YRMC Laboratory and Mayo Medical Lab Launch Collaboration
Yavapai County residents who need specialized and rare blood tests can receive them close to home thanks to a relationship Yavapai Regional Medical Center ( YRMC ) has established with Mayo Medical Labs . “ Mayo approached YRMC about serving as our exclusive ʻreference lab , ʼ ” said Stephanie Fricke , MT , ASCP , Director , YRMC Laboratory Services . “ We agreed to work with them because they share a dedication to high quality lab services .” Large hospitals and community hospitals work with reference labs in order to efficiently serve people who need what pathologists call ìesotericî lab tests . For example , if a physician requests a blood test to help diagnose a rare thyroid disorder , the reference lab is tapped to conduct the test . “ A reference lab like Mayo Medical Labs is designed
to conduct large volumes of these kinds of specialized tests ,” Fricke said . Residents who need these tests have their blood taken at one of YRMCʼs three community-based draw stations or at YRMC East in Prescott Valley or YRMC West in Prescott . The blood is transported the same day to Mayo Medical Labs in Rochester , Minn . By 7 a . m . the following day , the Mayo lab team is processing the specimen and beginning the exam . In 24 to 48-hours , the patientʼs physician receives the test results . “ The results are delivered to the physician using YRMCʼs electronic medical record system ,” said Fricke . “ Itʼs high-tech medicine .” And high-touch medicine too , as YRMC physicians
8 January 2017 pccnews