Library
The Project Santa Fe Foundation Team is proud to share updates on our endeavors via publications, white papers, and press releases. Please browse our library and share with your colleagues as you see fit, at no cost to you. If you feel aligned with our thought leadership and would like to participate in our movement, we would be thrilled to hear from you. Please email us at info@cl2lab.org.
Articles
Enhancing Value-Based Care Through Laboratory-Assisted Identification of Care Gaps
Nov 12, 2025
The shift from fee-for-service to value-based care is transforming the role of clinical laboratories. Instead of being transactional providers of test results, the most forward-looking aim for laboratorians is to serve as strategic drivers of patient and population health. This idea is at the core of the Clinical Lab 2.0 movement , , which emphasizes…
The Future of Clinical Laboratories in Value-based Care—Is this our tomorrow to lose?
May 21, 2025
The transition to value-based health care, emphasizing quality outcomes over service volume, presents challenges and opportunities for pathologists and clinical laboratorians. To remain relevant in this evolving landscape, lab professionals must adapt their roles and focus on delivering value. Others are seizing this opportunity. Laboratories risk being left not as an asset for driving the…
The Role of the Clinical Laboratory in Diagnostic Stewardship and Population Health
Jan 3, 2025
Background: As healthcare identifies new opportunities to provide patient services and moves from volume to value payment models, the clinical laboratory is in an ideal position to serve as a catalyst for these changes. In 2017, the Project Santa Fe Foundation (PSFF) was founded to support the clinical laboratory’s role to promote the objectives of population…
White Papers
Clinical Lab 2.0 Lab Driven Care Model for Anemia
February 16, 2024
Anemia is a disease with high prevalence, high cost of care, and low quality of life. Through the engagement of clinical laboratories and diagnostic workflows, health systems can help improve the testing strategies, diagnosis, and patient outcomes for anemia. Clinical Lab 2.0, as shown in the model below3, highlights how the use of longitudinal laboratory…
Clinical Lab 2.0 Lab Initiated-Care Model for Chronic Kidney Disease
October 29, 2022
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects an estimated one in seven American adults, with about 37 million individuals having some level of CKD and is the ninth leading cause of death. Over 40% of patients with severe renal impairment are unaware that their kidneys are impaired. According to the CDC, $81.6 billion was spent on treating…
Convergence of Diagnostics and Population Health
February 28, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated how today’s health care environment and current delivery models are ill-equipped to adequately address community health and public safety. This Project Santa Fe Foundation thought leadership publication proposes an advanced role for the clinical laboratory as a key partner for population health management, health outcomes, and public safety.
Press Releases
Clinical Lab 2.0 Signs Letter Demanding CLIAC Reinstatement
Jul 15, 2025
As our esteemed colleagues, you’re probably aware of the disbanding of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC) by an executive order on March 31, 2025. For background, CLIAC was established in 1992 to allow for public input on the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations and to provide scientific and technical guidance related to…
PROCLAMATION – Laboratorians: We salute you during Medical Laboratory Professionals Week 2025
Apr 22, 2025
WHEREAS, the fields of laboratory medicine and pathology play a vital role in the advancement of medicine, value-based care, and population health, particularly as we transition from a business model focused on volume to one centered around value; WHEREAS, laboratory medicine and pathology are at the forefront of transforming healthcare by shifting from reactive confirmation…
PROCLAMATION – Bruce A. Friedman, MD as the Father of Pathology Informatics
Mar 20, 2025
Diagnostic Medicine Consortium (DMC) Bruce A. Friedman, MD as the Father of Pathology Informatics We call upon healthcare organizations, policymakers, and stakeholders to prioritize the inclusion of laboratory medicine and pathology in the design of value-based programs, preserve the WHEREAS, the fields of laboratory medicine and pathology play a vital role in the advancement of…
Videos
Elevating the CBC: From the Lab to the Cloud
June 2, 2025
Learn how complete blood count (CBC) data can be used to optimize lab diagnostics and foster value-based care. Michelle Grant, DO, Director of Hematology and Coagulation, Geisinger Medical Laboratories, and Steve Postma, Enterprise Architect, Sysmex America, describe a research protocol currently underway to use core outcome data sets with CBC results to measure patient outcomes. The use of machine…
Elevate Laboratory Medicine by Unifying for Something Greater
October 16, 2021
Laboratory medicine has long been under-recognized for its role in advancing healthcare excellence. Healthcare teams however who have mobilized insights from the clinical laboratory and collaborated across disciplines to achieve measurable outcomes now have the opportunity to be recognized for their excellent work. The UNIVANTS of Healthcare Excellence award program is one of the most…