Jordan Rosenfeld

Effective test utilization is a key piece in patient care and laboratory workflows, but it can be subject to frustrating inefficiencies. Good laboratory stewardship can help streamline testing processes and utilization, saving time, money, and improving care.
Two individuals made a notable impact on testing in their laboratories and were named 2025 ASCP Laboratory Stewardship Champions.

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has arrived with promises to change every industry, specialty, and field, including pathology. AI is already being used in medical laboratories around the country, and while it still has a long way to go to truly change how healthcare is delivered, it has already influenced the laboratory in myriad ways.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are already in use in pathology and laboratories, and they are definitely here to stay. While their current usage is relatively small now, largely confined to digital pathology and automation tools, we’re likely to see a massive evolution of their sophistication...

In the field of pathology, where women—particularly women of color—remain significantly underrepresented, three Black pathologists, Drs. Jamie M. Everett, MD, Daphne Massey, MD, and Paulyann Maclayton, MD, have become a crucial support network for each other. Together, they advance the awareness of pathology and engage in community teaching and mentorship to inspire young pathologists and laboratory professionals.

The financial decisions you make today don’t just affect your current budget — they shape your future. Whether you’re saving, investing or planning for retirement, the right money moves can set you up for long-term success. Here are eight money moves to build a solid financial foundation now that will have ripple effects for years to come.

When Rachel Anderson, MLS, of Nevada, attended the ASCP 2023 Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California, she didn’t know that it would do more than offer her some quality education—it would save her wife’s life.

Imagine running an Anatomic Pathology laboratory with a dedicated but limited staff who are afraid to travel to work, who do so with intermittent electricity and internet, and often without essential reagents needed for their job. U.S. Laboratories wouldn’t even try, yet that is how Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM) in Haiti still functions despite the most desperate circumstances imaginable.

Indigenous peoples have long struggled to access quality healthcare in the United States. While many of the issues related to these barriers cannot be solved in the laboratory alone, those laboratories and hospitals that employ more people who are indigenous to the patient populations being served bring cultural competency that leads to better and higher-quality patient care.

One might not think that finance and football have much in common, but according to Jed Collins, a former NFL fullback best known for playing with the New Orleans Saints, now a certified financial planner (CFP) and financial educator, they overlap quite a lot.

The housing market is in a state of flux with new and existing home sales on the rise (as of August 2024) but overall home affordability declining, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Some real estate experts feel it’s due for a reset.

The moment when your children become independent adults can be a big relief, financially (and in other ways) for many parents, freeing up money and time.
However, for a number of reasons, adult children sometimes move back home.

Burnout in the workplace is a problem that spans almost every industry, so it should be no surprise that it also rears its head in the laboratory workforce. However, according to a study published in February 2024 in AJCP,1 there’s a unique kind of burnout affecting laboratory professionals and pathologists that is cause for alarm and intervention: Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) related burnout.

While it’s hard to know for sure how much influence a vice president has on a president, if the Harris-Walz ticket were to win the White House in November, what might Walz bring to the table — and how could this affect the economy?

Though there have been significant strides in gender-affirming care for transgender and gender non-conforming patients, there are still barriers that pathologists and laboratory professionals can help break down.