may sound like it, this condition isn’t triggered by psychological stress. Rather, it …

Why do IVF Clinics Belong to SART?

IVF Success Starts with SART

February Quality Audit: Biennial Policy and Procedure Review

The ARTC Digital Lab Playbook February Quality Audit focuses on documenting the biennial IVF lab policy and procedures review. When should IVF Lab policies be updated? What elements make an effective policy? How should they be reviewed? What is sufficient evidence that each policy has been reviewed?!

December Quality Audit: Space and Supplies

The ART Compass platform makes managing space and supplies easy. In December we focus on “space and supplies” workflows!

Does Medicare Cover Fertility Treatments?

November Quality Audit: Patient Satisfaction and HIPAA Compliance

Staying on top of patient service issues is challenging, even with a well-equipped patient experience team. Most healthcare organizations use traditional paper surveys to track and monitor patient satisfaction metrics, but cutting-edge IVF Practices, healthcare administrators, and chief experience officers need real-time insights that are tied to patient experience goals.

How to Elevate IVF Patient Satisfaction

Tapping technology to optimize patient satisfaction can help IVF practices deliver an excellent patient experience while conserving their in-house resources to focus on clinical care. In turn, organizations can improve the whole patient experience.

October Staff Quality Assurance Audit

A rock solid team and happy balanced working environment are the keys to effective staff management and longevity of embryology teams. Teams that have played together for a long time are winning teams, teams with high embryologist turnover and burnout are constantly destabilized.

September FDA Quality Assurance Audit

September is a great time to perform an FDA Compliance quality assurance audit in your IVF Lab!