# Lab Stewardship in Modern Healthcare

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Podcast: [Answers from the Lab](https://stenobird.com/podcast/answers-from-the-lab-870296)
Published: 2026-05-14T06:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, welcomes Brad Karon, M.D., Ph.D. , division chair for Mayo Clinic's Clinical Core Laboratory Services and a member of the laboratory and pathologist stewardship team, to discuss laboratory stewardship strategies and why they matter. Why lab stewardship is important (00:44): How improved test utilization benefits laboratories, healthcare systems, and patients. Strategies for promoting lab stewardship (03:40) : Proven approaches for improving appropriate test utilization. How industry disrupters will change stewardship efforts (09:33) : How artificial intelligence and other emerging disruptors may reshape lab stewardship efforts. Note: Information in this post was accurate at the time of its posting. Resources Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin: Promoting laboratory stewardship through clinical decision support Five steps to optimizing your outreach test menu Hospital-owned labs generate long-term financial and clinical value

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