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Perhaps not too surprisingly, there was a pretty good response to my post towards the end of last month entitled “Pathologists Cannot Talk to Patients? Fuggedaboutit”. And also not too surprisingly given the issues I raised the battle...
A few weeks after I wrote “The Patient at The Tumor Board” a strange thing happened. About 10 minutes before a tumor board was suppose to start as I was checking the microscope, camera and software, the radiologist was logging into the...
Time For FDA to Act is Now
Drs. Parwani, Hassell, Glassy and Pantanowitz have an excellent editorial entitled "Regulatory barriers surrounding the use of whole slide imaging in the United States of America" in the most recent edition of the Journal of Pathology...
There has been an issue that has come to light for the better part of this year that deals with legislation in New York State which does not allow for pathologists to speak directly with patients. For the past several months I have been...
It happens from time to time. A family member, friend or friend of a friend calls you and says “Can you read my radiology report?” or “Can you read my pathology report?”. Sometimes they call for themselves, sometimes a family member, or...
The response to Kimberly's Story a couple of weeks ago was overwhelmingly positive. The story. The need. My own feelings on missed opportunities and a call to action by physicians in general and pathologists in particular. The comments,...
