259 - Driving Better Decisions: Incentivizing Diagnostic Stewardship

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM US ET

Location: B302-B304

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

Moderator(s)

RB

Ritu Banerjee, MD, Ph.D (she/her/hers)

Professor
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, United States
AS

Anna Sick-Samuels, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD, United States

Faculty(s)

Amanda Harrington, PhD

Director, Clinical Microbiological Laboratory
Loyola University Chicago
Maywood, IL, United States
AS

Anna Sick-Samuels, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD, United States
KF

K. Davina Frick

Johns Hopkins

Disclosure(s):

Ritu Banerjee, MD, Ph.D: Biomerieux/Biofire diagnositcs: Grant/Research Support

Anna Sick-Samuels, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose.

Amanda Harrington, PhD: CARB-X: Advisor/Consultant

K. Davina Frick: No financial relationships to disclose.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe the importance of diagnostic stewardship in infectious diseases;
discuss examples of how stewardship of diagnostic tests benefits patients;
explain examples of how stewardship of diagnostic tests is cost-effective.

Presentations:

3:15 PM - 3:40 PM US ET

Economic Drivers of Diagnostic Stewardship
Speaker: K. Davina Frick – Johns Hopkins
3:40 PM - 4:05 PM US ET

Supply Chain Issues Driving Diagnostic Stewardship: Perspective From the Clinical Laboratory
Speaker: Amanda Harrington, PhD – Loyola University Chicago
4:05 PM - 4:30 PM US ET

Diagnostic Stewardship Leading to Better Clinical Outcomes
Speaker: Anna Sick-Samuels, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins University