Visiun awarded sole-source agreement, 3/15
March 2015—The Compass Group has awarded Visiun a sole-source agreement for business intelligence software for Compass Group’s 26 nonprofit health systems.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 11 AM-12 PM ET
Hear experts review the biological and clinical significance of the HER2 expression continuum in breast tissue, providing a clearer understanding of how these variations might impact diagnosis, and discuss the emerging importance of documenting HER2-low and HER2-ultralow categories using a validated IHC assay.
Webinar presenters Keith Wharton, MD, PhD, Global Medical Affairs Leader–Pathology, Roche Diagnostics Solutions, and Hannah Y. Wen, MD, PhD, Director, Breast Pathology Fellowship, Associate Team Leader, Breast Pathology Team, Attending Pathologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Roche.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss the evolving role of PD-L1 testing in HNSCC and ovarian cancer.
Webinar presenter Georgios Deftereos, MD, Professor of Pathology, Associate Director of the Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Director of Molecular Cytopathology, University of California, San Francisco
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Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss the challenges of detecting NRG1 fusions and how RNA-based testing can support more comprehensive fusion identification in clinical practice.
Webinar presenter Benjamin Weinberg, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Attending Physician
specializing in gastrointestinal medical oncology
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Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
Join us for a session to help improve diagnostic accuracy in your practice when scoring HER2 IHC 0 with faint, incomplete membrane staining in ≤10% of tumor cells vs IHC 0 with no membrane staining detected in patients with mBC.
Webinar presenter Jeffrey Gregg, MD, University of Nevada
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Monday, November 16, 2026, 12:30 PM-2 PM ET
Hear experts discuss a multidisciplinary approach to oncopathology for HER2
assessments for solid tumors in the absence of a companion diagnostic.
Webinar presenters Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, Chair, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics Medical Director, Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, and Emina E. Torlakovic, MD, PhD, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canadian Biomarker Quality Assurance, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Carol Cheung, MD, PhD, JD, FRCPC, Deputy Director, Canadian Biomarker Quality, Assurance—Programme canadien d’assurance de la qualité des biomarqueurs
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Collection systems for medical labs, 3/15
March 2015—Transworld Systems, a cash-flow management and profit recovery company, announced a dedicated division to work with medical laboratories. Profit Recovery and Profit Recovery Plus are flat-fee, automated collection systems that generate diplomatic, written demands from a third party. According to the company, flat-fee written contacts are getting outstanding results in the low-balance, high-volume environment laboratories create. The initiative is headed by Michael Paro, accounts receivable advisory specialist for medical labs.
FDA clears test for CHD events, 3/15
March 2014—The Food and Drug Administration cleared a screening test that predicts a patient’s risk of future coronary heart disease events, such as heart attacks. The test is cleared for use in all adults with no history of heart disease, but studies submitted by the company and reviewed by the FDA show that the test is better at discerning this risk in women, particularly black women.
Bioprocess control station, 3/15
March 2014—The BioFlo 320 from Eppendorf is built with integrated control for both autoclavable and single-use vessels with a total working volume of 250 mL to 40 L on a single control platform. Ethernet communication connects up to eight systems from a single user interface for multi-unit control, and the Mettler-Toledo Intelligent Sensor Management platform is built into the system.
Emergency prep guidelines, 3/15
March 2014—The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute has published a new document, “Planning for Laboratory Operations During a Disaster; Approved Guideline (GP36-A).” The document provides guidance for laboratory and health care leadership for development, implementation, and sustainment of effective emergency preparedness plans (all hazards) supporting nonanalytical components of clinical and public health laboratory services that may pertain to various natural and manmade disasters.
Point-of-care CBC system, 3/15
March 2014—The Ativa microlab from Ativa Medical is a point-of-care device designed to perform the most common blood-based tests in a clinical setting in five minutes. The system requires only a few drops of blood and runs on a disposable microfluidic card.
POC cardiac analyzer, 3/15
March 2014—The Diagnostics Division of Siemens Healthcare is unveiling its latest point-of-care acute care analyzer for the management of patients with cardiovascular disease symptoms. The company’s Stratus CS 200 Acute Care Diagnostic System is designed for simple operation and instrument management at the point of care to help facilitate rapid decision-making and provide optimal patient care.
Quest, CDC collaborate to improve hepatitis care, 3/15
March 2014—Quest Diagnostics will collaborate with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to identify trends in screening, diagnosis, and treatment for four strains of viral hepatitis in the U.S. Under terms of the multiyear contract, Quest will provide CDC researchers with analytics expertise and access to the company’s national Health Trends database of de-identified clinical testing hepatitis data.
Partnership provides laboratory outreach services, 3/15
March 2014—Central Ohio–based Mount Carmel Health System has partnered with Chi Solutions to offer enhanced quality laboratory outpatient services for existing physicians, clients, and customers, and to provide a highly competitive laboratory offering to market-at-large physicians.
Streck adds instruments to body fluid control assay, 3/15
March 2014—Streck’s Cell-Chex Auto is now assayed for Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics’ Advia 120/2120/2120i instrument system. Cell-Chex Auto is a three-level spinal and body fluid control for evaluating the accuracy and precision of hematology instruments that measure blood cell counts in patient body fluid samples.