Current Affairs

A loyal reader tipped me off to a recent article in The New Yorker entitled "A.I. Versus M.D." The article is written by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, a well known oncologist and author of The Emperor of all Maladies. This article, the book and the...

Telehealth is fundamentally changing how healthcare leaders handle care delivery. In the ever-changing digital age, it’s important to stay current on telehealth as to not fall behind the competition and more importantly, to provide a higher...

SAVE THE DATE! DPA COMPANION MEETING To take place at the 2017 Pathology Informatics Summit Monday, May 22, 2017 | 5:00-7:00 PM Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Hotel | King’s Garden 2/3 Pittsburgh, PA Presentations Include: ...

Last week a loyal reader sent me a link to an article on Yahoo! that headlined "Dogs detect breast cancer from bandage: researchers" from a French news agency. The article goes on to report that specially trained German Shepherds could...

Dr. Bruce Friedman over at Lab Soft News has an interesting post today on "The "Why" and "How" of Academic Tweeting". Many of you know that Bruce is widely considered the grandfather of pathology informatics, coining the term decades ago,...

Again, the talk of not healthcare reform but rather healthcare payment reform and the interests of lawmakers, physicians, patients, payers and industry at stake with potential significant cost/reimbursement and research budget cuts proposed...