Mayo Clinic laboratory runs tests for 60 hospitals in 10 states - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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WHAT IT IS: Esoteric testz are the rare and highly specializedc tests that are not performedx in routineclinical labs. While the average hospitaol performs about 95 percent of its lab work the remaining 5 percentoften doesn’t warrant the investmentf in equipment and expertise needed for advanced testing. LIKE One example of an esoteric test would be animmunosuppressivee test. That’s the test for patients undergoing an organ transplantf to make sure their body accepts thenew organ. Patients have to take medication so theorgah isn’t rejected, but too much or too littlew of those drugs can produce an unfavorable outcome.
That test requirexs a lot of expertise and equipment that manyhospitals don’t said Frank Ray, administrator of . WHY IT MATTERS: With 60 hospitalds in 10 states sending theire esoteric tests to MayoClinicc Florida, the lab generates an economic impact for Jacksonville. Mayo has added four physicia scientists in the pasttwo years, bringing to 14 the number of physician s and scientists supporting the lab.