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Missing Business Skills Undercut Young Pathologists
CEO Summary: While much attention is given to the plight of retiring pathologists, not enough awareness falls to the lack of business skills held by younger incoming pathologists who want to run a practice. One solution, says Robert Tes…
Consortium Brings Open- Source Vision to Digital Pathology
CEO SUMMARY: American health technology company Tempus AI, in concert with two academic medical centers, recently formed a consortium that will offer a free, open-source digital pathology platfor…
Examining Roche’s Deal to Acquire PathAI
CEO SUMMARY: At first glance, Roche’s announcement that it had bought digital pathology and AI firm PathAI could be seen as a narrowing of options for clinical laboratories and pathology practices. However, insider Lisa-Jean Clifford says labs have long had access to dig…
Three Signals to Take from Executive War College
We’ve arrived back from New Orleans and the 3…
Positioning the Lab as a Strategic Powerhouse
CEO SUMMARY: The 31st Annual Executive War College in New Orleans showcased speakers who have re-imagined the diagnostic laboratory’s role from back-office utility to a primary driver of system-wide strategy and clinical excellence. A consistent theme came up during doze…
Digital Pathology’s Next Wave May Be in Precision Medicine
We’ve noted before that the adoption of digital pathology has not been as swift or strong as originally predicted. Many factors contribute to that concern. This topic came up in a recent interview The Dark Report conducted with Imoge…
Tracking the Chain of Custody in Histopathology Labs
Despite increasing adoption of digital pathology systems, many histopathology laboratories remain mired in manual workflows in the critical pre-analytical phase, as specimens are collected and processed into slides. Such workflows are not only …
Six Themes Define 2026 Executive War College
CEO SUMMARY: The 31st Annual Executive War College is just eight weeks away. From financial performance to digital pathology and AI, this year’s jam-packed conference will deliver practical solutions for today’s busy clinical laboratory executives. Despite stepping dow…
Director Blissfully Uninvolved with Finances of DP Rollout
One of the biggest aspects of a clinical laboratory switching from traditional glass slides to digital pathology is the potential cost of such a project. It’s difficult to provide a reliable range of how expensive digital pathology (DP) imple…
Crucial Themes Shape 2026 Executive War College
With 2026 now upon us, our attention here at …
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Volume XXXIII, No. 11 – September 2026
In the September 2026 briefing, The Dark Report digs into a CMS proposal to cut payments for CPT code 88305, potentially based on flawed thinking. Other coverage includes the evolving role of mass spectrometry in clinical labs, payer obstacles to blood-based biomarker tests for Alzheimer’s disease, and how young pathologists can get business skill help.
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