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• Elizabeth McMahon

  Coming up, put your name here. The House of Delegates is looking for a few good leaders. And the CAP presents pathology stories that will give you the shivers. You can run, but you can't hide. Welcome to the Path News Network Daily Edition from the College of American Pathologists. I'm Elizabeth McMahon. It's Halloween. Friday, October 31st, and here's the news. Tomorrow may be Saturday, but it's a big day at the CAP. It's the first day you can nominate yourself for the House of Delegates. The nomination period is open November 1st through January 18th. This only comes around every three years. Consider raising your hand to be the voice for your region. Serving as a delegate means sharing your perspective with CAP leadership, influencing critical conversations, and expanding your professional network. Tune in Wednesday for my conversation with House Speaker Dr. Sang Wu to hear more about how to serve. If patients ask for unconventional lab tests, how should labs respond? The practice of complementary and integrative medicine, or SIM, is increasingly popular. It includes naturopathy, chiropractic care, and functional medicine. A new CAP Today article explores how labs are handling special CIM tests, including the policies, procedures, and common insurance questions. CAP Today interviewed Dr. Michael Astion of the University of Washington, who is the co-founder of PLUGS, a nationwide nonprofit that supports lab stewardship. Find out more in the October issue of CAP Today. In just a short time, digitization has enriched pathology education, bringing traditional training from labs to laptops. It's an exciting evolution that was not lost on Dr. Cullen Lilley, a pathology resident at UCLA, and Dr. Kamran Mirza, a pathology professor at the University of Michigan. In a new interview in The Pathologist magazine, the CAP members discuss the opportunity they saw to make pathology training more equitable through their website, PathElective. While you're at it, check out CAP on Demand, the CAP's new online streaming education source for members. Links are in the show notes. And just in time for a scary season, the CAP presents horror stories in pathology informatics. These terrifying tales are based on real events and explore adverse situations, failures, and lessons learned the hard way. The premiere episode, out now, is about a cancer patient who was scheduled to have his prostate removed. But tests before his surgery revealed a potentially life-threatening condition that clinicians missed several times. A savvy cardiologist saved the day. The full horror story is brought to you by CIPI Connections, the podcast from the CAP's Council on Informatics and Pathology Innovation. Get the podcast on your favorite app or find the link in our show notes. That wraps up today's Daily Edition. You can find more details on all these stories in our show notes. Don't miss our Advocacy Newsletter on Tuesdays and our Weekly Edition Newsletter on Thursdays. We'll be back on Monday at 5 a.m. Eastern. You can subscribe to this show on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. I'm Elizabeth McMahon. Have a great weekend.