Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: November 22 - Insights
This week's research roundup features: Progression of chronic kidney disease following radical and partial nephrectomy
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: December 13 - Insights
This week's research roundup features: In vitro activity of a hypochlorous acid-generating electrochemical bandage against yeast biofilms
Coaching for Staff Development - Insights
"Coaching" has become the latest buzzword on the staff-development scene. In its purest form, coaching is a developmental process carried out between the coach and a "talent" in order to promote desirable and sustainable change.
Twitter as a Microblog Platform - Insights
Justin Kreuter, M.D., highlights how professional networks can be nurtured continuously throughout the year with the help of Twitter.
A Sysmex Game of Telephone - Insights
Rachel Olk, a student in the Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science class of 2018, talks about her experience with the Sysmex Hematology Analyzer during a game of "Telephone" in the laboratory.
Metacognitive Practices - Insights
Deb Hagen-Moe, Education Coordinator at Mayo Clinic, discusses how metacognition can be used to enhance an individual’s ability to learn and retain information.
Regional Health-Mayo Medical Laboratories Collaboration to Benefit Patients, Providers - Insights
Regional Health has selected Mayo Medical Laboratories as its primary reference laboratory. The agreement provides Regional Health Rapid City Hospital physicians and caregivers with access to Mayo Clinic’s extensive menu of more than 4,000...
St. Charles Health System Teams Up with Mayo Medical Laboratories to Perform Testing - Insights
St. Charles Health System in Bend, Oregon, has selected Mayo Medical Laboratories as its primary reference laboratory, giving the health system access to Mayo Clinic’s extensive menu of laboratory tests and clinical expertise.
sphingotec GmbH, a biotechnology company that develops biomarkers for the detection and management of diseases, has recently signed an agreement with Mayo Clinic to collaborate on the evaluation and use of several biomarkers that may...
Mayo Laboratory Inquiry Receives Top Honors - Insights
Mayo Laboratory Inquiry (MLI) has been named a Center of Excellence by BenchmarkPortal for the seventh year in a row. MLI was also named a Top Contact Center and took home the top honors in the "Lowest Average Speed of Answer" category.
From Michigan to Mayo for Esoteric Lab Needs - Insights
Munson Healthcare, an eight-hospital system, has worked with Mayo Clinic Laboratories for more than 30 years. The system’s community hospital labs provide basic testing, but Munson turns to Mayo Clinic Laboratories for its highly...
Mayo Clinic's Frozen Section Breaks Ground at Simulation Center - Insights
Traditionally, Mayo Clinic's Simulation Center is used for surgical procedures and teaching students how to run a code. Mayo Clinic pathology consultant Karen Fritchie, M.D., recently developed a new and innovative way to use the center.
Testing algorithm streamlines assessment for COVID-19 - Insights
In a recent "Answers From the Lab" podcast, Aaron Tande, M.D., an infectious disease specialist and associate chair for outpatient practice in Mayo Clinic's Division of Infectious Diseases, explains the algorithm Mayo has developed to make...
COVID-19: At-home sample collection vs. at-home testing - Insights
The concept of at-home testing for COVID-19 sounds straightforward. But there's nuance to it that's important to understand. Right now, an at-home test for COVID-19 is not available, although there may be one coming soon. But in some areas,...
Week in Review: June 3 - Insights
Today's highlights include: Spread of monkeypox underscores need for physicians to be ready to understand, Pfizer completes application to FDA for vaccine for children under 5, and connect is key to supporting multiple sclerosis patients.
Week in Review: May 27 - Insights
Today's highlights include: Long COVID affects more older adults, US has a new dominant COVID-19 strain, and Gianrico Farrugia explains how we can transform healthcare by moving from pipeline to platform.
COVID-19 weekly news: March 7-11 2022 - Insights
Topic's Include: Losing sleep during the pandemic? It may be affecting your weight, heart, and overall health, and how to deal with anxiety, stress when the world feels overwhelming.
COVID-19 weekly news: March 28-April 3 2022 - Insights
Topic's Include: Transplant, new model of care give hope to Salvadoran mom after cancer diagnosis, what you need to know about the COVID-19 BA.2 subvariant, and why calling the highly contagious COVID-19 omicron BA.2 a ‘stealth variant’ is...
Clinical Case Studies - Insights
The Pathways program provides anatomic and clinical pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references directly from Mayo Clinic fellows, physicians, scientists, and allied health staff.
Mayo Clinic's Accurate Amyloidosis Typing Test Leads to Effective Treatment - Insights
When the type of amyloidosis is appropriately determined by accurate and effective laboratory testing, it can be treated properly.
Autoimmune Peripheral Neuropathy: A New Paradigm Shift - Insights
PACE / State of FLThis webinar will discuss the advantages of using electrophysiology results to guide the selection of axonal or demyelinating testing for peripheral neuropathy. This approach can help identify specific antibodies...
What's New in Quality and Regulatory? [2024] - Insights
PACE/State of FL - Presentation Recording Coming Soon This webinar provides an overview of recent operational updates to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and administrative process changes in the Centers for Medicare &...
Problem-Solving Thinking: An Overview of DMAIC, A3, and PDSA - Insights
PACE/State of FL - This presentation will give learners an understanding of what problem-solving thinking is, as well as an overview of what DMAIC, A3, and PDSA problem-solving approaches are to support your quality and continuous...
Pathways Case Studies: February 2020 - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for February include the following sub-specialties: Anatomic Pathology,...
Breath Diagnostics, Inc. and Mayo Clinic Laboratories have announced a collaboration to develop clinical diagnostic tests that use patient breath samples to identify individual biomarkers that can predict a spectrum of diseases. The two...
New tests launched in April - Insights
In April 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced fourteen new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
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Tissue testing for COVID-19 - Insights
Being able to identify SARS-CoV-2 in tissue is key to better understand the virus that causes COVID-19. Now, a first-of-its-kind test that detects SARS-CoV-2 in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue is available from Mayo Clinic...
Notification of Business Name Change to Mayo Clinic Laboratories - Insights
Effective November 9, 2018, our business name will change from Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC, doing business as (d/b/a) Mayo Medical Laboratories to Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC, d/b/a Mayo Clinic Laboratories. The change to Mayo...
Lab Billing, Coding, and Compliance: A 2025 Overview - Insights
Register now – July 8, 2025: PACE / State of FL - This webinar will discuss a range of critical topics essential for laboratory billing, coding, and compliance. Key areas of focus will include understanding and navigating National Correct...
Independence Day Specimen Shipping Guidelines and Schedule - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered due to the upcoming July 4th holiday. To ensure specimen stability and prevent delays, follow the guidelines outlined below for domestic clients and...
Antimicrobial Crisis: A Silent Threat Claiming Lives - Insights from Dr. Robin Patel - Insights
Globally, five million deaths are associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance each year, but the complexity of the issue is there is no single solution because we need to use antibiotics. It’s about finding a different way to live...
Featured new tests in quarter one of 2025 - Insights
In the first quarter of 2025, Mayo Clinic Laboratories expanded its test catalog with several innovative new tests.
Thanksgiving Specimen Shipping Guidelines and Schedule - Insights
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday (recognized on Thursday, Nov. 28), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure specimen stability and prevent delays, follow the guidelines outlined below for...
Fergus Couch, Ph.D., co-authors new guidelines for interpreting ATM cancer gene variants - Insights
Fergus Couch, Ph.D., chair of Mayo Clinic’s Division of Experimental Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, led a team that recently published new National Institutes of Health and U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved guidelines for the...
How Pathologists Support Successful Laboratory Outreach - Insights
A pathologist’s collaboration with the outreach team and referring physicians strengthens the program and provides the best service for patients.
Clean and dry kidney stones - Insights
To optimize laboratory evaluation of kidney stones, specimens must be both clean and dry. The sensitivity of the analytical method used to determine kidney stone composition requires samples be completely dry, since excess water in the...
Register now–Aug. 13, 2025 - PACE / State of FL - This webinar will explore the critical role of pharmacogenomics and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in managing immunosuppressive therapy for solid organ transplant recipients. With a...
Test panel guides diagnosis of early onset IBD: Ann Moyer, M.D., Ph.D. - Insights
Ann Moyer, M.D., Ph.D., explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' test panel provides comprehensive evaluation of patients with suspected monogenic early onset inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD. Accurate diagnosis is key to guiding therapy...
Learn about our sponsored testing program and how it can benefit both patients and healthcare providers.
Find out how our Candida auris polymerase chain reaction assay detects and identifies C. auris from surveillance swabs.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia - Insights
Learn how we increase the quality of care by performing all of our chronic lymphocytic leukemia testing at a single facility.
See how our comprehensive fluorescence in situ hybridization panels simplify the ordering process to ensure every patient receives the right test.
Learn how reliable laboratory diagnosis of a platelet disorders can impact patients’ and their family members' clinical management and outcomes.
Fundamentals of Phlebotomy - Insights
Find out about the patient experience and patient privacy, and the inpatient and outpatient identification process, as well as the legal considerations that a phlebotomist needs to be aware of and a summary of key phlebotomy terminology.
Emergency toxicology - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ emergency toxicology testing can help providers manage overdose by clarifying whether symptoms are due to the presence of drugs.
Introduction to Phlebotomy - Insights
Learn about collection tubes, inversions, and additives, and the recommended order of draw will be reviewed, along with general specimen labeling requirements and a summary of key phlebotomy terminology.
Learn why liquid biopsy testing is a viable alternative to tissue-based biopsy testing for certain patients with cancer.
Disease-specific panels - Insights
Learn how disease-specific cancer panels help providers understand their patients’ risk of having a hereditary cancer syndrome.
Histiocytic neoplasms - Insights
Learn more about how Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ next-generation sequencing panel for histiocytic neoplasms can help physicians accurately diagnose patients and guide treatment for their patients.