Pathologists Meeting With Patients: The Diagnostic Management Team Conference

Pathologists have not traditionally discussed cases directly with patients, nor have pathologists traditionally sat with patients and examined the patients' cases. But in today’s molecular era there is a growing need for pathologists to directly discuss with patients their diseases. In this CAPcast, Dr. Timothy Allen will discuss the real-time anatomic pathology diagnostic management team conference, a new concept in which the pathologist joins clinical and radiologic colleagues in real time, using HIPAA-compliant Skype technology, to discuss with a patient (and possibly also the patient's family) the patient's disease process including diagnosis, current treatment, and future management. Dr. Allen will be teaming with Dr. Harpreet Talwar to teach a course on this topic at CAP18, which will be held Oct. 20-24 in Chicago. To register for CAP18, please visit www.capannualmeeting.org.