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APHL 2026 Newborn Screening Symposium
We’re presenting an Innovate! session on uniting laboratory and follow-up across the newborn screening lifecycle. Come say hi at Booth 200 all week!
- When
- October 11–15, 2026
- Where
- Hyatt Regency New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
- Find us
- Booth 200
- We’re presenting
- Monday, October 12 · 3:00–3:45 pm CT · Strand 10
About the conference
The APHL Newborn Screening Symposium brings together state, national and international newborn screening programs, laboratories and follow-up teams. It’s sponsored by the Association of Public Health Laboratories and co-sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Health and the International Society for Neonatal Screening.
- AIM Corporate Alliance PartnerAssociation of Immunization Managers
- Corporate Colleague Sustaining MemberAssociation of Public Health Laboratories
Innovate! Session · Monday, October 12 · 3:00–3:45 pm CT · Strand 10
One Baby, One Record: Uniting Laboratory and Follow-up Across the Newborn Screening Lifecycle
Newborn screening runs from the birth facility to the laboratory to the follow-up team, yet the systems supporting that chain have often operated in isolation. Serving the baby well means designing for the baby from the first data point.
This session presents an emerging collaborative design uniting three areas of expertise: laboratory information management, integration and data exchange, and newborn screening case management and follow-up. Rather than stretching one platform to do everything, each does what it does best, bound into one solution with a unified system of record and a single login. The presenters share the boundary principle at its heart: the laboratory owns the specimen, and the follow-up team owns the case, across bloodspot, CCHD and hearing screening.
The session also frames procurement as an opportunity, with lessons on how vendor-neutral requirements open the door to best-of-breed partnerships, and closes with 10 to 15 minutes of open discussion.
Presenters
- Jack Hysell, Primary.Health
- Lizzie VanSword, MS, MLS (ASCP)cm, Clinisys
- Bonny Lewis Van, PhD, FADLM, HCLD(ABB), J Michael Consulting, LLC
Let’s meet there
Book time with our team at the conference, or tell us what you’re working on and we’ll come prepared.