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Join Dr. Brian Jackson, associate professor of pathology at the University of Utah and a medical director at ARUP Laboratories, as he interviews some of the top minds in diagnostic laboratory medicine. Listeners are privy to personal anecdotes and creative insights into important challenges facing laboratories and clinicians.
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What It Means for a Laboratory to Be Part of the Patient Care Team
Dr. Eddie Stenehjem, Vice Chair of Medicine at the University of Colorado, knows a lot about clinical laboratories. As an infectious disease physician and former cochair of Intermountain Healthcare’s laboratory stewardship committee, he has deep respect for the knowledge and dedication that laboratory professionals bring to patient care. In this interview he discusses why clinician-lab collaboration is vital, and how labs can improve communication and relationships with clinical colleagues.
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How Will Automation Change Clinical Laboratories?
There’s plenty of excitement around laboratory automation. But which tasks are good candidates for automation, and which are poor candidates? What risks need to be managed? And what are the implications of automation for lab professionals? In this interview, Dr. Joseph Rudolf, medical director of ARUP’s Automated Core Laboratory, shares his insights along with some predictions for the future.
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Solving Coagulation Mysteries One Patient at a Time
Diagnosis involves much more than a number on a lab report. This is particularly true when the patient has disordered bleeding or clotting. In this interview, Dr. Karen Moser from the University of Utah Department of Pathology describes some of the ways she works with her laboratory and clinician colleagues to ensure that patients get the answers and the therapies they need.
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The Human Side of Quality Management
What does it mean to have a quality culture? Technical competence and strict adherence to protocols are certainly part of the story. But so are factors such as workforce engagement and customer service. In this interview, Nancy Ross, assistant director of clinical pathology and quality at Montefiore Medical System and the founder of Improov, a laboratory improvement consulting company, draws on her diverse career experience to argue for a holistic and people-centered approach to quality management.
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Why Quality Management Is Critical to the Long-Term Success of Healthcare AI
A public debate is raging around the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). One side argues that AI is potentially dangerous and needs to be carefully controlled, whereas the other side argues that any regulation would slow innovation. In this interview, Dr. Ryan Metcalf, section chief of Transfusion Medicine and medical director of Transfusion Service/Blood Bank at ARUP Laboratories, makes a strong case for a safety-first approach to healthcare AI. He also explains why embedding AI development and use within a strong quality management framework could actually lead to more innovation over the long term, even as it prevents patient harm in the short term.
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How FDA Restrictions on Laboratory-Developed Tests Will Harm Patients and Increase Costs
The FDA recently announced a plan to regulate laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices. In this interview, Dr. Meghan Delaney from Children’s National Hospital and Dr. Eric Konnick from the University of Washington explain why many tests that are critical to patient care, particularly in the areas of pediatrics, transplantation, and rare diseases, may become unavailable if the rule the FDA has proposed is enacted. Other tests may remain available, but at a significantly increased cost. Dr. Jonathan Genzen, ARUP’s chief medical officer and cohost of this episode, describes how laboratory professionals can provide public feedback to the FDA before the rule takes effect.
Customer Reviews
Always Thought Provoking
Content covered in these podcasts is always thought provoking, useful, and interesting. Dr. Jackson does a masterful job of finding the value in every perspective.
Antibody tests
Excellent podcast from late April. Is there a follow up planned, especially addressing the issue of protective immunity?
Informed and well explained
Really appreciated the information on COVID testing. Finding there is a lot of information out there to sift through and it’s nice to hear it from people who are experts in this field. Will be sharing to some fellow co-workers and friends to help them understand why the delays in testing