Standards and Guidelines

Courtesy of colLABoration: A Sharing of Insights for Enhancing Laboratories and Laboratory Informatics Advisory Panel Recommends HPV as First-line Screen An advisory panel for the Medical Devices Committee of the FDA voted unanimously to...

VISTA, CA - April 2, 2014 — Leica Biosystems, a global leader in ePathology solutions, announced today, a partnership with QualityStar® LLC, a leading independent and external quality assurance service provider. This collaboration will...

Because I enjoy reading pap smears as much as the next pathologist, I was saddened to read about the pending demise of the beloved cervical cytology specimen.  About a week ago, an FDA advisory panel recommended use of a DNA-based HPV test...

In September of 2012 I asked "How many times, if ever, have you googled a patient?"  I wrote "As a physician/pathologist there are a number of forms of data available to you, specimen requisition information, clinical history, electronic...

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) has sent a letter to Ms. Clara Marie Smith (CMS) on behalf of Mickey Doyle (MD) in response to the reimbursement cuts now in effect for immunohistochemistry (IHC), essentially claiming that they don't...

If you were going to put together a program on whole slide imaging for clinical validation, second opinion consultations, primary diagnosis and using the technology in conjunction with clinical trials you would have part of the Second Annual...