By 2025, Millennials Will Dominate Lab, Pathologist Workforce

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 10 – July 22, 2019 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Within five years, members of the millennial generation will make up 75% of the physician workforce in the United States, rising from about 24% in 2017. That three-fold increase represents a strong demographic trend that will require changes in the steps all clinical laborato…

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Respected Pathology Consultant Laurence J. Peterson Dies

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 15 – October 22, 2018 Issue

Many pathologists currently leading academic pathology programs and private pathology groups got some of their best business advice from Laurence J. Peterson, CPA. For more than 30 years, Peterson was involved in the operation of both clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups throughout the…

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Wake Forest Baptist Lab’s Path Errors Teach Lessons

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 7 – May 7, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: For medical directors and pathologists interested in improving their labs’ compliance with CLIA regulations, a report from federal and state inspectors of an inspection of the pathology lab at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center offers insights into what issues caught th…

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Understanding the Future Of Laboratory Medicine

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIII No. 4 – March 21, 2016 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Healthcare’s transformation is now far enough along that most clinical labs and pathology groups are either feeling the financial pain or are excitedly developing ways to deliver more value from lab testing services. On April 26-27, at the 21st annual …

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New company ready to heat up slow digital pathology market

By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXII No. 11 – August 3, 2015 Issue

IN THE 2000S, DIGITAL PATHOLOGY WAS THE HOT NEW TECHNOLOGY that held great potential to transform anatomic pathology in myriad ways, not the least of which was an essential tool to streamline pathologist workflow while suppor…

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New Company Ready to Heat Up Slow Digital Pathology Market

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII No. 11 – August 3, 2015 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: There’s a new competitor in the digital pathology marketplace with ambitious plans to deliver a fully-integrated pathologist workflow solution. Inspirata, Inc., of Tampa, Florida, made its debut in March at an international pathology conference. In this exclusive i…

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Pathology Across State Lines and National Borders

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XVIII No. 9 – July 5, 2011 Issue

WE ARE SWIFTLY APPROACHING THE DAY when community hospital-based pathologists will be able to serve hospitals and physicians located across state lines with the same ease that they serve hospitals and office-based physicians in their own cities and regions. In the same vein, at least two major acade…

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Growing Role for Digital Image Analysis in Pathology

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVII No. 15 – October 25, 2010 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: For more than three years, pathologists at Washington University in St. Louis have worked with several different scanning products and digital pathology systems. Step-by-step, the Pathology Department has learned important lessons in how to capture digital images, ar…

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Powerful Trends Reshaping Anatomic Path Profession

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 2 – February 11, 2008 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: THE DARK REPORT presents its newest biannual review of macro trends reshaping the anatomic pathology profession. These macro trends reveal a profession undergoing change and transformation on multiple fronts. New competitors are crowding into the market, payers and accreditin…

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Aligning Pathologist Productivity With Compensation Can Be Challenging

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 15 – November 1, 2004 Issue

“Growing interest in ways to link a pathologist’s productivity to his/her compensation makes this a widely-discussed topic within many pathology group practices.” –Dennis Padget CEO SUMMARY: Part Three continues THE DARK REPORT’S series on meas…

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