Podcast
#46: Beyond burnout: Key factors and strategies to solve the laboratory staffing crisis
Duration: 13 Minutes
Apr 23, 2025
In this episode, we spotlight the essential yet often-overlooked role of medical laboratory technologists – the backbone of today’s healthcare. With 70% of clinical decisions relying on lab results, these professionals face challenges including staffing shortages, rising diagnostic demands, burnout and low compensation. We explore what's driving the crisis and, more importantly, what can be done to solve it.
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About our Speaker:
About our Speaker:
Katy Marcum
Global Head, Clinical Labs Business Unit
QuidelOrtho
Katy is responsible for leading innovation and commercial success of the business unit worldwide, including strategic direction and solutions development for laboratory diagnostics. In her more than 13 years in the clinical laboratory and invitro diagnostics industry, Katy has served in corporate leadership roles and in the lab with top-tier hospitals, including specimen processing and registration, core lab generalists, and microbiology and serology.
Katy is responsible for leading innovation and commercial success of the business unit worldwide, including strategic direction and solutions development for laboratory diagnostics. In her more than 13 years in the clinical laboratory and invitro diagnostics industry, Katy has served in corporate leadership roles and in the lab with top-tier hospitals, including specimen processing and registration, core lab generalists, and microbiology and serology.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- Why the lab staffing shortage goes beyond burnout
- The economic impact of turnover and how it can affect both hospital operations and patient care
- What lab professionals say they truly need - hint: it’s not just higher pay
- How automation and innovation can help ease pressure and improve retention
