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Outreach Quality and Satisfaction - The Patient's View - Insights

As healthcare continues to evolve and payment models become more inclusive of patient satisfaction measures, it is vitally important for laboratories to focus on improving the patient experience. Because the laboratory is a critical element...

Comprehensive Genetic Test Guides Prescribing of a Transplant Anti-Rejection Drug: Jessica Wright, Pharm.D., BCACP - Insights

Jessica Wright, Pharm.D., BCACP, explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' 3A5Q test helps determine initial tacrolimus doses for individuals after non-liver organ transplants. Optimal tacrolimus levels are one of the important factors in...

Newborn Screening at Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Newborn screening is intended to detect serious health conditions in babies for which early intervention can greatly improve healthy development and positive outcomes.

Severe storms affecting FedEx hub in Memphis, TN - Insights

Due to severe weather affecting the FedEx hub in Memphis, Tennessee, delays are anticipated. The Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ Global Logistics team will be diverting work to other commercial shipping options.  

Dr. Dong Chen and Dr. Sounak Gupta join Becker's Healthcare Podcast to discuss molecular testing in cancer care - Insights

Dr. Dong Chen and Dr. Sounak Gupta joined the “Becker’s Healthcare Podcast” to discuss the molecular testing space and its important role in personalized cancer treatment. Dr. Chen and Dr. Gupta highlighted the importance of selecting the...

New tests launched in November - Insights

In November 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced eighteen new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.

Novel panel identifies toxins linked to asthma and GI diseases - Insights

Melissa Snyder, Ph.D., explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' EDN panel improves the evaluation of certain patients with asthma and autoimmune digestive disorders. EDN is the first laboratory test that provides a marker of...

State-of-the-art genetics panel optimizes kidney disease treatment - Insights

Linnea M. Baudhuin, Ph.D., and Emily K. Thoreson, M.S., CGC, explain how Mayo Clinic Laboratories renal genetics testing provides comprehensive, accurate and actionable results. Identifying a genetic cause helps guide the complex decisions...

Assay enhances and simplifies M-proteins screening: David Murray, M.D., Ph.D. - Insights

David Murray, M.D., Ph.D., explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' MASS-FIX Quantitation assay provides next-generation screening for M-proteins, which are associated with multiple myeloma and other diseases. The assay better quantitates the...

Clinical and forensic toxicology - Insights

Clinical, forensic, and emergency toxicology testing at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, which aligns with evidence-based clinical laboratory guidelines, uses advanced and emerging technologies and is performed on urine, serum, and meconium...