Updated January 7, 2013
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Feature Stories
- Fixing FFPE specimens for genomic age
- GAO: With self-referral, CT, MRI volumes soar
- On complex surg path, how do lab TATs compare?
- Accreditation beyond U.S.? ‘Nothing impossible’ about it
- Physician Quality Reporting System: Participate in 2013 or prep for 2015 penalty
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Letters
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
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- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
In hematology, greater automation and further standardization
Hematology analyzers (PDF, 321 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- Group puts cancer cytogenomic arrays through their paces
- LIS, EHR tying the knot
- 88305 TC cut, molecular code decision, PQRS details
- New attention settling on genomic thyroid nodule test
- In RN Q-Probes, no room for complacency
- As coag tests evolve, so do checklist requirements
- CAP annual stated business meeting minutes
- In Memoriam
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
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- Information systems product guide:
Laboratory information systems (PDF, 857 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- On lumpectomy surgical margins, a push for clarity
- Latest study could prompt wider use of CKD-EPI equation
- CAP takes the reins on biorepository accreditation
- Lowering infectious disease risks for transplants
- Celiac disease testing—sifting through the options
- CAP and its Foundation honor 23
- In Memoriam
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Letters
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
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- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Automated molecular platforms (PDF, 285 KB)
- Information systems product guide:
Chemistry analyzers (for low-volume laboratories) (PDF, 333 KB)
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Cover Story
Feature Stories
- For productivity gains, histology labs press on
- Slowing the flow in blood Tx
- To create ACO success, get all players aligned
- Vendors break down business of blood bank systems
- In face of threats, time for labs to seize the day
- Cystatin C and creatinine—using both found to be best
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
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- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Next-generation sequencing instruments (PDF, 370 KB)
- Information systems product guide:
Blood bank information systems (PDF, 353 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- CAP leads way with next-gen checklist
- Creating harmony, step by uncommon step
- Thinking big, building small: mini POC DNA device
- AP, radiology talk it out on breast cancer cases
- On EMR donations, steer clear of troubled waters
Cytopathology and More
- New screening guidelines—order amid complexity
- My life as glass
- For violations found in inspections, what are appropriate corrective actions?
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Shorts on Standards
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
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- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
In vitro blood gas analyzers (PDF, 492 KB)
- Information systems product guide:
A look at the latest in laboratory billing systems
Billing/accounts receivable/RCM systems (PDF, 363 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- At LAST, one HPV diagnostic terminology
- Positive patient ID: party of one or more?
- Specimen rejection: What price for patient care?
- New guidelines could jump-start hrHPV testing
- Negotiating TC payment in wake of grandfather vote
- Small start, then big drop in specimen labeling errors
Tightening the reins on positive patient ID
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Letters
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
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- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Immunoassay analyzers: here and on the horizon
Automated immunoassay analyzers (PDF, 601 KB)
- Information systems product guide:
Positive patient identification products (PDF, 778 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- By Zeus! Prometheus ruling checks patents
- Flu, HSV: testing for antiviral resistance
- Here and now, business software tracks lab labors
- In Memoriam
- Not so obvious—ifs, whens, hows of hCG testing
- ABP on voluntary recertification, MOC reporting
- Bantam cell guide packs heavyweight punch
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Letters
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
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- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Chemistry analyzers for mid- and high-volume laboratories (PDF, 371 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- More or less—MRSA vigils, TATs, costs
- With paraneoplastic syndromes, big riddle from hidden tumors
- Bringing down defects in surgical pathology reports
- In Memoriam
- Finally, microbiology labs getting a lift from IT
- For new analytes, expanded PT exchange
Cytopathology And More
- Cytopathology of pulmonary infections
- Excluding specimens from cytologic review
- Can we protect our images in a digital world?
- A webinar on regs, surveys, deficiencies
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Letters
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
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- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Coagulation analyzers—point of care, self-monitoring (PDF, 187 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- Two for the road with companion diagnostics
- Contaminated blood cultures: taking bold steps to lower rates
- LPL software companies plug the gaps, hold their own
- Partnering to waltz AP IT into next generation
- Evaluating a sample for an acute leukemia
- Mixed phenotype acute leukemia—case presentation
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Letters
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
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- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Bedside glucose testing systems (PDF, 185 KB)
- Information systems product guide:
Laboratory-provider links software (PDF, 419 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- AP IT—a bigger roof and beyond the walls
- From bottom to top, a culture of safety
- Hows and whys behind updated cancer protocols
- For slimmed–down send–outs, data in the driver’s seat
- LAP at 50—ups, downs, and ’round the world
- Pathology outreach in three words—see, test, treat
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Letters
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
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- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Anatomic pathology computer systems (PDF, 440 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- Dodging bone marrow’s many disguises
- In middleware, expert rules use marches on
- Microbiome—‘second genome’ and medicine’s next frontier
- Optional vs. required and more—putting protocols into practice
- Tricks and traps of testing for benzos and barbs
- For pathologists, a one-stop shop for learning
Regular Features
- President’s Desk
- Put it On The Board
- Letters
- Clinical Abstracts
- Anatomic Abstracts
- Q & A
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- Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
New fixes, configurations in automation solutions
Laboratory automation systems and workcells (PDF, 360 KB)
- Information systems product guide:
Middleware systems (PDF, 424 KB)
Cover Story
Feature Stories
- ‘Elders’ hang tough against newcomers
- Needlestick patrol: breaking bad habits
- 3 measures beckon more pathologists into PQRS tent
- Secretary-treasurer, governors to be elected
- In genetic testing, decoding the enigma variants
- Ducks now all in a row in Lean flow cytometry lab
- Glucose to Gram stain—new competency tests for 2012
- Providing consults in support of the pain service
Cytopathology And More
- Case numbers: How few are too few? When do you lose skills?
- Approved assays for detecting HPV DNA—design, indications, and validation
- Critical values and diagnoses, with emphasis on cytopathology
- Fields of View online—what it is, how it works
- Thanks for your donations
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:
Coagulation analyzers (PDF, 269 KB)
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