1
00:00:00,100 --> 00:00:03,100
♪ [music] ♪

2
00:00:05,322 --> 00:00:06,620
I'm Dr. Stephen Master.

3
00:00:06,620 --> 00:00:11,240
I'm Chief of the Division of Laboratory Medicine at the
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and I also am the

4
00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,300
Director of the metabolic lab at CHOP.

5
00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:19,580
I'm just completing a year as AACC president and I've
been really excited to be able to serve in this role.

6
00:00:19,580 --> 00:00:21,540
We've been able to accomplish a number of great things.

7
00:00:21,540 --> 00:00:25,410
Obviously, we're just finishing a very
successful annual scientific meeting.

8
00:00:25,410 --> 00:00:30,220
But we've also had larger projects focusing on
literacy and data analytics for our members,

9
00:00:30,220 --> 00:00:33,930
focusing on the value of laboratory
medicine, focusing on diversity, equity,

10
00:00:33,930 --> 00:00:37,100
and inclusion within our association
and as we serve the broader public.

11
00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:42,650
So it's been a great opportunity to be
involved in laboratory medicine at this level.

12
00:00:42,650 --> 00:00:46,530
It's really important that professionals in
laboratory medicine are good communicators

13
00:00:46,530 --> 00:00:48,130
with their clinical colleagues.

14
00:00:48,130 --> 00:00:50,190
We're all interested in serving the patient.

15
00:00:50,190 --> 00:00:52,460
That's the primary goal that we all have.

16
00:00:52,460 --> 00:00:57,310
And if we don't have communication about what
laboratory values mean, what their limitations are,

17
00:00:57,310 --> 00:01:01,590
how they can best be utilized and interpreted,
we don't have that freeform communication

18
00:01:01,590 --> 00:01:02,830
with our clinical colleagues.

19
00:01:02,830 --> 00:01:08,100
We won't do the best job that's possible
for delivering high-quality healthcare.

20
00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:12,090
One of the ways we can continue to ensure that
we have this good communication, I think,

21
00:01:12,090 --> 00:01:15,260
is by communicating what the
value of laboratory medicine is.

22
00:01:15,260 --> 00:01:20,350
It's important that we as laboratorians are able
to articulate what the value is for that patient

23
00:01:20,350 --> 00:01:25,680
care experience, how it is that we can quantitate that
and we're working very closely with other colleagues

24
00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:31,060
to try and develop the dataset that will let us
make that case in the best way possible.

25
00:01:31,060 --> 00:01:34,690
This is a tremendously exciting
era for laboratory medicine.

26
00:01:34,690 --> 00:01:39,130
I think that the pandemic really showed the value of
laboratory medicine in the way that we were necessary

27
00:01:39,130 --> 00:01:42,630
for management of public health during this crisis.

28
00:01:42,630 --> 00:01:44,190
I think we can now build on that.

29
00:01:44,190 --> 00:01:45,400
We can add more value.

30
00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:51,370
We can add more diagnostic information as we interact
with our colleagues and with the broader community

31
00:01:51,370 --> 00:01:55,100
nationally and internationally
to further global health.

32
00:01:55,100 --> 00:01:58,100
♪ [music] ♪