Organizer Profile
Association for Pathology Informatics (API)

Association for Pathology Informatics (API)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

The Association for Pathology Informatics (API) was founded in 2000 by a group of pathologists interested in defining pathology informatics as a clinical subspecialty within pathology by way of education. API continues to support this educational mission by:
• Sponsoring a national educational meeting,
• Providing educational content to other Pathology meetings (e.g. United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology annual meeting),
• Developing and educating members about standards for reporting, transferring, storing and merging pathology related information,
• Developing an independent, not-for-profit, open access peer-reviewed electronic academic journal, Journal of • Pathology Informatics (JPI), which published the first quarterly edition in March, 2010.
• Promoting education of residents and practicing pathologists in informatics and technology that enhances the field of laboratory medicine.

Mission:
The Mission of the Association for Pathology Informatics is to promote the field of pathology informatics as an academic and a clinical subspecialty of pathology.
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