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LabReflex

Christopher Zahner, MD

A conversational podcast about more innovative diagnostics, lab insights, and the future of clinical testing. Hosted by Dr. Christopher Zahner, LabReflex brings expert voices, industry trends, and practical conversations straight from the laboratory bench to your brain.

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Episodes

45 episodes

  1. GRAIL Galleri Test Advances at FDA; PAMA Cuts Threaten Lab Margins 21:52
  2. Pulse: Recent Publications and Our Lab Inspection Debrief 30:12
  3. Deep Dive: DMT The Human Side Ep04 43:59
  4. Deep Dive: DMT What Works (and What Doesn't) Ep03 52:46
  5. Deep Dive: Why 95%? 28:11
  6. Pulse: CMS Fee Schedule changes coming 22:58
  7. Pulse: ADLM Signals, Cyclospora Surges, and CLIA Redraws the Lab 24:47
  8. Deep Dive: Disruption in the Laboratory 26:10
  9. Pulse: After the Cookout Parasites, Pneumonia, and the Lab’s Summer Surge 26:17
  10. Deep Dive: The DMT Defined (Part 2 of 6) 38:19
  11. Pulse: What’s Happening Now and What We’re Watching Before ADLM 31:50
  12. Pulse: Can Labs Keep Up? Workforce, Quality, and AI in Modern Laboratory Medicine 18:28
  13. Field Notes 1: UAMS and MLS Training 6:59
  14. Deep Dive: Beyond the Result - The Diagnostic Management Team Story (Part 1 of 6) 48:56
  15. Deep Dive: How to Evaluate a Lab Before Becoming a Medical Director 32:21
  16. Pulse: When Healthcare Systems Break: Ebola, Shortages, and the Fight for Capacity 24:19
  17. Deep Dive: Common Lab Deficiencies and What They Really Mean 23:17
  18. Pulse: Who’s Counting the Labs? 18:56
  19. Pulse: Who Controls the Diagnostic Front Door? 36:27
  20. Deep Dive: Your Quality Plan Is Not Your Quality System 27:28
  21. Pulse: Rare Bugs and Real Pressure 20:49
  22. Pre-Inspection Prep: Why Most Labs Prepare the Wrong Way 26:20
  23. Financial Pressure, Volume Signals, and the Future of Phlebotomy 25:25
  24. What Inspectors Actually Ask Your Staff (And Why It Matters) 26:41
  25. Strain Without Collapse: What This Week Says About the Lab Ecosystem 38:27
  26. The System Is the Story: How Labs Are Really Evaluated 36:47
  27. Diagnostics as Infrastructure: Flow, Distance, and Financial Reality 30:39
  28. The Inspection in Motion: What Inspectors Are Really Doing 30:41
  29. Lab Inspection Debrief: Staff Interviews and Lab Coordination 21:54
  30. Lab Inspection Debrief: The Opening Meeting and the Lab Tour 25:54
  31. Tariffs rejected 11:33
  32. Shifting Hospital Needs and Inspection Evidence 31:15
  33. Inspection Prep 32:45
  34. Inspectors are coming! Inspectors are coming! 28:51
  35. Conference Conversations 20:16
  36. When Numbers Feel Certain (But Aren’t Enough) 24:48
  37. PCR Leaves the Lab: How At-Home Molecular Testing Actually Works 28:58
  38. Power Shifts: AI, Joint Ventures & the New Healthcare Order 16:54
  39. Year in review 24:26
  40. CAP Changes and New Innovations 25:46
  41. The Four Forces Shaping the Lab this week 41:31
  42. Workforce and AI Governance 25:13
  43. Government Returns! 12:21
  44. Government Shutdown... 8:36
  45. Introduction 3:33