Advocacy

On February 6, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a final amendment to both CLIA 1988 and HIPAA 1996 rules in order to allow patients direct access to their lab results. In CLIA Final Rule 42 CFR 493.1291,...

In early 2009, I and many others were part of an organizing committee charged with putting together the program for CAP Futurescape and what later became known as Futurescape of Pathology. The idea for this meeting, was largely a CAP Foundation...

Longtime readers may recall this blog had a facelift last February and the first post on the new site was entitled "The Value of Pathology", written by Paula Takacs, a sarcoma survivor and founder of a The Paula Takacs Foundation for Sarcoma...

Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (MLPW) is currently underway (April 20-26, 2014). MLPW provides the profession with a unique opportunity to increase public understanding of and appreciation for clinical laboratory personnel. Read...

NORTHFIELD, ILL. — The College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on initiatives to advance the delivery of cytopathology...

Dr. Bruce Friedman @ Lab Soft News has had a couple of interesting posts and recent comments on the digital pathology space from his perspective as a longtime pathology informaticist and observations on digital pathology in early 2014: Cloud...