Patient Advocacy

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...

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...

I have written several posts on the value, benefits, risks, issues with "too much" data and the double-edged sword the electronic medical record presents for physicians.  In 2008 I wrote a couple of posts entitled "Stethoscopes, EMRs and...

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...

Honored to be mentioned in this CAP podcast at soundcloud.com. It is time for pathologists to stand up and become patient advocates. Digital pathology will be required to respond to patient/consumer driven services for timely, rapid,...