Sep 6, 2010 | Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
New resource library on clinical pathology laboratory management can be accessed via Web There is a new resource library for clinical laboratory managers and pathologists that contains White Papers on contemporary topics involving clinical laboratory management, pathology administration, and the medical laboratory testing marketplace. This White Paper library is hosted at www.DarkDaily.com/white-papers and is a useful new information resource for the clinical laboratory profession. The White...
Jan 17, 2010 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Enriched exchange of digital pathology images and clinical knowledge is the goal Digital scanning and digital pathology systems represent a major transformational force in the field of anatomic pathology. Momentum in favor of wider adoption by pathologists and pathology laboratories continues to build, reinforced, in part, by an interesting new development, which one pathologist calls “Pathology 2.0.” Pathology 2.0 describes how Web 2.0 functions can be integrated with digital imaging and...
Oct 16, 2009 | Instruments & Equipment, Laboratory Pathology
Are digital whole slide imaging systems ready to replace conventional light microscopy for diagnostic surgical pathology? Next week, an FDA committee will consider whether to allow pathologists to use digital pathology systems for primary diagnosis. Even if the committee does not make a positive recommendation, the timing demonstrates the swift progress in the quality of digital pathology images and the systems that present them to the pathologists. Digital pathology imaging systems are slowly...
Sep 23, 2009 | Digital Pathology, Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Helping pathologists go “all digital” is the vision of these informaticians DATELINE: PITTSBURGH—Lots of news and exciting developments have been showcased at this week’s gathering of pathology informatics gurus and innovators here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The occasion is the 14th annual Advancing Practice, Instruction, and Innovation in Informatics (APIII) and your Dark Daily editor is here to participate and make a presentation. This high-energy meeting showcases a wide range of...
Sep 15, 2009 | Digital Pathology, Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory Pathology
Pathologists will soon be practicing in an information-rich environment “Pathology 2.0” is the term coined by one pathologist at the Mayo Clinic to describe how a multitude of informatics innovations will transform the clinical and operational relationships pathology laboratories have with physicians, patients, and payers. Pathology 2.0 describes the interactive functions associated with “Web 2.0.” Meet Keith Kaplan, M.D., Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Mayo...