{"title":"A creative combination: why commercial and hospital laboratories should unite.","authors":"J B Peter","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The trend for existing hospital laboratories to combine with their commercial counterparts is a prudent one, the author says. He recommends that hospitals continue to perform routine testing, but send the sophisticated, high-technology tests to a commercial laboratory. His advice: Several hospitals should join to own and operate the central facility in combination with a reference laboratory. He concludes with practical suggestions, guided by experience, to make this model work.</p>","PeriodicalId":80113,"journal":{"name":"Pathologist","volume":"38 11","pages":"708-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21139841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A DRG-based management information system.","authors":"M I Burken","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the June 1984 issue of Pathologist, Larry Shaw, MD, encouraged pathologists to turn threat into opportunity by coming partners with hospital management in addressing prospective payment challenges. He cited his own experience at Desert Samaritan Hospital and Health Center of Mesa, Ariz., as an example of how pathologists could participate in setting policy. The author of the following article shares yet another approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":80113,"journal":{"name":"Pathologist","volume":"38 11","pages":"732-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21179858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New instrumentation in urinalysis.","authors":"J A Jackson, M E Conrad","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Automated instrumentation and electronic data processing now assist in performing and standardizing urinalyses. These innovations include specific gravity instruments and reagent \"strip readers,\" and one system designed to automate the physical, chemical, and microscopic urinalysis. In this article, the author reviews the features of some examples of these new instruments.</p>","PeriodicalId":80113,"journal":{"name":"Pathologist","volume":"38 10","pages":"652-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21134327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Purchasing instrumentation for the microbiology laboratory.","authors":"J M Matsen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Though the decision of whether or not to purchase instrumentation for clinical microbiology depends on the circumstances in the individual laboratory, the author believes that a knowledge of the proper perspective and some general rules will make decision making easier. In this article he presents a list of guidelines.</p>","PeriodicalId":80113,"journal":{"name":"Pathologist","volume":"38 10","pages":"658-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21188815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CAP v. Heckler and HCFA's modification of TEFRA regulations.","authors":"J R Bierig, J C Dechene","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although the Court of Appeals did not invalidate the Health Care Financing Administration's TEFRA regulations, HCFA did make favorable changes in the regulations in response to the College's lawsuit. Here, the authors detail the important areas in which HCFA reversed its position during the course of the litigation, and describe other aspects of the suit.</p>","PeriodicalId":80113,"journal":{"name":"Pathologist","volume":"38 10","pages":"661-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21143389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Graduate medical education: what will happen under DRGs?","authors":"W H Hartmann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Changing methods of reimbursement could cause the number of Graduate Medical Education programs to fall, the author says. Here, he explores how this will affect competition in and funding of the programs, and the programs themselves.</p>","PeriodicalId":80113,"journal":{"name":"Pathologist","volume":"38 10","pages":"664-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21181826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical pathology consultations: reports, requests, and reimbursement.","authors":"H C Pribor","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pathologists have been consultants from the beginning of the specialty, and this advice, the author says, is needed more by clinicians today than ever before. Here, he details what true consultation reports are, how to produce them accurately and rapidly, how to get requests, and how to get paid under the regulations of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act.</p>","PeriodicalId":80113,"journal":{"name":"Pathologist","volume":"38 9","pages":"574-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21143376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Educating residents in the 80s: how much, how many, who, where, and how?","authors":"J Neff","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The way future pathologists are educated will change greatly, the author says. Though there is danger in what is to come, there are opportunities as well, and the author remains optimistic. In this article he explains why.</p>","PeriodicalId":80113,"journal":{"name":"Pathologist","volume":"38 9","pages":"584-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21136937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Negotiating your contract: points to consider.","authors":"W B Zeiler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The CAP offers two publications that contain basic contractual information. One was distributed in March 1983, and the other is being revised at this time to reflect recent developments. This article reviews some of the changes in contract concerns and opportunities, and serves as an interim source of information that may assist pathologists in their negotiations.</p>","PeriodicalId":80113,"journal":{"name":"Pathologist","volume":"38 9","pages":"568-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21143375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What are your practice alternatives?","authors":"P A Lambird","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The possibilities for the future of the practice of pathology have never been brighter, the author says. He explains how pathologists can be successful in alternative practice arrangements, and what these alternatives are.</p>","PeriodicalId":80113,"journal":{"name":"Pathologist","volume":"38 9","pages":"580-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21136936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}