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).
Competency Assessment vs Proficiency Testing. Do IVF Labs Need Both? Tl;DR – YES! We explain why. “One thing worse than training employees and losing them… is not training them and keeping them.” -Ed Metcalf Competency Assessment vs Proficiency Testing. Does my IVF lab need to perform both? The short answer is yes! Learning Objectives — …
52 Infertility Artificial Intelligence Approaches The upcoming ESHRE 2022 annual conference is, not surprisingly, packed full of amazing new artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches for infertility. We are witnessing the birth of a new discipline in real time: Artificial Intelligence (AI) for infertility, reproduction, and specifically for assisted reproductive technologies (ART). AI, particularly a …
The ARTC Digital Lab Playbook January Quality Audit focuses preventative maintenance, deep cleaning, and air quality.
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 …
Embryo Selection has been proposed as one of the top Infertility research priorities. 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 …
Overturn of Roe v Wade and the right to privacy. Our top priority remains providing best-in-class fertility support through AI.
IVF labs have been affected by unprecedented workforce shortages, ART Compass standardizes Embryologist Training and ongoing KPI! ART Compass solves the shortage, doubling the efficiency of your staff!
Today, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which significantly impacts access to a critical component of healthcare in America, and leaves many infertility patients confused and scared, with many unanswered questions. Undoubtedly, IVF accessibility, safety, and success are now in peril in many states. We denounce the decision of Dobbs V Jackson Women’s Health …
Anovulatory Infertility is a condition of female infertility wherein a woman does not release an egg even when she’s having a menstrual cycle. This may be the culprit if you’ve had regular flow throughout and still have no luck conceiving. In this case, you’re only bleeding, but there’s no oocyte to fertilize, causing pregnancy to be out of reach.
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 …
IVF Success Starts with SART
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?!
