In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, is joined by William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, to discuss the value laboratories deliver for their entire health system. They cover how laboratories impact:

• Growth in revenue
• Growth in lab charges
• Growth in ancillary services
• Hospital length of stay
• Control over expenses

You can also find more in-depth information on this topic in “Maximizing your health system’s financial performance,” a white paper with data-driven ways laboratories support their organizations.

In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, is joined by William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, to discuss tick-borne diseases. They cover:

• Different diseases patients can get from ticks.
• Disease prevention, including Dr. Pritt’s A through Z flash cards with tips for people to protect themselves from infectious insects.
• Laboratory medicine’s valuable role in testing and educating providers to diagnose patients quickly and accurately.
• Clinical areas most likely to encounter patients with tick-borne diseases.
• Reliable sources for details about the prevalence of different diseases around the country (e.g., U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Mayo Clinic Laboratories).

In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, is joined by Russ Lebovitz, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Amprion. They discuss their strategic collaboration and the innovative SAAmplify™–αSYN (CSF) test. They covered:

• Details about how the cerebrospinal fluid biomarker test (Mayo ID: ASYNC) benefits patients exhibiting signs and symptoms of clinically uncertain cognitive decline or clinically uncertain Parkinsonian syndromes.
• Groundbreaking science on proteins that Amprion leveraged to create a solution that meaningfully impacts patient care and provides value to clinicians.
• Information physicians receive from the test, and when they should consider ordering it for their patients.
• Opportunities to change diagnostic journeys by providing accurate, early diagnosis with SAAmplify–αSYN.