Diagnostic laboratory tests are an integral part of providing information to clinicians and patients to enable them to make important health decisions and determine effective treatment plans. Our Lab Stewardship Services are built on the largest clinical data set in the U.S. and grounded in the latest evidence-based medical guidelines. Using principles from trusted sources such as Choosing Wisely, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, and the CDC, we develop stewardship tools that equip providers and payors with the analytics and insights needed to ensure the right test is ordered for the right patient at the right time.
Our extensive resources help payors and providers identify the best-value tests, enabling earlier disease detection and lowering overall medical expenses.
Timely, clinically appropriate, guideline-driven testing leads to faster, more accurate diagnoses, better treatment decisions and reduced risks for patients.
By cutting down on redundant and unnecessary tests and focusing resources on the most appropriate tests, hospitals can lower expenses while maintaining high standards of patient care and operational efficiency.
Lab stewardship programs can be customized to address specific hospital and practice challenges, making them adaptable to different clinical and financial goals.
Our expert-led programs provide actionable insights, intuitive dashboards, and flexible support - all without added burden on your IT or clinical teams.
By streamlining computerized order entry for cardiac profile testing, one system realized monthly savings of $19,900
Included within lab management service partnerships, Labcorp works with hospitals to elevate acute care lab stewardship as a cornerstone of clinical and operational excellence. Our collaborative framework and governance support transforms laboratory testing – delivering the right test at the right time for the right patient, while driving sustained quality improvement.
Focused on delivering better outcomes for patients and providers
Using real-time analytics to guide decisions and track impact
Offering hands-on guidance based on prior success and learnings
Helping navigate CMS, OIG, and CAP requirements with confidence
Lab stewardship is not a one-time initiative – it’s a long-term strategy for continuous improvement, cost control, and measurable value.
Our framework transforms lab data into care improvement, optimizing ordering, retrieval, and interpretation of lab results to drive measurable improvements in patient care and cost efficiency.
Delivering physician-level, actionable utilization reports
Using evidence-based best practices to power Test Utilization reports
Building in benchmarking and operational metrics to every function
Supporting cost savings projections and compliance tracking
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Access integrated tools that give providers and partner organizations the information to choose the right test for the right patient at the right time to optimize provider test ordering and utilization.
Give providers and care teams access to data-driven tools that optimize test utilization, improve patient outcomes, and reduce unnecessary costs.
Optimize lab utilization across your network to improve performance in shared savings arrangements.
Through intuitive dashboards and analytics, provider organizations gain transparency into test ordering patterns and actionable insights that drive consistent, evidence-based care.
Labcorp Insight Analytics® provides retrospective analysis of test orders by providers in the network for actionable insights. This lets healthcare organizations identify inefficiencies, track performance metrics and implement targeted interventions for continuous improvement, like guideline-based test-ordering cascades.
Diagnostic Assistant™ makes it easier for clinicians to order the most appropriate tests based on patient history and current guidelines, minimizing redundant and low-value testing. It displays longitudinal lab results, medications, encounters and procedures in a single view, at the point of care.
Both Labcorp Link™ and Diagnostic Assistant platforms offer cross-search functionality, allowing providers to access and review previous lab test results from any clinician before placing a new order. This ultimately helps avoid redundant testing and reduce waste. Labcorp’s national results data feed gives providers access to prior test results, which can reduce duplicate testing.
Labcorp participates in PLUGS, a national program that supports lab stewardship by providing healthcare organizations with guidance, analytics, and best practices to optimize test utilization, reduce unnecessary testing, and improve patient outcomes.
