The Hidden Profit Center: Stop Leaving Money on the Table by Leveraging Laboratory Operations and Excess Capacity for Enterprise-Wide Financial Results

Jonathan Burgart, Director of U.S. Marketing at Abbott Core Diagnostics, will present at Executive War College 2026, addressing hospital executives and laboratory leaders on how to leverage laboratory operations as a strategic driver of enterprise-wide financial performance.

Drawing on real-world data and proven strategic frameworks, Jonathan will demonstrate how laboratories can move beyond a traditional cost-center mindset and play a measurable role in improving operating margin and net income. As Jonathan notes, “The laboratory has the potential to reframe its role in the healthcare system by focusing on the financial drivers that transform labs from cost centers into profit centers.”

In this session, attendees will gain insight into the key drivers of sustainable financial growth, including the following:

• Reposition the laboratory as a strategic profit center within hospital and health system structures
• Analyze real-world financial data to quantify the laboratory’s impact on operating margin and overall profitability
• Identify fiscal, operational, and data misalignments that limit lab performance and system-wide financial results
• Apply targeted strategic initiatives to align lab operations with enterprise goals, including outreach growth, data optimization, and capital investment planning

Join us at Executive War College 2026 to learn actionable financial strategies that can help strengthen laboratory revenue and elevate the laboratory’s role within the health system.

Do not miss this opportunity to sharpen your financial acumen and reimagine the future impact of laboratory medicine.

The Ultimate Event for Helping Solve Your Diagnostics, Clinical Lab and Pathology Management Challenges

Executive War College is the world’s largest event focused exclusively on the management of medical laboratories. In 2025, more than 1,100 lab executives and pathologists attended this high-energy event to learn, connect, and collaborate. The Executive War College (EWC) is the greatest goldmine of easy to implement, practical solutions for the modern clinical laboratory. 

The healthcare landscape is always changing so it’s critical to stay informed. If you’ve attended Executive War College in the past, you know how valuable the experience is to your business, and if you haven’t attended, we welcome you to join hundreds of your peers at the best and the largest Clinical Lab management event of the year!