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How to Take Financial Control of Your Lab

Cory Pedersen — Fri, 28 May 2021 12:46:00 +0000

Managing an outreach laboratory requires more than just sound technical skills. It also requires an firm understanding of the various financial components that affect the way a lab operates and performs in order to demonstrate, and prove, the positive financial impact of an outreach program.

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Atria Senior Living: COVID-19 testing protects the most vulnerable

Hannah Crawford — Mon, 24 May 2021 13:30:00 +0000

When most of the world was still struggling to understand how COVID-19 would affect their lives, Atria Senior Living took steps to protect their vulnerable residents and staff.

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Mayo Clinic Laboratories: Dr. Bill Morice

Samantha Rossi — Thu, 06 May 2021 12:40:00 +0000

William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., explain Mayo Clinic Laboratories, review its history, and describe how its work furthers Mayo Clinic’s mission.

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A web of care, close to home: Support on the cancer journey

Mayo Clinic Laboratories — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:43:00 +0000

Dr. Dollahite received world-class cancer treatment from a web of health care organizations, including Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Yet she never left New York; most of her treatment occurred in Ithaca. What made that possible was Cayuga Medical Center’s collaborative relationship with Mayo Clinic. Genetic testing at Mayo Clinic Laboratories provided important information about Dr. Dollahite’s cancer.

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Avoid seller’s remorse: Why owning your lab makes sense

Mayo Clinic Laboratories — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:30:00 +0000

For community health care providers, owning a laboratory has been likened to shoveling money down a giant drain. Cayuga Medical Center is challenging that narrative. Instead of selling, Cayuga is investing in its lab — which it considers a value center as well as a key part of patient service.

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Cayuga Medical Center: Building a world-class lab that drives revenue

Hannah Crawford — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:48:00 +0000

Cayuga Medical Center sought to challenge the narrative that a hospital’s lab is an expensive liability by positioning themselves as the laboratory of choice in their area.

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University of Louisville: Building an evidence-based algorithm to guide autoimmune neurology patient care

Hannah Crawford — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 11:45:00 +0000

UofL Health – UofL Hospital physicians and laboratory scientists faced challenges in the ordering of autoimmune and paraneoplastic panels: duplicate orders that add unnecessary cost and omitted test orders that could provide the key to the right diagnosis for patients.

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Updated testing algorithms for plasma cell proliferative disorders [Test in Focus]

Samantha Rossi — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:25:00 +0000

Xinjie Xu, Ph.D., co-director of Mayo's Genetics and Genomics Laboratory, explains Mayo Clinic Laboratories' updated approach to testing for risk stratification of patients newly diagnosed with plasma cell proliferative disorders, such as multiple myeloma. Based on recently published data, the new testing algorithms focus on use of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) panels, rather than chromosome studies.

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How an ex-NFL Linebacker Overcame His Greatest Opponent, Amyloidosis

Chris Bahnsen — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 18:39:00 +0000

Matt Millen, ex-pro NFL player, who played on four Super Bowl-winning teams underwent a nearly six-year medical journey in search for answers. Finally, he was diagnosed with amyloidosis using a new testing methodology at Mayo Clinic.

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