Pathology News Roundup: October 2026

Voicebrook Introduces Cogit^™, a Co-Intelligence Assistant for Pathology. In September, Voicebrook announced Voicebrook Cogit^™, a co-intelligence assistant built around the pathologist’s case review. The idea behind it will be familiar to most pathologists. The hard part of pathology is rarely a lack of information. The hard part is that the information is scattered. Before a case can be signed out, someone has to find the clinical history, the prior biopsy and the bench measurements across several systems. Then they have to remember what the protocol still requires and reread the report for inconsistencies. None of that work needs a pathologist’s training, but all of it uses a pathologist’s time.

Cogit gathers that clinical context before the case opens and labels each piece with its source: the EHR, the AP/LIS or the digital pathology platform. As the pathologist dictates, Cogit tracks protocol completeness in real time instead of checking at sign-out. It flags statements that conflict, shows where each one came from, and builds an editable report from the dictation. Derived values, including staging, are shown to the pathologist for confirmation and never applied automatically. Cogit does not interpret images or suggest diagnoses. “The pathologist analyzes. Cogit organizes,” said Ross Weinstein, CEO of Voicebrook.

Cogit works across the systems a lab already runs and replaces none of them. It enters Beta at partner sites in late 2026. Voicebrook is now selecting Strategic Partner sites, and those sites will get first access. Learn more about Cogit and the Strategic Partner Program.

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CAP and DPA Partner to Advance Digital Pathology and AI. On October 23, the College of American Pathologists and the Digital Pathology Association signed a memorandum of understanding that sets up a formal partnership through 2029. The agreement gives the two organizations a shared way to find and pursue projects that support pathologists, laboratories and health systems as digital pathology and AI continue to develop. The focus areas are interoperability and standards, workforce development and education, regulatory and reimbursement advocacy, and verification frameworks for whole slide imaging and AI applications.

CAP President Jim Zhai, MD, FCAP, said joint work on standards, education and verification will help labs adopt these tools responsibly while keeping quality and patient care first. DPA President Scott Blakely described the partnership as a way to turn technical progress into better patient care. Possible outputs include guidance, tools and resources to support clinical adoption. Labs considering digital pathology often get stuck on interoperability and verification, so it is encouraging to see the two organizations working together on exactly those issues.

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Register for CAP’s Virtual Hill Day on November 18. The CAP will hold its annual Virtual Hill Day on Wednesday, November 18. A new session of Congress starts in January, and lawmakers are expected to take up a year-end health care package before then. That package could affect pathology and laboratory medicine through pending payment cuts, the physician workforce shortage and prior authorization. Participants will ask Congress to extend the 2.5% Medicare conversion factor adjustment from 2026 into 2027. They will also ask Congress to stop the scheduled 2027 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule reductions or pass the bipartisan RESULTS Act (H.R. 5269/S. 2761).

No advocacy experience is needed. Meetings take less than 30 minutes and run virtually between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM ET. The CAP handles scheduling, provides talking points and pairs each member with CAP staff and experienced advocates. Register here.