While laboratories play a critical role in processing test orders and providing diagnostic information to clinicians, the lab of the future will advance beyond this function to provide actionable insights. “Lab 2.0” will use historical and longitudinal data that drive care transformation and support payer and provider organizations in their efforts to improve outcomes, reduce costs and increase patient satisfaction.
At TriCore Reference Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., leaders were aware that pregnant women in the state’s Medicaid population were not receiving adequate care; across the state, 22.9% of women receive inadequate prenatal care, according to the March of Dimes foundation. New Mexico’s Human Services Department challenged managed care organizations to find a solution to this, and TriCore recognized that it could support this effort, by identifying women who are at risk or may have gaps in their prenatal and postpartum care.
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