Staying the course in a time of uncertainty

As the laboratory medicine field faces a time of uncertainty and potential change, the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM, formerly AACC) remains committed to the core values enshrined in its Strategic Plan. These values guide the association’s actions in an ever-changing healthcare landscape as it steadfastly pursues its mission: Better health for all through laboratory medicine.

• ADLM empowers its members and those involved in or impacted by the field to improve population health.
• ADLM enables a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community in which members of the profession and members of the association can thrive.
• ADLM champions equal access to professional opportunities and equity in access to high quality healthcare.

Laboratory medicine is indispensable, especially at this moment in history, as it leads global efforts to harness the power of data science for innovation and improved population health and elevates scientific excellence in pursuit of its ultimate purpose to improve patient health outcomes for everyone through better diagnostics, stewardship, and innovation.

We are acutely aware of the disruptions and uncertainty generated by recent Executive Orders and how they affect or may affect your lab’s operations and ability to meet patient needs. Even if temporary, their impact is immediate.

Throughout this period of uncertainty, ADLM remains committed to advancing its ongoing efforts to meet our shared purpose of better health for all through laboratory medicine in a manner consistent with our core values.

ADLM will continue with its specific and long-standing advocacy priorities on children’s health, laboratory developed tests (LDTs), and patient access to quality testing with consistency and without distraction. For example, ADLM has responded in coalition with more than 230 associations to the interruption in access to CDC data, and this week sent a letter to key appropriators seeking funding to develop better pediatric reference intervals. ADLM will be conducting a briefing on Capitol Hill next week on the importance of LDTs in delivering positive patient outcomes for children.

We advance the ADLM mission by working together with a sincere commitment to all parties and groups, representing our members, and listening to our community.

We will continue to diligently monitor the situation and we anticipate more opportunities to advocate, on our own or in coalition, on specific matters as they arise.