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For better or for worse the general public, what I will call the “patient public”, potential and existing consumers of healthcare services that may be delivered by pathologists and laboratories, do not know who we are. They do not know...

Later this year, a nice review of the current state of digital pathology, how we got here and where the technology will take us in the future will be released by Springer. My personal thanks to the publisher and our editors for their support...

Many hospital systems now employ “patient portals” for patient’s to access their medical records, manage appointments and receive reminders about screening procedures and tests. I believe Epic brands this as “MyChart” within hospitals...

“Several studies have shown that the specialty of pathology tends to attract intuitive, detail-oriented introverts who appreciate the emphasis on intellectual ability and the lack of direct patient contact.” H.L. Mencken said, “What...

Last month this blog turned 8 years old with nearly 2,700 posts to date or about 330 posts per year on average.  Along the way in addition to news items, my thoughts, stories and remembrances of medical education and the like there have been a...

This is a continuation from Mr. Sims and the Summer of ’95 – Part 1. On Thursday, July 13, 1995 the high temperature at O’Hare Airport was 104 degrees. Mayor Daley was quoted as saying “It’s hot. It’s very hot. Yesterday we...