Cytopathology In Focus: The dysfunctional relationship between labs and their IT
Daniel F. I. Kurtycz, MD George Birdsong, MD Mohiedean Ghofrani, MD Keith Kaplan, MD January 2017—Complaints about laboratory information technology services are nearly universal. Rare is the person...
View ArticleCytopathology In Focus: CAP meets MOC with à la carte modules online
Barbara A. Crothers, DO Diane D. Davey, MD January 2017—It’s the end of the year, say, and you are just a few self-assessment modules, or SAMs, short of the required 20 in your area of...
View ArticleCytopathology In Focus: NIFTP’s impact on FNA malignancy risk
Kaitlin E. Sundling, MD, PhD January 2017— What’s in a name? As announced in JAMA Oncology in April 2016, tumors previously classified as follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma and found to...
View ArticleCytopathology In Focus: The significance of NIFTP for thyroid cytology
Paul N. Staats, MD Benjamin L. Witt, MD January 2017—A recent landmark study performed under the auspices of the Endocrine Pathology Society has proposed a new diagnostic entity in the thyroid:...
View ArticleWith metagenomic sequencing, no pathogen can hide
William Check, PhD January 2017—Detecting pathogenic organisms with PCR has become a staple of the clinical microbiology laboratory, so much so that it seems like it has always been there. A more...
View ArticleFrom the President’s Desk: The constancy of uncertainty, 1/17
Dr. Friedberg January 2017—In February 2002, with Americans still reeling from the Sept. 11 attacks, many were preoccupied with rumors suggesting that the Iraqi dictator had acquired weapons of mass...
View Article‘Brave’ new book—AP quality management for everyone
Anne Ford January 2017—What does it take to produce and edit the first book on AP quality management that the CAP has published in more than a decade? A diverse network of experts, a commitment to...
View ArticleBuzz, prospects build for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia test
Darcy Lewis January 2017—U.S. physicians and laboratories are anticipating the early 2017 launch of the HemosIL HIT-Ab(PF4-H) assay, which detects antibodies associated with heparin-induced...
View ArticleIn new era, cannabis testing a mixed bag
Anne Paxton January 2017—Extended cruises down the rivers of Europe and life without alarm clocks might figure in a vision of retirement for some people, but don’t include toxicology expert Marilyn A....
View ArticleCracking the many mysteries of HER2 GEA
Karen Titus January 2017—Only a sadist would want to see gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma become as common as breast cancer. GEA wreaks enough destruction already as the fifth (stomach) and eighth...
View ArticleAMP case report: December 2016 test yourself answers
In the December 2016 issue was a report, “Isolated hepatic neuroendocrine tumor expressing albumin mRNA and arginase-1,” written by members of the Association for Molecular Pathology. Here are answers...
View ArticlePut It on the Board, 1/17
January 2017—Experts collaborate on evidence-based somatic variant classification system; FDA clears next-generation test for MRSA colonization; PMA approval granted for Aptima HIV-1 Quant; Henry Ford...
View ArticleNewsbytes, 1/17
January 2017—How informatics tools can boost QA in anatomic pathology: Love and marriage, cookies and milk . . . quality assurance and informatics? In pathology, the latter pair are a natural fit, says...
View ArticleQ&A column, 1/17
January 2017—I have a technologist who is a recent graduate from a medical technology school. She has her BA but the school she attended did not offer an internship program. We are offering her one...
View ArticleClinical Pathology Abstracts, 1/17
January 2017—Impact of laboratory cost display on resident attitudes and knowledge of costs: The Institute of Medicine report on health care quality recommends providing better care at lower costs....
View ArticleAnatomic Pathology Abstracts, 1/17
January 2017—Drawbacks of reflex ER and PR analysis of DCIS in breast needle core biopsies; Analysis of eosinophils and mast cells of gastrointestinal tract in healthy children; Classifying gastric...
View ArticleMolecular Pathology Selected Abstracts, 1/17
January 2017—Tumor profiling and patient outcomes in genotype-matched clinical trials: Molecular profiling of tumors with next-generation sequencing can provide important diagnostic and prognostic...
View ArticleThe what and why of diagnostic management teams
January 2017—Michael Laposata, MD, PhD, has been speaking for years about the need for laboratory consultations and diagnostic management teams, and he will lead the first formal meeting Feb. 7–8 in...
View ArticleTough times demand superior business savvy
January 2017—Reimbursement policies, competitive forces, and pathologist workforce numbers will reshape pathology groups in the coming years, say Barry Portugal, president of Florida-based Health Care...
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