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The PLUGS Podcast aims to empower healthcare providers, clinical laboratories, insurance plans, and patients by enhancing lab stewardship. Laboratory stewardship has five key improvement goals: 1) enhanced access to testing, 2) appropriate and accurate test ordering, 3) timely retrieval of test results, 4) correct result interpretation, and 5) financial alignment between patients, labs and payers. Financial alignment means that patients are protected from financial toxicity, labs are paid fairly, and insurance companies do not pay for wasteful test practices. Through insightful discussions, expert guidance, and valuable resources, the PLUGS Podcast is dedicated to supporting all stakeholders in navigating the complexities of clinical lab stewardship, ultimately promoting both better patient outcomes and financial security.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe PLUGS Podcast aims to empower healthcare providers, clinical laboratories, insurance plans, and patients by enhancing lab stewardship. Laboratory stewardship has five key improvement goals: 1) enhanced access to testing, 2) appropriate and accurate test ordering, 3) timely retrieval of test results, 4) correct result interpretation, and 5) financial alignment between patients, labs and payers.
PLUGS Podcast is hosted by PLUGS. The show has published 14 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Tests: Navigating the Benefit, Harm, Payment, and Uncertainty" (2 October 2026, 63 minutes), "PLUGS Live at the Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM)" (4 August 2026, 39 minutes), and "AI in Lab Medicine and Lab Stewardship: Timesaver, Gamechanger, Panic-maker" (22 May 2026, 69 minutes).
PLUGS Podcast publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 65 minutes across 14 episodes.
Booking probability for PLUGS Podcast is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. PLUGS Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. PLUGS Podcast's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for PLUGS Podcast are Medical Labs & Imaging. PLUGS Podcast has an education audience.
PLUGS hosts PLUGS Podcast, an education podcast with 14 episodes published.
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Drs. Geoff Baird and Mike Astion discuss the current promises and pitfalls of MCED testing in the USA including issues of cancer detection, overdiagnosis, costs, and insurance payments. Learning Objectives: After...
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Summary. This episode of the PLUGS podcast was recorded live at ADLM 2026. PLUGS members came to the PLUGS tradeshow booth to post questions on our question board and participate in live Q&A. The answers were provided...
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<p>Summary.<br/>In this episode of the PLUGS podcast, Mike Astion interviews Dr. Geoff Baird about AI in the Lab. Over the last year, Geoff and a few other University of Washington faculty members have been intensely...
Episode #11
<p>In this 11th edition of the PLUGS podcast, Drs. Jane Dickerson, Mike Astion and Geoff Baird work through cases of conflict management and apology related to laboratory stewardship. The cases come from PLUGS members...
Episode #10
<p>In this 10th edition of the PLUGS podcast Dr. Mike Astion interviews Paige Haas and Darci Sternen, who are Laboratory Genetic Counselors in the Dept of Laboratories at Seattle Childrens Hospital. Paige and Darci are...
Episode #9
<p>In this holiday edition of the PLUGS podcast, Drs. Jane Dickerson, Mike Astion and<br/>Geoff Baird reflect on the history and learnings from PLUGS, as well as from the<br/>stewardship practices at the University of...
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<p>In this episode of the PLUGS podcast, Drs. Mike Astion and Geoff Baird<br/>discuss the massive testing panels associated with the belief that the environment<br/>–through its many metals, biotoxins, microbes, and...
Episode #7
<p>In this episode of the PLUGS podcast, Drs. Mike Astion and Geoff Baird<br/>discuss some foundational principles in lab stewardship and management. Give a listen.</p><p>05:30 Dunning-Kruger effect: dealing with...
Episode #6
<p>In this episode, Dr. Geoff Baird and I interview Elizabeth Pendo, the Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, and the Kell-eye Y Testy Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law. Our topic is...
Episode #5
<p>This version of the podcast was recorded live at the PLUGS Summit in Seattle Washington on April 4, 2025. As part of the Summit, we invited attendees to a PLUGS podcast recording on the second day of the Summit. The...
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<p>In this episode of the PLUGS Podcast, Dr. Mike Astion and Dr. Geoff Baird interview Dr. Brody Foy, a mathematician and computer scientist who researches practical improvements in interpreting clinical lab data. Dr...
Episode #3
<p>Using every academic trick in the book, including the invocation of “my mother medicine” and an analogy to flying cars, Drs. Mike Astion and Geoff Baird interview Bridget Wegner, Director of Partnerships at Clarivate...
Episode #2
<p>Summary:<br/>In this episode of the Plugs podcast, Dr. Mike Astion interviews Dr. Allison Chambliss, Director of Laboratory Stewardship at UCLA Health, which recently won PLUGS Member of the Year. Dr. Chambliss...
Episode #1
<p>Dr. Mike Astion from Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington (UW) hosts a podcast about the root causes of bad ideas in lab stewardship, featuring Dr. Geoffrey Baird, the Chair of the UW...
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