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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.

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.

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.

BC Solutions explains why third-party blood bank validations might be right for  your laboratory in this Q&A. Congratulations! Your lab is finally installing or upgrading your new blood establishment computer system (BECS). Read more.

Dark Daily has published How to Develop a COVID-19 Employee Testing Program: Essential Guidance on Legal, Risk Management, Regulatory, and Compliance Issues for Clinical Laboratories and Employers. For more information and to download the report, click here.

Luminex has published a white paper on COVID-19 testing, authored by distinguished experts in laboratories. Click the link to read and download the paper.

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.

Now out is the Survival Guide to Endocrine Pathology (IP Press), by Sylvia L. Asa, MD, PhD. CAP TODAY talked with Dr. Asa about the new book. What she told us follows.

NorthShore conducting in-house COVID-19 testing
Crain’s Chicago Business reported on March 16 that NorthShore University HealthSystem has started in-house testing for COVID-19. Read the Crain’s article.