How is Delta Pathology chosen to receive the removed tissues?
Increasingly, contracts with managed care providers or hospitals where the patient is operated upon dictate where the tissue will be sent. Pathologists are a vital part of the diagnosis and treatment team. If there are difficulties in diagnosis or questions that affect treatment, the surgeon can more quickly talk directly to the pathologist on the case if he is local. Instead of trying to talk to some unknown voice in a distant lab about an important diagnosis the surgeon can talk to someone he knows and respects, someone whose work he trusts through experience. The pathologist is often a continuing consultant on cases while the treatment is proceeding and immediate availability is a plus.
