Advanced Pathology enjoys successful relationships with our hospital clients and takes a collaborative approach to patient-centered care.
Our network of pathologists supports our on-site team providing shared solutions to common problems, rapid case consultation and continuous coverage.
We work with our hospitals to deliver quality-driven, cost-effective care, compliant with regulatory and accreditation standards. We address appropriate utilization, lab efficiency and patient and customer satisfaction.
Professional Pathology Services
Advanced Pathology provides Board-certified pathologists who serve on site and are available and visible to the hospital medical staff. Our pathologists are supported by our network of sub-specialist pathologists so that each institution has the benefit of this shared experience.
Anatomic Pathology
- General Surgical Pathology
- Cytopathology
- Hematopathology
- GI Pathology
- Gynecological and Breast
- Head and Neck
- Endocrine
- Genito-Urinary Pathology
- Autopsy Services
Clinical Pathology
- Lab Management and Direction
- Regulatory Compliance
- Transfusion Services
Clinical Laboratory Medical Directorship
Advanced Pathology has pathologists qualified and experienced as laboratory Medical Directors.
- Clinical Laboratory
- Transfusion Services
- Point of Care Testing
- Regulatory Compliance, CLIA, CAP, AABB, FDA
Our Medical Directors maintain College of American Pathologists certification at all of our laboratories.
Transfusion Services/Blood Bank Medical Director
- College of American Pathologists Accreditation
- American Association of Blood Banks Accreditation
- FDA Licensing (when necessary)
- Consultation with Medical Staff for Transfusion Issues
- Blood Utilization
Our pathologists are encouraged to expand their leadership roles beyond the Department of Pathology. Working closely with hospital and medical staff leaders, we demonstrate value through the use of quality data and our collective years of experience in laboratory management and medical staff affairs.
Chair, Department of Pathology
Our Department of Pathology Chairmen/women have the skills necessary to operate an effective department.
Staffing
- Maintain seamless 24/7 service coverage
Quality
- Establishing and evaluating quality service metrics
Peer Review
- Advanced Pathology has an effective peer review program to ensure high-quality performance of its members
- Use of benchmarked data
Adequacy of Service Level Assessment
- Appropriate test menu
- Appropriate Turn Around Time
- Thoroughness of reporting
Medical Staff Leadership
Our pathologists are experienced in leadership roles beyond their departments:
- Medical Staff Leadership
- Medical Executive Committee
- Credentials Committees
- Medical Staff Peer Review Committee
- Transfusion Committee
- Infection Control Committee
Hospital Leadership
Advanced Pathology encourages its pathologists to get involved in multi-disciplinary activities contributing to improved patient care. We have experience serving:
- Hospital Quality Committees
- Utilization Committees
- Process Improvement Initiatives
- PRT
- RCA
- Kaizen
- Patient Throughput
Advanced Pathology has a successful record of designing, configuring, and managing physician in-office pathology laboratories.
We provide turn-key solutions for new laboratories, including:
- Laboratory space design
- Equipment
- Reagents
- Recruitment, hiring, and training histology staff
- Information technology solutions for the lab
- CLIA licensing
- CAP Accreditation
- Technical laboratory management
- Cloud IT solutions
For existing labs, we provide:
- Medical Directorships
- On-going regulatory compliance
- Staff support
- Equipment maintenance and troubleshooting
- Laboratory test menu back-up
- Access to Pathology professional services
- Technical laboratory management
- Cloud IT solutions
Advanced Pathology offers Medical Directorship services to start-up or existing independent clinical and molecular laboratories.
Start-Up Assistance
- Equipment, reagent selection
- Test menu
- Clinical Relevance
- Reporting Format
- Customer Targeting
- Space design
- Licensing
- Regulatory compliance Existing Laboratories
- Medical Directorship
- Test menu o Clinical Relevance
- Reporting Format
- Customer Targeting
- Regulatory compliance
Advanced Pathology has participated in clinical trials and research studies involving artificial intelligence application in anatomic pathology, imaging diagnostics, as well as clinical laboratory research.
Research
Our pathologists can provide assistance to research facilities for a range of services:
- Tumor cell identification
- Microdissection of tumor
- Tissue evaluation of therapy response
- Organ toxicity assessment
- AI applications
Clinical Trials
- Trial design
- Principle investigator
- Local site investigators
- Imaging diagnostics
Advanced Pathology offers consulting services for:
Laboratory
- Design
- Equipment Selection
- Productivity
- Workflow Analysis
- Test Menu
Regulatory Compliance