Beyond The Result

In this episode of Diasorin’s Beyond the Result podcast, host Angelo Rago examines how laboratories can operationalize value‑based care principles and position diagnostics as a measurable driver of clinical, economic, and patient‑experience outcomes. Moving beyond theory, thisconversation focuses on the tactical actions labs can take to align testutilization, evidence generation, and accountabilit...

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, wh...

In this episode of Diasorin’s Beyond the Result podcast, host Angelo Rago explores how expanding diagnostic stewardship beyond the hospital can strengthen care delivery across urgent care, retail clinics, long-term care, and other decentralized settings. He is joined by Dr. Donna Wolk, a nationally recognized leader in clinical and molecular microbiology. Highlights include:• How shifting infectio...

In this episode of Diasorin’s Beyond the Result podcast, host Angelo Rago explores how diagnostic stewardship can become a cornerstone of value-based healthcare with Scott Wallace, a global leader in patient-centered outcomes measurement. Highlights include: • Why diagnostics are often treated as a transactional step—and how reframing them as a strategic driver can reduce variation, improve safety...

In our latest episode of Diasorin’s Beyond the Resultpodcast, host Angelo Rago discusses diagnostic stewardship and moleculardiagnostic reimbursement with Gabriel Bien-Willner, MD, PhD, Medical Directorof MolDX and Chief Medical Officer at Palmetto GBA.   Highlights include: ·  Why laboratory tests need a Z identifier code rather than just a CPT code, and how MolDX pioneered a test registry that m...

In this episode of Diasorin’s Beyond the Result podcast,host Angelo Rago speaks with Kyle Rodino, assistant director of the clinicalmicrobiology laboratory at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,about the implementation of a diagnostic stewardship program. Highlights include: ·      Diagnostic stewardship offers benefits acrossthe board, from accelerating time to results for lab tests,...

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-Sina...

This episode of Diasorin’s Beyond the Result podcast features host Angelo Rago chatting with Mark Zaydman, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and immunology in the Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine of Washington University in St. Louis. Highlights include: • The transition to value-based medicine will not be feasible without clearly defining value and determining how to measure it...

In this episode of the Beyond the Result podcast, Diasorin’s Angelo Rago chats with Nathan Ledeboer, medical director of clinical microbiology and molecular diagnostics at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Highlights include: - The shift from a painstakingly slow retrospective analysis to a faster, prospective approach has allowed the clinical laboratory team to advance its diagnostic stewardship...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Beyond the Result: Customizing Infectious Disease Diagnostics for Better Care podcast where we go deeper than the test result! Hosted by Angelo Rago at Diasorin, this podcast will feature laboratory experts with helpful perspectives on the value of diagnostic stewardship programs. In this episode, Angelo interviews James Snyder, a professor in the Department of...