Dr. Jay B. Jones

JAY B. JONES, Ph.D., ABCC
Director, Clinical Chemistry

100 North Academy Avenue
Danville, PA 17822-0131
1 800 695 6491

Dr. Jones is an Associate of Geisinger Medical Laboratories at Geisinger Medical Center, where he serves as Director of the Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratories. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Chemistry. Dr. Jones also supervises the Ancillary Testing (Point of Care) Program and is the Director of the Geisinger Regional Laboratories for the consolidated Geisinger Medical Laboratories.

Education:

Dr. Jones received his Ph.D. at George Washington University and completed his fellowship at Georgetown University Hospital.

Professional Affiliations:

Chairman, Provider Committee, Industrial In Vitro Diagnostics Connectivity Consortium (IICC)
Strategic Advisory Board, Sunquest Information Systems
American Association for Clinical Chemistry.

Research Interests:

Clinical chemistry and point-of-care testing.

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals:

Schuerch C, Selna M, Jones J. Laboratory clinical effectiveness: pathologists improving clinical outcomes. Clin Lab Med 28. 223-244, 2008.

Zhang PL, Lun M, Schworer CM, Blasick TM, Masker KK, Jones JB, Carey DJ. Heat shock protein expression is highly sensitive to ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat kidneys. Ann Clin Lab Sci 38. 57-64, 2008.

Dighe AS,Jones JB, Parham S, Lewandrowski KB. Survey of Critical Value Reporting and Reduction of False-Positive Critical Value Results. Arch Pathol Lab Med 132. 1666-1671, 2008.

Herling M, Jones D, Zhang K. CD4+/CD56+ hematodermic tumor: the features of an evolving entity and its relationship to dendritic cells. (Case contributor by Zhang K. pp. 689-690). Am J Clin Pathol 127. 687-700, 2007.

Other Publications:

Jones JB. The PC Data Manager: A Key Component for Keeping the LIS "In the Mainstream" of the Broadening Health Care Enterprise. LISMI Communication Link 17;2, 1, 2002.

Jones JB. Connectivity Concepts: Bringing POCT int the "Mainstream" of Results Reporting. Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory October, 24-25, 2002.

Jones JB, et al. Interview: Money Order: Hunting Down the True Costs of POC Testing. CAP Today September, 14-17, 2002.

Jones JB, et al. Taking Autoverification to the Next Level: New Tools Make It Easier to Increase Efficiency. Clin Lab News 229;11, 1, 2003.

Jones JB. Managing Home Testing Data. Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory 12;9, , 2003.

Jones JB. Data Mining from the LIS: Simple, Fun, Rewarding. LISMI Communication Link 18;2, 1-2, 2003.

Deritis S, Jones JB, et al. IT Propulsion in the Lab. Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory February, 28-40, 2003.

Jones JB. Point-of-Care Testing: Challenges in the Post Connectivity Era. Clin Lab News June, 1-3, 2003.

Jones JB. Validating GFR Information via Data Mining and Practical Aspects of Embedding GFR Data in the LIS/HIS. AACC Expert Access Online Web Conference December, , 2004.

Allen P, Jones JB, et al. Push for Electronic Medical Records Gains Momentum: Why Laboratorians Need to be Involved Early. Clinical Laboratory News November, , 2004.

Jones JB. POC Connectivity Concepts. Data Mining for the Distributed Lab. Advance for Laboratory Administrators August, , 2004.

Michele R, Jones JB. Lab Integration at Geisinger. The Dark Report Volume XII, No. 16, 9-14, 2005.

Jones JB. Enhancing Lab Support of Tight Glycemic Control (TGC) with POCT Connectivity. AACC Audionconference May, , 2005.

McDowell J,Jones JB, et al. Moving to a Paperless Test Ordering and Reporting: How Labs are Tackling Web-Based Systems. Clinical Laboratory News April, , 2005.

Abstracts, Posters, and Other Presentations:

Jones JB. Lab Automation – Expanding Tools of the Clinical Chemist. Lecture American Chemical Society, Danville, PA, 01/12/2005.

Jones JB. How POCT and Standardized Lab Testing Feeds Geisinger’s Molecular and Outcomes Efforts. Presentation 2005 Executive War College on Lab and Pathology Management, New Orleans, LA, 05/01/2005.

Jones JB. Justifying Staffing for Point-of-Care Testing Coordination. Presentation POCT Forum - Amercan Association for Clinical Chemistry National Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 07/01/2004.

Jones JB. Simplified Data Mining from the Laboratory Information System (LIS). Presentation Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists, Baltimore, MD, 08/01/2004.

Jones JB. Point-of-Care Testing in a Broad Healthcare Enterprise. Presentation 2004 Healthcare Summit, Jacksonville, FL, 10/01/2004.

Jones JB. Embedding Clinical Algorithms. Presentation Lab 2007 Meeting, Chicago, IL, 10/01/2004.

Jones JB. Implementing Middleware. Presentation Lab Automation 2004, Atlanta, GA, 11/01/2004.

Bertholf RL, Jones JB, et al. Phenytoin Measured by Kinetic Interaction of Microparticles in Solution (KIMS) Homogeneous Immunoass. Poster Presentation American Association for Clinical Chemistry National Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 7/01/2004.

Jones JB, Quinton L, Brown A. Calculated Glomerular Filtration Rate Reporting in a Large Healthcare Enterprise: Data-Mined Impact . Poster Presentation American Association for Clinical Chemistry National Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 7/01/2004.

Jones JB. Health Information Technology (HIT) in the Laboratory: Delivering Quality and Patient Safety. Audioconference American Society for Clinical Chemistry, , April 2006.

Jones JB. Lab Enterprise Analytics: Imperative for Regional Healthcare Clinical Effectiveness in the EHR Era. Presentation Lab Executive War College, New Orleans, LA, April 2009.

Jones JB, Neeley W, Dawson S . Autoverification: 2009 Update. Audioconference AACC, , April 2009.

Jones JB. Point-of-Care Testing: “HIT-ing” the Enterprise Mainstream. Presentation HemoCue National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, February 2006.

Jones JB, et al. Labs Face Challenges with POCT. Interview Clinical Lab Products, , January .

Jones JB. Process Improvement for Critical and Point of Care Testing (CPOCT): A “Lean” Perspective. Webinar Alabama POCT Coordinators on Point-of-Care Net , , January 2010.

Jones JB. Process Improvement for Critical and Point of Care Testing (CPOCT): A “Lean” Perspective. Webinar San Diego, CA POCT Coordinators on Point-of-Care Net , , January 2010.

Jones JB. Clinical Lab Applications of “Middleware”. Edutrak Presentation merican Association for Clinical Chemistry National Meeting, Orlando, FLo, July 2005.

Jones JB, Johns M, Spahr R, Cicarelli L, Ho D, Mehr J. Extremely Elevated Neonatal NT Pro-BNP Reference Range: Implications of Cardiac Strain. Poster American Association for Clinical Chemistry National Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 2006.

Jones JB. everaging Analytics to Support Population Outcome Studies. Workshop American Association for Clinical Chemistry National Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 2006.

Jones JB. Impact of Health Information (HIT) on the Clinical Laboratory. Presentation American Association for Clinical Chemistry National Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 2006.

Jones JB. Middleware: Opportunities, Potential and Issues. AACC Industrial Liaison Presentation American Association for Clinical Chemistry National Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 2006.

Jones JB. Call Centers to Reduce Errors in the Communication of Laboratory Results. Edutrak American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, July 2008.

Jones JB. Point of Care Testing: An Innately “Lean” Process. , Point of Care Coordinators' Forum American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, July 2008.

Jones JB. Integration of a Multisite Enterprise Quality Control Program on a Wide Area Network and Use of Sigma Statistics to Standardize Westgard QC Rules.. Abstract AACC Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, July 24-28, 2011.

Jones, JB, Yost J, Parl F. Moderator and Presenter Improving the Electronic Exchange of Lab Information.. AACC Webinar CDM ROM , , June 16, 2010.

Jones JB. How Clinical Laboratorie Will Practice in the Future. Presentation American Association of Bioanalysts National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, June 2006.

Jones JB, Dighe A, Lewandroski K. Improving the Reporting of Critical Test Values. Audioconference American Association for Clinical Chemistry, , June 2007.

Jones JB. Lab Enterprise Analytics: Essential for Regional Healthcare Clinical Effectiveness in the EHR Era. Presentation Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2010.

Jones JB. Integrating Enterprise Analytics into Health Information Technology (HIT): The Strategic Imperative. 3-lecture series Roche Connections 2006 Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, May 2006.

Riley J, Shoemaker B, Jones K, Bourbeau PP. Use of CultureSwab Plus Swabs with Amies Gel Agar with the IDI-MRSA Agar. Abstract C-106 American Society for Microbiology Meeting, Orlando, Florida, May 2006.

Jones JB. Integrating Enterprise Analytics into the Electronic Health Record: New Imperatives. Presentation American Society of Clinical Laboratory Scientists - PA, Harrisburg, PA, May 2007.

Jones JB. Recent Developments in Applied Lab Information Technology: Data Mining and Pay for Performance Projects. Presentation LabMed 2005 Meeting, New York, NY, November 2005.

Jones JB. Making Informatics a Key Tool for the Laboratory. Presentation NJ and NY Metro AACC Section Meeting, Livingston, NJ, November 2005.

Zhang PL,Jones JB, et al. Heat Shock Protein (HSP) 70 is the Most Sensitive Biomarker (Gene Product) of Renal Ischemia in Rats (KIM-1 is a Sensitive Protein Biomarker to Detect Renal Injury). Poster American Society for Nephrology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2005.

Jones JB. Process Improvement for Critical and Point of Care Testing (CPOCT): A “Lean” Perspective. Webinar Ohio POCT Coordinators on Point-of-Care Net , , November 2009.

Jones JB. Minding the Gap: Using Middleware to Fill in Between Automation and Information. Presentation American Association for Clinical Chemistry 10th Annual Automation Conference, Kansas City, MO, October 2008.

Jones JB. Data Mining of Estimated GFR as an Indicator of Renal Function. Presentation Connecticut Valley Section of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry Meeting, Hartford, CT, September 2005.

Jones JB, Hawker C, Neeley W.. Planning Your Automation Project: From RFP to Vendor Selection. Interactive Workshop American Association for Clinical Chemistry Labortory Automation Meeting, St. Louis, MO, September 2006.

Jones JB. Improving Economic Outcome with POCT: The “Lean” Perspective. Critical and Point of Care Testing: Managing Technology for the Benefit of All Populations . Presentation American Association for Clinical Chemistry Symposium, Barcelona, Spain, September 2008.