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Amplify the value of your AP LIS

Now available from NovoPath and PathAI is a free webinar that aims to help viewers understand how digital pathology and AI can help an organization. Speakers Eric Walk, MD, Jim Sweeney, and R. Shawn Kinsey, MD, from PathAI and Ed Youssef from NovoPath discuss how digital pathology and AI can streamline your pathology workflows and how some of the largest labs in the United States are already applying these applications. The webinar, titled “Digital pathology and artificial intelligence 101: unlocking value from the AP LIS,” is available through the link here. Registration is required to access the webinar.

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Pathology Visions 2023

“Igniting Digital Pathology Transformation”—the theme for Pathology Visions 2023. The Digital Pathology Association (DPA) invites you to attend this year’s annual meeting taking place October 29–31 in Orlando, Fla. Pathology Visions brings together hundreds of pioneers and peers across the field of digital pathology to address real-world, practical applications of digital pathology and AI today, as well as the future. Attendees have access to more than 50 expert presenters, over 70 poster presentations, nearly 50 vendors showcasing the latest innovations, countless opportunities for discussion and engagement, and much more. If you are a clinician, scientist, technician, or trainee #PathVisions23 is the place for you.

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“I am excited to see digital pathology fully launch and get implemented into mainstream practice. Digital pathology is for everyone because it encompasses so many things and can be successfully applied to clinical and nonclinical applications. Excitement in this field persists because there is always innovation and new creative applications. I am particularly motivated to attend the upcoming Pathology Visions meeting this year where I will get the opportunity to team up with all of you. I look forward to seeing all those worthwhile devices, emerging products, and sharing our success stories and contemporary ideas. Together we can continue to ignite this field and make a difference.” —Dr. Liron Pantanowitz, DPA president, and chair, Department of Pathology, UPMC. Your industry is changing. Are you keeping up? For more information on the DPA and #PathVisions23, please visit: https://digitalpathologyassociation.org/

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Dark Daily to present free webinar on
Z-Code application process

UnitedHealthcare is requiring, effective Aug. 1, that genetic test claims associated with about 250 CPT codes include a Z-Code issued by the MolDx Diagnostic Exchange (DEX) registry, operated by Palmetto GBA, a Medicare administrative contractor. To help clinical labs meet their needs for swift Z-Code registration of their genetic tests, the Dark Report and Dark Daily are presenting a free, 90-minute webinar titled “Essential Guide to Obtaining Z-Codes for Molecular and Genetic Tests” on Thursday, June 29, at 1 pm EDT. The keynote speaker is Gabriel Bien-Willner, MD, PhD, chief medical officer of Palmetto GBA and medical director of the Molecular Diagnostic Services Program (MolDx). He will provide an up-to-the-minute picture of the DEX MolDx Z-Code registry, including the application and documentation processes needed to register a molecular test and obtain a unique Z-Code for that test.

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Preclinical medical students and pathologists: departing from the text

Despite diminishing classroom contact with medical students in the preclinical years, pathologists continue to be asked to teach year one and two students about the diseases delineated in textbooks. During this period, they should be alert to opportunities to also teach students about what pathologists actually do for patients on a daily basis. The shift toward exposure to the actual practice of pathology might increase students' interest in, and appreciation for, the specialty. Read more in "Preclinical medical students and pathologists: departing from the text" by Edward J. Gutmann, MD, director, cytopathology fellowship program, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth (Geisel) Medical School, in Cancer Cytopathology.

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On display: pathology resident’s art in honor of friend

The photography collection of Leonard Yenwongfai, MD, MS, a third-year pathology resident at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, was selected for display at the Arts in HealthCare North Gallery located in the Kentucky Clinic, part of the UK hospital. His collection of flowers and insect life is titled “Patterns and Pollinators” and was born of concern for a friend who had been diagnosed in 2020 at UK with bulbar amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and missed spending time outdoors. Read the UK HealthCare article here.

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Primary medical care in transition

Bruce A. Friedman, MD, emeritus professor of informatics, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, and member of LigoLab Information Systems' advisory board, has written an opinion piece titled "Primary Medical Care in Transition: Effects on the Lab Test Ordering Market." Read the piece here.

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Xifin white paper: a guide to molecular Dx market-share expansion

Xifin released a white paper titled "The Executive's Guide to Molecular Diagnostic Market-Share Expansion: Critical Success Factors for Maximizing Revenue, Patient Access, and Physician Engagement." Authors Kyle Fetter, chief operating officer, and Harley Ross, chief commercial officer, offer practical approaches, process enhancements, and payor strategies essential to growing novel diagnostic market share through proactive, purposeful, and technologically enabled engagements with patients, physicians, and payors. Download the white paper here.

 

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Digital Pathology Connections debuts at PathVisions 2022

Digital Pathology Connections, a worldwide community for professionals interested in the digital future of the anatomic pathology laboratory, debuted at the Pathology Visions 2022 conference, held in Las Vegas, Oct. 16­–18. Digital Pathology Connections (DPC) is a virtual community providing educational content and enabling discussions on trending topics in pathology.

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Always and Never: Words not meant for the practice of medicine, the laboratory, or a pandemic

As a first-year medical student, once a week my small group would meet with an attending physician to learn how to talk to patients respectfully and document that conversation in the history and physical examination. In those early years of medical school, my time was mostly spent in lecture halls, gross anatomy and microanatomy labs, and the library studying, so these weekly meetings held all the promise and anticipation of what practicing medicine and actually treating patients would bring. In one of those meetings, our leader made a comment that had a lasting impression: the words “always” and “never” have no place in the dialogue of strong science and the practice of good medicine. Always and never. Two words at opposite ends of a spectrum that imply absolute certainty.

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Join our webinar “Those Sticky, Tricky platelets – Solving the Puzzle of Platelet Clumping”

Sysmex America will host a webinar titled “Those sticky, tricky platelets—solving the puzzle of platelet clumping” on Oct. 20, beginning at 12 pm Central time. The session will review methods for performing platelet counts as part of a CBC. The presenter, Becky Socha, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, BB(ASCP)CM, of Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, will discuss scenarios for handling specimens with thrombocytopenia and how to troubleshoot EDTA-induced pseudothrombocytopenia. Other objectives of the webinar include how to recognize normal and abnormal platelet histograms and scattergrams, and how to recognize spurious versus abnormal platelet results and how to troubleshoot them.

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Implementing HHS reporting requirements of COVID-19 test results and future epidemics: a call to IVD companies for immediate action

In response to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 crisis, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a laboratory data reporting guidance for COVID-19 testing on June 4, 2020 to assure the timely and quality data reporting to state and federal public health agencies of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test results, using LOINC and SNOMED-CT in electronic reporting systems.

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Calm before spring storm? Compass on COVID

April 2021—Test volumes and positivity rates were down and vaccinations and interest in variants were up on March 2 when Compass Group laboratory leaders met with CAP TODAY publisher Bob McGonnagle for another in a series of calls about SARS-CoV-2. Also in the discussion: antigen and serologic testing, school and sports team testing, and testing for travel.

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Herbek Hustle Memorial 5K

Gene Herbek, MD, FCAP, was a respected pathologist at Methodist Hospital for nearly 20 years as well as a beloved husband, father, and friend. His passing in 2020 was a tremendous loss for his loved ones, patients, and colleagues. The Women’s Methodist Hospital pathology department, Methodist Hospital, and the CAP Foundation together with Dr. Herbek's family present the Herbek Hustle 5K Memorial Fun Run on June 19.

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mTuitive Customer Case Study

mTuitive, a software company that develops data capture and synoptic reporting software to assist health care professionals, released a case study, “Provincial Laboratory Medicine Services Unifies Synoptic Pathology Reporting Across Province, Creates Central Data Repository for Reporting using mTuitive.” The study details how Provincial Laboratory Medicine Services of British Columbia chose and deployed mTuitive xPert For Pathology. Read the case report here.

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Workflow Mapping: A Q-Probes Study of Preanalytic Testing Processes

June 2020—Over the last century, the American manufacturing industry has come to appreciate that it is possible to construct a production system that can maximize profits without sacrificing quality. Many industrial pioneers have contributed to this production system, known as the “lean production system,” but it is the Toyota Motor Corporation that is credited with developing it to maturity.

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2019 CAP accreditation checklists now available

The 2019 edition of the CAP accreditation checklists are now available. Some highlights of this edition’s changes include the addition of a new checklist requirement in the chemistry checklist on opiate testing, and the addition of a new checklist requirement in the transfusion medicine checklist to align with the FDA on the labeling of red blood cells with historical antigen typing.

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Dermatopathology guide

New from Innovative Science Press is Survival Guide to Dermatopathology by Jerad M. Gardner, MD. Dr. Gardner covers many of the common entities in dermatopathology as well as some esoteric ones, particularly if they have distinct features or are of major clinical significance, in order to help the reader increase diagnostic confidence. The guide features numerous high-quality photomicrographs annotated with key findings.

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Medical informatics expert, pathologist Donald Lindberg, MD, dies

Donald A. B. Lindberg, MD, former director of the National Library of Medicine, passed away on August 17. Past member of the CAP, Dr. Lindberg graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1958 and was a professor of information science and professor of pathology at the University of Missouri-Columbia before being named director of the NLM in 1984. Read his New York Times obituary.

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Luminex offers white paper on preventing CDI

A white paper titled “Can Global Testing for C. difficile Carriers Help to Prevent Healthcare-associated CDI?” from Luminex discusses the results of two recent studies that show that performing C. difficile testing only in patients with clinically significant diarrhea may be missing an opportunity to prevent CDI transmission from asymptomatic carriers. Download the white paper.

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Improve triaging in the ED
A new assay delivers a higher standard of cardiac care

Improve triaging in the ED: A new assay delivers a higher standard of cardiac care. “Is it a heart attack, or something less serious?” Every day, thousands of symptomatic patients ask emergency department (ED) physicians that very question. Over the years, as diagnostic tools for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), commonly known as a heart attack, have advanced, physicians can provide increasingly accurate answers to that question. Unfortunately, diagnostic gaps still exist that can result in poor patient outcomes.

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Digital pathology association stands behind FDA’s approval of marketing whole slide imaging system

April 13, 2017—The Digital Pathology community is in full support of the FDA’s landmark announcement that Philips Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) system, IntelliSite, can be marketed for primary diagnosis. This technology facilitates review of digital surgical pathology slides with remote sign out capabilities, and poses a significant benefit to both pathologists and patients alike.

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POC testing management and integration

Dec. 2, 2016—A new white paper from Orchard Software titled “Point-of-care Testing: The Great Boom Ahead” discusses the history of POC testing connectivity and shares specific case study savings and improvements associated with the adoption of a POC testing connectivity and management solution. Read the white paper.

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What pharmacogenomics can make possible

Oct. 5, 2016—Clinical laboratories and pathology groups ought to master the emerging areas of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics that open the door to a more personalized approach to drug prescribing, says a free (registration required) white paper published by Dark Daily. Read. By identifying drugs most likely to benefit a patient, assessing the likely dose response, potentially avoiding adverse reactions, and ...

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Learn about molecular testing for M. pneumoniae

Sept. 14, 2016—Donna Mayne, the microbiology, serology, and molecular laboratory manager at Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola, Fla., outlines the clinical benefits of using molecular technology to detect Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a free program provided by Meridian Bioscience. Watch. In a separate presentation, Vicki Chalker, PhD, head of the respiratory and vaccine-preventable bacteria reference unit of Public Health England’s ...

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How Zika interferes with normal fetal development

Aug. 29, 2016—An Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine study analyzes evidence from nine postmortem examinations and related studies of fetuses and infants with intrauterine Zika virus infection and microcephaly. Author David A. Schwartz, MD, concludes “the Zika virus has a strong predilection for cells of the fetal central nervous system following vertical transmission.” Read the early online release.

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How pathologists can lead in value-based care

Aug. 19, 2016—Pathologists have an opportunity to thrive and be health care team leaders in the coming world of accountable and value-based care, Donald Karcher, MD, argues in a webinar that offers a sneak peek of a course that he will moderate at CAP16 in Las Vegas. View the free, 30-minute webinar (registration required).

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IHC testing’s impact on skin cancer

May 18, 2016—A free webinar sponsored by Sigma-Aldrich will review the utility of immunohistochemical testing with markers such as S-100, SOX-10, Ber-Ep4, and HHV-8 in accurately diagnosing skin cancer and improving survival rates for patients with the disease. Register. Continuing education credits for pathologists and histotechnologists attending this webinar will be offered through the National Society of Histotechnology. The speaker, ...

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Managing molecular information in the lab

March 17, 2016—As molecular technology and personalized medicine increasingly becomes the default position for clinical diagnostics laboratories, these modalities place significant demands on laboratory information systems. That is where molecular information management systems come into the picture. A white paper from The Dark Report and Dark Daily examines how pathologists are using MIMS to handle the complex workflows of various ...

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How to improve infectious disease management

Feb. 17, 2016—Two microbiology leaders will take part in a live, online panel discussion, “Tackling the U.S. Healthcare System’s Infectious Disease Management Problem,” Feb. 23, noon Central time. They will explore approaches to reducing antibiotic resistance, rapidly identifying pathogens in their patients, and controlling infectious disease in the hospital and the community. One approach that will be covered is the ...

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How labs can show their value in 2016

Dec. 9, 2015—A Jan. 13 webinar hosted by Orchard Software will explore how laboratories can embrace the transformation taking place in health care. The free webinar aims to help laboratory professionals maximize efficient, oversee test use, add interpretations to test results, reevaluate test menus, provide analytics, and save money across the health care organization. Register.

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A roadmap for pathology education

Dec. 7, 2015—An editorial in the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, co-written by Donald Henson, MD, and Philip Grimley, MD, says “image integration based in pathology and radiology should occur concurrently with convergent images specifically selected to highlight pathogenesis and natural history.” Read the editorial.

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How to make the most of analytics

Sept. 4, 2015—Pathologist Brad Brimhall, MD, MPH, will share in an upcoming webinar how he and his colleagues at the University of Mississippi Medical Center combined health care data sets to improve patient outcomes and cut costs. Dr. Brimhall also will discuss how laboratory leaders can identify opportunities to collaborate with others in their health care organizations to develop medical ...

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CLSI webinars explore IQCP, AST

Sept. 3, 2015—Upcoming webinars offered by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute will focus on helping laboratory professionals develop their own individualized quality control plans and provide them with new ways to deal with antimicrobial susceptibility testing challenges. A Sept. 15 webinar, “Developing Your Laboratory’s IQCP for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing,” will be presented by Susan E. Sharp, PhD, ABMM, FAAM, ...

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Right data can improve blood bank, transfusion service

Aug. 6, 2015—An upcoming webinar aims to help participants recognize how timely data derived from electronic problem or deviation management can drive quality improvement initiatives. The information also can boost productivity and efficiency in blood banks and transfusion services, says health care consultant Lieta M. Maffei, MT(ASCP)SBB. She will lead the webinar, sponsored by Nouvation, which makes and sells occurrence-tracking ...

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What’s in store for POC testing

July 31, 2015—A new white paper and webinar offered by Orchard Software outline the factors shaping the point-of-care testing market, the benefits and challenges POC tests offer for labs, and the potential for harnessing data from POC tests for use in analytics. Read the white paper. Register for the Aug. 18 webinar.

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AMP sees bright future for liquid biopsy

May 20, 2015—The Association for Molecular Pathology recently published a special article that provides a thorough overview of research to date on the minimally invasive “liquid biopsy” approaches to cancer diagnostics. Read it. “As a group of molecular diagnostic experts, we were intrigued and excited by the emerging technologies that are likely to find utility in patient management,” Milena Cankovic, ...

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Roundtable discussions 2015:
The future of the lab in health care

In a collaborative effort to discuss the future of the laboratory in healthcare, Bob McGonnagle, Publisher of CAP Today, gathered with Orchard Software executives: Curt Johnson, Chief Operating Officer, Matt Modleski, VP of Business Development, and Dr. Mick Glant, Medical Director. This series of “round table discussions” was recorded in the first quarter of 2015 and edited into a series of short videos on various topics surrounding the laboratory, informatics, analytics, and the future of healthcare.

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EHRs fall short in displaying Dx results

March 24, 2015—Researchers evaluated how well eight competing electronic health records systems met 11 objective criteria for optimal graphs of diagnostic test results, and found that none hit the mark on all measures. Among the problems: results graphed in reverse chronological order and misleading data plots. Only two of the EHRs allowed users to hover over or click on a ...

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Consensus offered on IPMNs

March 24, 2015—An international multidisciplinary group has published consensus guidelines on the pathologic diagnosis and reporting of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms. The group’s nine recommendations aim to “ensure proper communication of salient tumor characteristics to the management teams, accurate comparison of data between analyses, and development of more effective management algorithms.” Read the abstract.

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When to replace your LIS

Jan. 29, 2015—Laboratory informatics plays a vital role in helping labs expand their reach and become more involved in patient outcomes. The latest Orchard Software white paper reviews how to evaluate whether a laboratory information system can help carry out that task, and when it is time to look for something new. Read it. According to Orchard, these are some warning signs ...

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MicroRNA process gets simpler, better

Jan. 26, 2015—MicroRNAs, the small noncoding RNA 18-24 nucleotides in length that post-transcriptionally regulate gene regulation, are taking on a larger role in biomarker discovery, diagnostic development, and therapeutic target development. In this Jan. 27 webinar, a senior scientist at life science firm Promega will discuss a novel chemistry the company developed to simplify and improve the process of isolating ...

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AFB PCR’s utility; evaluating large B-cell lymphomas

Jan. 13, 2015—Two articles have been released early online this month by The Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. One study (abstract | PDF) concludes that traditional diagnostics such as histopathology, acid-fast bacilli smear, and culture should continue to take precedence over AFB PCR in detecting mycobacteria in clinical specimens. The other early release (abstract | PDF) reviews the different ...

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How to achieve optimal use of lab tests

Dec. 15, 2014—In a health care environment that has little room for waste, it has become imperative that laboratories take a proactive role in making sure that the best tests are ordered, and interpreted properly, to contribute to the goal of better patient care. A white paper from LIS-maker Orchard Software outlines the new paradigm and offers examples of how ...

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Early online articles offer genomics, HPV testing updates

Dec. 12, 2014—The Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine has published three important articles as early online releases. An editorial (abstract | PDF) asks, “How Will the $1,000 Dollar Genome Meet Reality (and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)?” Meanwhile, a survey (abstract | PDF) of nearly 1,000-plus laboratories provides an update on use of high-risk HPV testing. Finally, the ...

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Stay ahead of 2015 coding, billing changes

Nov. 24, 2014—An “onslaught” of public and private payer changes to coding, billing, and collections are likely to make life tougher for clinical laboratories next year. The Dark Report is presenting a 90-minute webinar aimed at helping labs maximize the money they generate from testing in 2015. The Dec. 4 webinar’s speakers are: Rina Wolf from Xifin, Tom Scheanwald from APS ...

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How to hang on to your best-of-breed AP LIS

Nov. 2, 2014—A recently released white paper, “Augmenting an Enterprise-Wide HIT System with a Best-of-Breed Anatomic Pathology LIS,” explains the “hidden traps” found in enterprise-wide and limited-function pathology laboratory information system products, and discusses EHR vendors that recognize the importance of a best-of-breed anatomic pathology LIS. The white paper, released by NovoPath, also explores how four AP laboratories successfully used ...

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Webinar: Life Technologies’ acoustic cytometer

Oct. 6, 2014—Learn how to use acoustic flow cytometry to detect rare events in hematopoietic stem cells from whole blood, spot small particles and multiple fluorescent proteins, and identify immunological cellular subsets using more than 10 parameters in whole blood and mouse splenocytes. This webinar focuses on Life Technologies‘ Attune NxT Acoustic Focusing Cytometer. Watch it now. Registration required.

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Learn about emerging field, tissue phenomics

Sept. 15, 2014—This symposium in San Francisco, Oct. 17-18, will examine a a big data approach to biomarker discovery and clinical assay diagnostic assay development in oncology that Munich-based Definiens is calling tissue phenomics. Speakers include Definiens co-founder and Nobel Laureate Gerd Binnig, PhD. Learn more.

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QC for quantitative viral load assays

Aug. 8, 2014—In this white paper, SeraCare Life Sciences notes that “every laboratory must ask what are the appropriate [quality control] goals and what are the most cost-effective ways to achieve these goals.” The paper reviews how often to run controls, how many replicates to run, and covers useful ways to plot assay QC in real time. Read.

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Webinar: Nonconforming event reporting

Aug. 8, 2014—Randy German, MT(ASCP), blood bank and laboratory quality manager at Hoag Memorial Hospital, will share best practices for nonconforming event and blood product deviation reporting and investigation in a 50-minute webinar hosted by Nouvation, maker of occurrence-tracking software. German will review regulatory requirements, discuss what should be reported, and explain effective root-cause analysis in a blame-free culture. To ...

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Free online genomics conference

Aug. 6, 2014—A two-day online conference Aug. 20-21 will cover a wide range of topic in genetics and genomics, such as RNAi, next-generation sequencing, genotyping, and molecular diagnostics. The meeting—sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Beckman Coulter, Roche, and other firms—will feature interactive, live streaming video sessions and a virtual exhibit floor. Faculty includes experts from MD Anderson Cancer Center, Dartmouth, ...

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IL workshops hit hot topics at AACC

July 10, 2014—Instrumentation Laboratory is presenting two, hour-long educational sessions at the AACC’s Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo. The first will feature Ted E. Warkentin, MD, and Pau Bruguera, PhD, on clinical and laboratory aspects of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia diagnostics (register). In the other workshop, Sharon Ehrmeyer, PhD, MT(ASCP), will talk about how to develop and implement individualized quality-control plans ...

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ATHENA trial—an interview with Thomas Lorey, MD

June 2014—The Food and Drug Administration on April 24 approved use of the Roche Cobas HPV test as a primary standalone screen for cervical cancer in women 25 and older. CAP TODAY writer William Check, PhD, asked questions of Thomas S. Lorey, MD, medical director, TPMG Regional Reference Laboratory, Kaiser Permanente Northern California. Their questions and answers follow. For a discussion of the ATHENA data on which the FDA based its decision, see Dr. Check’s June story “Data spark new directions in cervical cancer.”

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TEDx: Transforming diagnostics

May 12, 2014—Sylvia L. Asa, MD, PhD, reviews her role in forming a pathology “dream team” at Toronto’s University Health Network to ensure the right pathologist sees the right specimen at the right time. Flexible staffing models, hospital partnerships, and technology adoption are key to innovating in diagnostics, she says. Watch the video.

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CAP members: Fill out this survey

May 7, 2014—CAP members should now complete the 2014 CAP Practice Characteristics Survey (PCS), if you haven’t done so already. Results from the survey will help the College set advocacy priorities and outline regional market pressures and environmental changes impacting the individual pathologist. After completing the survey, participants will be entered in a weekly prize drawing.

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Homing in on FISH analysis

An Applied Spectral Imaging April 8 webinar explains the company’s product, Tissue Match, in which a pathologist uses a brightfield H&E or IHC review to mark the exact region of interest for FISH scanning. The FISH technician then knows the exact area to analyze. Read more on how to register.

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Why labs need to own genomic data

In this HIStalk interview, Partners HealthCare pathology project director Lyman Garniss addresses the challenge laboratories face in managing genomic information, how EMR systems still fall short when compared with LIS, and the promise of biorepositories.

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Viewics to demo lab dashboarding software

Viewics Inc., which makes software designed to help clinical and anatomic pathology laboratories with their dashboarding and data-mining needs, is offering a free demonstration on Thursday, Jan. 23. The demo aims to showcase how the company’s product can help track revenue and volume, analyze per-test costs and supply expenses, identify TAT outliers, and scrutinize workload, staffing, and QA/QC issues.Register.

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How to tap the value of your lab’s data

Executives at Carmel, Ind.-based laboratory information system company Orchard Software share their views on how health care’s change from a volume-based to a value-based service model will affect the lab. This presentation points out specific ways that the laboratory can deliver for its facility and its customers in a value-based reimbursement world. Watch the video.

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IL offers webinar on oxygen therapy

As part of its ILuminations Webinar series, Instrumentation Laboratory will offer on Sept. 18 the free webinar, “Improving Clinical Outcomes in Critical Care.” Discussed in the webinar, which takes place from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST, will be the hazards, benefits, and safe and effective practices in oxygen therapy. [Register here]  

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Orchard white paper focuses on value of labs

Orchard Software has published a free white paper entitled, “The Value of the Lab in the New Healthcare Model.” If you are concerned about how your laboratory will fit in the changing health care environment, this white paper can help you rethink your lab’s role within your organization, encourage you to become more engaged in your facility’s overall success, and ...

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CAP offers comment period on IHC guideline

The College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory Quality Center (the Center) develops and maintains evidence-based guidelines and consensus statements. The CAP welcomes participation in the open comment period through July 29, on the Center guideline recommendations for Immunohistochemical (IHC) Assays: Principles of Analytic Validation. IHC testing is an essential component of the pathologic evaluation of many specimens and increasingly provides ...

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Clarient Continuum Webinar Series

As part of its Continuum series, Clarient offers the free webinar “Enhancing Flow Cytometry Service,” which takes place on both Tuesday, June 4, and Thursday, June 13. Antony Bakke, PhD (ABMLI), director of flow cytometry, Clarient, will present the webinar, the focus of which will be a 10-color assay that improves sensitivity to detect hematopoietic neoplasia. [more] * More CAP TODAY Recommends ...

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CAP, others offer input about pricing for molecular tests

A coalition representing more than 120,000 medical and laboratory professionals and institutions that perform the vast majority of clinical molecular pathology testing in the United States released a joint statement about new Medicare prices for those tests. The groups include the CAP, American Association for Clinical Chemistry, American Clinical Laboratory Association, American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, American Society ...

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CAP releases a new evidence-based guideline

Validating Whole Slide Imaging for Diagnostic Purposes in Pathology This clinical guideline, now available in Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, is the first-of-its kind and marks a significant step forward in demonstrating the value of this emerging technology for diagnostic use. The document serves as a practical guide for pathologists and laboratories to confirm the accuracy and concordance of ...

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Roundtable discussions 2013: The future of the lab in health care

Video Series In a collaborative effort to discuss the future of the laboratory in health care, CAP TODAY publisher Bob McGonnagle met with Orchard Software chief operating officer Curt Johnson and Orchard medical director Mick Glant, MD. This series of “roundtable discussions” was recorded and edited into a series of short videos on various topics surrounding the laboratory and informatics. ...

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Pⁿ Blog: How common are occult specimen mixups?

We have all encountered aberrant bits of tissue (floaters) on microscopic slides and within paraffin tissue blocks. Most of the time these are from obviously different tissue types and pose no diagnostic difficulty, though they often serve for us to remind the gross room and histopathology staff of the importance of scrupulous cleanliness. [more]   More CAP TODAY Recommends    

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CAP offers white paper on lab interoperability

The College of American Pathologists has released a white paper, “Laboratory Interoperability Best Practices.” The CAP Diagnostic Intelligence and Health Information Technology (DIHIT) Committee developed the paper to provide pathologists and laboratory professionals with a concise overview of 10 common issues to consider when establishing and maintaining laboratory interfaces, along with approaches for issue mitigation.   More CAP TODAY Recommends ...

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Clarient offers educational webinars

Clarient has launched its Continuum Webinar Educational Series. Each 30-minute presentation enables participants to hear specialists, gain insights, and learn about industry innovations. The series features a distinguished panel of experts on different topics, which you can find out about and register for here.   More CAP TODAY Recommends    

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Digital Pathology Blog: Addicted To Digital Pathology

A funny thing happened to me on my way to the office a few months back. After many years in the thought and planning process our anatomic pathology laboratory with one of our hospital partners is being renovated. As part of the renovation, temporary workspaces and relocation of equipment and personnel is needed. [more]   More CAP TODAY Recommends   ...

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Cortex, Zirmed offer webinar on payment effectiveness

Cortex and Zirmed offer a free webinar entitled “Five ways to get paid faster.” In this webinar, Julie Millican, billing supervisor at Trumbull Laboratories, will discuss how she reduced accounts receivable by 55 percent, achieved a 98 percent claims first-pass yield rate, submits claims faster within online claims editing tools, and more. The webinar is offered twice, once on Tuesday, ...

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Sequenom offers free live webinars

Sequenom offers free webinars on its iPlex Pro Sample ID Panel and its Assay Design Suite 1.0 software. The iPlex webinar is on Wednesday, Feb. 27, while the Assay Design Suite webinar is on Thursday, March 7. Register here.   More CAP TODAY Recommends    

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Agilent Genomics Comprehensive NGS Solutions webinar

Agilent Genomics offers a free eSeminar on comprehensive next-generation sequencing solutions. The eSeminar is on Thursday, March 28 at 11 a.m. EST. The eSeminar will feature Agilent Next Generation Sequencing Solutions for Gene Regulation, a presentation by Yong Yi, the company’s associate NGS marketing director, and Simplify the Sequencing of Clinical Research Samples, a presentation by Olle Ericsson, the company’s ...

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