Updated December 12, 2011
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Cover Story
Feature Stories
- Pathologist at helm of anemia program
- SLN dissection for melanoma—two views
- Following the money—Medicare payment in 2012
- New challenges take labs beyond proficiency testing
- Pain service—nuts and bolts of lab support
- Talk to a pathologist? Plenty of patients line up
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
Interested in submitting a question? - Newsbytes
- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Hematology analyzers (PDF, 275 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- Better kidney markers ahead?
- Next-gen shifts DNA sequencing into hyperdrive
- Attacking the gap in emergency department TATs
- LIS consultants: from what they know to what labs need
- EHR rules, interfaces—2 cases call up everyday issues
- Huddles, checklists, and Dale Carnegie: promoting a culture of patient safety
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
Interested in submitting a question? - Newsbytes
- Information systems product guide:
Laboratory information systems (PDF, 438 KB)
- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Next-generation sequencing instruments (PDF, 300 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- In IHC, best to aim for ‘middle’
- Sanger sequencing here for the long haul
- Dropping downtime for immediate FNA evaluations
- Unified HPV terminology—open for comments soon
- Biovigilance network advancing slowly—but it’s progress
- Tracking troponin TAT, completeness of cancer reports
- Antibiotic program supersizes impact of molecular testing
- For years of service, 24 win awards
- CAP annual stated meeting minutes
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Shorts on Standards
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
Interested in submitting a question? - Newsbytes
- Information systems product guide:
Annual lineup of blood bank systems
Blood bank information systems (PDF, 285 KB)
- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
From basics to big picture: chemistry analyzers for low-volume labs
Chemistry analyzers (for low-volume laboratories) (PDF, 324 KB)
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Cover Story
Feature Stories
- Decades on, IHC keeps making its mark
- AP labs seek to sync with growing IT menu
- Directing a lab: sink, swim—or look to CAP course
- Eyes on the prize improves AP specimen processing
- HPV-related neoplasia of lower anogenital tract
- Full automation as solution—U of Iowa’s story
Billable test volume, hours worked, billable tests per one hour worked - Checklists now slimmer, simpler, ROAD-mapped
- How to prepare for an interview, size up an offer
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Letters
- Shorts on Standards
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
Interested in submitting a question? - Newsbytes
- Information systems product guide:
Lab automation—total tube management and more
Laboratory automation systems and workcells (PDF, 260 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- No shortage of subtleties in CLL diagnoses
- ER, ICU testing: limits, logistics, and laurels
- New book makes it your business to run a lab
- Commonsense guidance on AP ‘critical’diagnoses
The statement in brief - In CP training, are we teaching consultation?
Cytopathology Programs Review
- Ultrasound in the FNA clinic—how to get started
- Anal cancer screening
- Your Pap and nongyn program suggestions
- In mandated cytology PT, fatal flaws remain
- Wanted: nongynecologic slides from participating labs
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
Interested in submitting a question? - Newsbytes
- Information systems product guide:
New tests, connectivity options for blood gas analyzers
In vitro blood gas analyzers (PDF, 272 KB)
- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Automated platforms lowering the molecular barriers
Automated molecular platforms (PDF, 223 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- A better shot at predicting kidney failure?
- Sealing the cracks in test result followup
- Labs ponder the latest in cost-saving schemes
- Helping hands—latest devices lift positive patient ID
- Nanotechnology speeds DNA, RNA extraction from tissue
Barriers to bringing in PPID systems
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Letters
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
Interested in submitting a question? - Newsbytes
- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Vendors toil and tinker to refine chemistry analyzers
Chemistry analyzers for mid- and high-volume laboratories (PDF, 260 KB) Printers/labels/wristbands for positive patient identification (PDF, 112 KB) Positive patient identification products (PDF, 540 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- Custom test options for triaging ancillary tests
- HCV superstars spotlight viral load testing
- AACC sessions fill not-so-obvious knowledge gaps
- New AMA rule for CME
- In whole genome era, whole new challenges
- Cancer genomics: the exception now, but semiroutine soon?
- Minting QC and efficiency gains with middleware
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Shorts on Standards
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
Interested in submitting a question? - Newsbytes
- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Immunoassay analyzers: an ever-expanding selection
Automated immunoassay analyzers (PDF, 540 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- Fresh approach to micro—front-end robotics
- Patient safety errors on the CHOPing block
- Ins and outs of AST highlight proficiency challenges
- In Memoriam
- Making a match between pathology, mammography
- The evolving new role of laboratory professionals
Cytopathology And More
- Use of cytology and small biopsy specimens in diagnosing, treating lung cancer
- Validating and verifying molecular tests in cytopathology
- Similarities, differences between anal and cervical cancer screening
- Getting to know us
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Letters
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
Interested in submitting a question? - Newsbytes
- Information systems product guide:
When billing systems offer labs rich rewards
Billing/accounts receivable/RCM systems (PDF, 215 KB)
- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
POC coag technology path: simple to savvy
Coagulation analyzers—point of care, self-monitoring (PDF, 188 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- At last, answers on micromets
- Outsmarting flu with assays, novel drugs
- Molecular CPT codes topple old ‘stacking’ codes
- Making change—refining CAP’s cancer protocols
- In successful core lab rollouts, just a matter of time
- Learning how to live in pathology’s next phase
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
Interested in submitting a question? - Newsbytes
- Information systems product guide:
Laboratory-provider links software (PDF, 10.9 MB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- Too far, too fast on ICU TGC?
- INR practice gaps found in Q-Probes
- Mr. Smith goes to Washington
- Sticking points—how to handle difficult blood draws
- Viewing inflammation, with markers new and old
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- On The Board
- Letters
- Shorts on Standards
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
Interested in submitting a question? - Newsbytes
- Information systems product guide:
Middleware systems (PDF, 6.4 MB)
- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Bedside Glucose Testing systems (PDF, 764 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- Parade of hopefuls in digital pathology
Digital Pathology – Association
Juan Rosai collection - Tough calls aplenty in thyroid specimens
- 10 years out, POC connectivity standard still not in
- In Memoriam
- Can you share a few slides?
- EMR push—Lab leaders talk incentives, interfaces, integration
- Unified AP/LIS—‘one system, with one database’
- Nothing to kid about—STD testing in children, teens
CDC sets new guidelines for STD diagnosis
Finding multiple HPV genotypes in adolescent females
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- On The Board
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
Interested in submitting a question? - Newsbytes
- Information systems product guide:
Anatomic pathology computer systems (PDF, 591 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- A meeting of minds on patient consults
- Voice of choice for lab transcriptions
- New go-to guide for solving POC conundrums
More education for waived labs - Study aside, INR testing still homeward bound?
- What’s inside the 2011 physician fee schedule final rule
Cytopathology And More
- Digital cytopathology and telecytology: a method coming of age
- Machine? Medical director? What to put in cytology reports
- Imaging systems, workload limits, and screening accuracy
- New this year: Fields of View education course
- In the mail—Pap supplemental questionnaire
- Regionalizing education, fellowship training, and more
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
Interested in submitting a question? - Newsbytes
- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Coagulation analyzers—ready for routine and special assays
Coagulation analyzers (PDF, 156 KB)
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