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
Employment Law Update for HR Managers
By Mike O'Brien bio
This is my periodic update prepared for interested HR professionals trying to deal with the complex American employment laws…
Medical Necessity Requirement Bites Anatomic Pathologists
By Robert Mazer bio
The DOJ has announced two separate settlements involving claims for allegedly unnecessary special stains…
Signs Point to Expansion of Provider-Initiated Personal Genomic Testing
From - Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
Since 2013 when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) effectively stopped direct-to-consumer personal genomic testing, there has been pent up demand among healthy individuals for…
Phone-Based Genetic Counseling Supports Healthy Genome Sequencing
From - Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
Also at the ACMG meeting, researchers from Illumina (San Diego, Calif.) reported on a pilot project conducted at the San Diego Blood Bank where…
Getting a new lab space? Design it for safety now and save thousands later
By Dan Scungio, MT (ASCP), SLS, CQA (ASQ) bio
Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a laboratory manager who worked in a hospital that was designing a new stand-alone emergency department building which would include a…
5 ways to end generational stereotyping in your lab
By Dr. William A. Schiemann bio
These days, the Millennial Generation is hyped, perhaps even more than Baby Boomers were hyped in the 1950s and 1960s. As I meet with executives around the globe, there is widespread confusion and…
Testosterone Testing Rises with DTC Ads
From - Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
Televised direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) is associated with greater testosterone testing, according to a study published March 21 in the Journal of the American Medical Association…