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- Mar 29, 202128 min
A Distinctive Diagnostic Partnership in Pediatrics
When Dr. Nicola Longo, professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah, encounters a child with an undiagnosed syndrome, he has a unique resource: Dr. Marzia Pasquali, professor of pathology and section chief of Biochemical Genetics at ARUP Laboratories. Their connection extends back to high school in Parma, Italy, and grew through years of medical and scientific training, marriage, and clinical practice. In our discussion, they describe their combined life’s work to solve diagnostic mysteries and develop diagnostic tools to enable long, healthy, and productive lives in children who might otherwise face neurologic decline and early death.
- Feb 22, 202130 min
The Pandemic Year in Review
As an infectious disease physician and medical microbiologist, Dr. Kim Hanson has had a busy year. In this interview, she reflects on some of the successes during the COVID-19 era, such as the collaboration among rival regional health systems to provide testing for our communities. She discusses how COVID-19 testing needs are evolving, pointing to the pressing need for a national variant surveillance system in which academic medical center laboratories could play a large role. Finally, she offers some predictions for the coming year.
- Jan 25, 202141 min
Why Every Health System Needs Doctors of Clinical Laboratory Science (DCLSs)
Nadine Fydryszewski is program director for the world’s first Doctor of Clinical Laboratory Science (DCLS) program at Rutgers University. Modeled after other health professional degree programs, including those for pharmacy and physical therapy, this doctorate-level role for clinical laboratorians was developed to complement interdisciplinary patient care teams. Brandy Gunsolus, the program’s first graduate, currently practices at Augusta University Medical Center in Georgia. In this conversation, the two explain what it took to get the DCLS program off the ground and why clinicians are so enthusiastic about including DCLSs on their care teams and hospital committees.
- Jan 5, 202125 min
Bringing Phlebotomy Services to the Home and Workplace with LabFly
A restaurant delivery or car ride can be ordered easily from your smartphone. Why not phlebotomy services when you need your blood drawn? This is the question Mike Eller asked a colleague back in 2018. Then, with some tech and marketing collaboration, they made it happen. In this discussion, Jim Crawford, Eller, and Chris Zavala explain the origin of their LabFly mobile phlebotomy service, its critical role in supporting telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how it positions Northwell Health Laboratories for the patient-centric care of the future.
- Dec 2, 202045 min
How Laboratories Can Reduce the Total Cost of Care
Health systems wishing to reduce overall healthcare costs would do well to focus less on direct laboratory costs and more on the meaningful ways laboratories can impact clinical efficiency. In this interview, Rick Panning, who served as Senior Administrative Director for Laboratory Services at HealthPartners in Minnesota, describes his work to reduce the total cost of care through improved testing service levels, saving money while improving the patient experience.
- Nov 16, 202030 min
Finding Meaning Through a Career in Clinical Laboratory Science
Clinical laboratory science might just be the most invisible of all the healthcare professions. Maddie Josephs, president of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, is trying to change that. In this interview she explains why many Millennials and Gen Z individuals feel drawn to this field, and describes some of the barriers to expanding the ranks of clinical laboratory scientists to meet this country’s growing healthcare needs.
- Nov 5, 202040 min
The Lab Must Go On, Despite the Disruption of a Pandemic
Clinical laboratories were hit hard when COVID-19 erupted in the United States last spring. Labs scrambled to develop and ramp up COVID-19 testing while facing PPE shortages, the need to keep staff infection free, and sharp drops in revenue due to patients delaying routine care and elective procedures. In this interview, Dr. Jon Genzen, COO of ARUP Laboratories, describes a few of the many ways ARUP quickly and successfully adapted to this unfamiliar and challenging environment.
- Oct 12, 202039 min
Recruiting the Next Generation of Clinical Laboratory Scientists
Despite what the general public seems to think, laboratory tests don’t just run themselves. They require an educated workforce of clinical laboratory scientists. Maintaining this highly skilled workforce is challenging, especially since few young people are even aware of the laboratory science career path. In this interview, Diana Wilkins and Takara Blamires share their experiences recruiting young people into the medical laboratory science program at the University of Utah, and Misty Smith explains the intricacies of recruiting for a national reference laboratory.
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