Protecting Your Pathology: Cybersecurity for Digital Workflows
Digital pathology opens up new cybersecurity risks for labs—but simple steps can mitigate those risks and increase digital resilience
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Expert Q&A: Harnessing the Power of AI
AI could help pathologists manage increasing workloads amid staffing shortages—if only they take the leap.
Surviving a Cyberattack
When it comes to cyberattacks, the threat is “when,” not “if”—and labs must be prepared to mitigate, contain, and recover from breaches
Don’t Crash & Burn: Why Cutting Your Quality Department’s Budget is not a Good Idea
By Jennifer Dawson, MHA, DLM (ASCP) bio
Do you think that you can improve your organization's bottom line by reducing the budget to your quality program and cutting its staff…
Fanning the Flames
By Dan Scungio, MT (ASCP), SLS, CQA (ASQ) bio
Memorizing what actions to take in a fire situation is important, and reviewing this topic in October, National Fire Prevention Month, is both timely and…
Chlamydia Testing Falls in Young Women, Following Change in Cervical Cancer Guidelines; Simultaneous Overtesting of Males Seen
From - Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
Recent cervical cancer screening guideline changes are associated with reduced chlamydia testing, particularly among women aged 15 to 19 years, who are…
2017 Looking Good for Health Care Investment;
Diagnostic Industry Poised for Large, Future Exits
From - Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
So far, 2017 is proving to be a good year for fundraising and investment in the broad health care industry, according to report by…
Draft 2018 CLFS Reveals Fundamental Flaws in PAMA Reporting Exercise; Time to Take Action
By Lâle White bio
As XIFIN predicted, the PAMA reporting exercise has resulted in significant proposed laboratory fee cuts. In fact…
Annual TB Testing of Health Care Workers Not Cost Effective
From - Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
Routine annual tuberculosis (TB) screening of health care workers is no longer cost effective, according to a study published May 17 in BMC Medicine. The incidence of…
Curetis to Launch Multiplex MDx for Hospital Infections in U.S.
From - Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
Molecular diagnostics firm Curetis (Germany) specializes in solutions to rapidly diagnose and profile antibiotic resistance for severe infections in hospitalized…
Here’s my latest Employment Law update prepared for many HR professionals
By Mike O'Brien bio
Lots of ADA Facility Lawsuits in Utah: Here is an interesting legal news update from my partner Mike Judd: Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires places of…
Testing Guidelines at a Glance
From - Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) published updated practice guidelines Aug. 14 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology regarding the use of…
Should you be paying your staff overtime?
From - G2 Blog
It is a recurrent challenge for human resource professionals: Determining whether an employee is exempt from the overtime requirements of the…