Beyond the Result Ep 4: Speed Meets Strategy - Rapid Results, Smarter Decisions

In this episode of Diasorin’s Beyond the Result podcast, host Angelo Rago speaks with Margie Morgan, PhD, director of Clinical Microbiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.Highlights include: - Developing testing strategies that manage costs and improve patient outcomes, all while understanding that there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach that will work for everyone. At Cedars-Sinai, a large academic medical center, the patient population is large and quite diverse, adding complexity to their testing strategies.- Collaboration is essential for clinical labs. For microbiology, it makes sense to team up with colleagues from infection control, infectious disease, and pharmacy. “Don’t try to do it by yourself,” Dr. Morgan advises.- The evolution of molecular testing means that the “more is better” approach favored by labs a decade ago is no longer practical or recommended. Today, targeted testing with the ability to reflex to a larger multiplex panel is a better approach for many clinical situations, and it helps manage costs so patients don’t go home to exorbitant testing bills.- To help physicians select the most appropriate test, Dr. Morgan’s team has gotten creative. They use soft stops and hard stops built into the test ordering software, and have even rearranged the order in which tests are presented on the screen to provide a gentle nudge toward targeted tests to help with diagnostic stewardship.Credits: Host – Angelo Rago, President of Luminex division of Diasorin Guest – Margie Morgan, PhD, director of Clinical Microbiology at Cedars-Sinai in Los AngelesProducers – Stephanie Ibbotson, Sr. Director of Strategic Marketing and Market Access and Michelle Tabb, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer Editor – Britta Good, Graphic Designer, Global Marketing Sign up to be notified for new episodes: https://us.diasorin.com/en/molecular-diagnostics?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=YT-description&utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_id=Corporate&utm_term=Ep4