The field of pathology, which provides tissue diagnoses for clinical and research purposes,
is at the heart of medical decision-making. The current move to digital pathology (DP) is a …

Patients now have access to online portals that allow them to connect with clinical providers
and access elements of their medical record, including provider notes and test results …

Objectives To characterize the attitudes of treating clinicians toward pathology explanation
clinics (PECs). Methods Clinicians from a tertiary care academic medical center were …

Context.—Patients can now immediately review pathology reports via online health portals.
Objective.—To better characterize patient perceptions of pathology report helpfulness and …

Context.—Cardiac and pulmonary allograft recipients represent a unique population,
frequently interacting with support groups and exhibiting intense curiosity about their …

Objectives To characterize the role of pathology explanation clinics (PECs) in prostate
cancer care and determine their impact on patients, urologic oncologists, and quality of care …

Background Despite the integral contribution of dermatopathologists in diagnosing skin
lesions, their role often remains unclear to patients, likely due to little face‐to‐face …

Like most medical trainees, I entered medical school assuming that meeting with and caring
for patients directly would be an important part of my career. I learned to take detailed …

Direct pathologist-patient encounters are infrequent, but there has been a modest movement
toward such interactions in the past 2 decades. The present article places that movement in …