By Bob Croce
For The Executive War College
Held over after a smash hit 2023, a full-day discussion is back that will help you work toward breaking those glass slides. That’s right, the 2024 Executive War College will unfold with an updated rerun of its most-popular Day 3 workshop from last year.
The session, which sold out in 2023, is titled, “Breaking Pathology’s Glass Slide Updated: Ways to Build Revenue with Digital Pathology, New Slide Scanning CPT Codes, and More,” and already signed up as a speaker is Eric Glassy MD, Medical Director of Affiliated Pathologists Medical Group in Rancho Dominquez, CA. Dr. Glassy is a nationally recognized expert in transitioning organizations to 100% digital pathology and whole slide imaging (WSI), having pioneered the technology more than a dozen years ago at Pathology, Inc.
The session, which sold out in 2023, is titled, “Breaking Pathology’s Glass Slide Updated: Ways to Build Revenue with Digital Pathology, New Slide Scanning CPT Codes, and More,” and already signed up as a speaker is Eric Glassy MD, Medical Director of Affiliated Pathologists Medical Group in Rancho Dominquez, CA. Dr. Glassy is a nationally recognized expert in transitioning organizations to 100% digital pathology and whole slide imaging (WSI), having pioneered the technology more than a dozen years ago at Pathology, Inc.
Eric Glassy MD, Medical Director,
Affiliated Pathologists Medical Group,
Rancho Dominguez, CA
An early adopter of digital pathology and WSI, Glassy told The Dark Report that, “Over the years, we tried different ways to present our tumor cases. This ranged from presenting glass slides and showing 35 mm slides with a projector, to running a video feed and using digital still images. Hands down, use of whole slide images has proven the most effective.”
Pathology labs now working with WSIs and digital pathology workflow continue to report comparable accuracy when compared to working with glass slides. There are multiple benefits, including the ability to digitally direct cases to subspecialist pathologists, and the ease of accepting referral cases.
“There is always a favorable reaction from the clinicians and surgeons who view these whole slide images,” Glassy told The Dark Report. “It also raised the profile and contribution of our pathologists who present these cases at tumor boards, during consultations, and in other interactions with colleagues.”
An elite lineup of speakers
Glassy, BTW, won’t be the only speaker in this day-long workshop designed to give you advice, best practices and strategies for going 100% DP. Some of the pathology profession’s most-innovative leaders will also be speaking and sharing the successes and setbacks after their pathology labs began scanning glass slides to create WSIs, and their pathologists transitioned to reading cases digitally. It’s real world practice stuff here.
That’s it for this week. More dispatches to come. Hope to see you and your “krewe” in New Orleans.
(Bob Croce is Executive Publisher/General Manager of The Dark Intelligence Group, the company that brings you the Executive War College. Have a question or comment for Bob, you can reach him at bcroce@darkreport.com)
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A typical scene from the 2023 conference
Digital Pathology Workshop
Click on the video below by the EWC producer, Robert L. Michel to hear more
about the digital pathology workshop on Day 3 of Executive War College.
EWC 2023 Look Back
Need some more advice now on transitioning to digital pathology ahead of our program
in New Orleans? Check out this interview that took place at the 2023 Executive War College:
Newly added speakers and topics
(Here are some recent additions to the EWC ’24 agenda)
Prepare Your Lab for Era of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Clinical Diagnostics
Speaker: Ajit Singh, PhD, Partner, Artiman Ventures, Palo Alto, CA.
Whole Genome Sequencing in Community Hospitals Speaker: Honey Reddi, PhD, FACMG, SVP and Medical Director, Belay Diagnostics, Sussex, WI.
Pre-Analytical Considerations in Genetic Testing
Speaker:Laura Tafe, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.
Overview of the Digital Scanning Processes Speaker: Joaquin Garcia, MD, Chair, Division of Anatomic Pathology Medical Director, Digital Pathology Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Lean for Lab Leaders: Proven Ways to Swiftly Slash While Boosting Productivity and Improving Staff Retention
Speaker: Katja Lehmann, PhD, Director, LBS – Lean Practice Lean Focus, Scottsdale, AZ
For ongoing updates, check out our agenda page.