Ep 9: Inside a Diagnostic Stewardship Program

In this episode of Diasorin’s Beyond the Result podcast, host Angelo Rago explores what it takes to run a diagnostic stewardship program day-to-day, moving beyond high level principles into the operational realities laboratories face. He is joined by Dr. Allison Chambliss, Director of Laboratory Stewardship, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, where she oversees diagnostic testing strategy, implementation, and quality across a large academic health system.Highlights include:• Why many stewardship programs launch without clear ownership, governance, or alignment on success, and how laboratories can help bridge these gaps.• How to translate “right test, right time” into practical workflows that balance clinical autonomy, technology constraints, and limited resources.• What works (and what doesn’t) when setting up, monitoring, and evolving stewardship initiatives in real world environments.• How stewardship can be sustained over time while demonstrating measurable clinical and system level value.Credits:Host – Angelo Rago, President of Luminex division of DiasorinGuest – Dr. Allison Chambliss, PhD, D(ABCC), Senior Leader, Clinical Microbiology, UCLA HealthDirector – Stephanie Ibbotson, Sr. Director of Strategic Marketing and Market AccessProducers – Michelle Tabb, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, and Laura Abelkis, Sr. Planning Manager, Strategic MarketingEditors – Britta Good, Graphic Designer, Global Marketing, and Molly Frazier, Brand and Content Marketing ManagerLearn about our diagnostics portfolio on our website:https://us.diasorin.com/en/molecular-diagnostics?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=YT-description&utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_id=Corporate&utm_term=Ep9