Press Releases

In a first for both organizations, the College of American Pathologist's Practice Management unit and the Medical Group Management Association, Englewood, CO, collaborate to deliver a complimentary one-hour webinar "Communicating Harmful Pathology Errors to Treating Clinicians and Patients," November 15, 2016, at 1:00 pm ET.

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) released on August 17, 2016, enhanced Laboratory Accreditation Program checklists, used in the accreditation inspection process to help laboratories meet the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements.

The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the world’s largest association of board-certified pathologists, recently honored 27 members for their tireless efforts through work with the organization, clinical partners, patients, students, and the public at large. The members accepted their awards at ceremonies during the CAP’s annual meeting in Las Vegas last month.

The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the world’s largest association of board-certified pathologists, honored five of its members for their remarkable and beyond-the-call service to pathology. The physicians accepted their awards at two ceremonies during CAP16: The Pathologists’ Meeting in Las Vegas, September 24–28.

Doctors and physicians are often recognized for their dedication to the health of their patients, but the usually unseen pathologists who make the diagnoses rarely receive thanks or honors. Patients usually don’t know when pathologists have helped save their lives.

Doctors are often recognized for dedicating a lifetime of hard work to their patients, but pathologists are the unseen physicians who provide the diagnosis for the patient while working to improve the system through the laboratory and medical testing—all without much fanfare.

The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the world’s largest association of board-certified pathologists, awarded eight young pathologists with the CAP Foundation Leadership Development Award for showing great promise as the physicians that diagnose and study disease.

Health care evolves at a near-constant rate, but the past several years have seen a period of uncommonly rapid change and uncertainty that requires strong leadership to guide medical care professionals. Those leaders can often be found in the laboratory.

The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the world’s largest association of board-certified pathologists, awarded eight young pathologists with the CAP Foundation Leadership Development Award for showing great promise as the physicians that diagnose and study disease.

CAP launches evidence-based guideline to improve laboratory reporting of bone marrow specimens.