(PRWEB) October 03, 2014

The array of technology innovations confronting the medical profession today is vast and disruptive. From home-based diagnostic testing to personal health records and integrating test results obtained outside the healthcare system into a patients healthcare recordpathologists and lab professionals need to be prepared to practice in a new era.

Medical futurist Bertalan Mesk, MD, PhD, will address this issue at a dynamic general session titled, A Guide to the Future of MedicineBringing Disruptive Technologies to Life in Health Care, at ASCP 2014 Tampa, Oct. 810.

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Mesk is hosting a general session at this years annual meeting, commented Dr. E. Blair Holladay, CEO/Executive Vice President of ASCP. His session will be an invigorating discussion on ways that new technology, such as genomics and next-generation sequencing, are providing pathologists and medical laboratory professionals with valuable tools to improve patient care.

We need to think outside the box when it comes to the practice of pathology in the future, says Dr. Mesk. Its important to know that we can use disruptive technologies such as genomics and still retain the human touch. It can be a huge yet exciting and challenging journey.

At the Annual Meeting, Dr. Mesk will address hot topics such as the role of genomics in improving patient care, the value of next-generation sequencing and the need to curate genomic data. Hell also explore the impact of these innovations on the consumers involvement in their own healthcare management.

Dr. Mesk has spent three years examining practical concepts that medical professionals can understand immediately and use in their practice. These are outlined in his newly released book, The Guide to the Future of Medicine. For his research, he interviewed 100 medical experts to predict the top 30 trends that will influence medicine in the years to come.

Described by Forbes Magazine as The Geek Whos Changing the World, Dr. Mesk is the managing director and founder of Webicina.com, the first service to curate medical and health-related social media resources free of charge for patients and medical professionals.

ASCP 2014 Tampa is being held Oct. 8-10 at the Tampa Convention Center, 333 S. Franklin Street, Tampa, Florida. The ASCP Annual Meeting is the largest educational meeting for pathologists and laboratory professionals. For more information about the meeting, visit http://www.ascp.org/2014-Annual-Meeting/index.html.

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Medical Futurist to Forecast the New Era of Healthcare at ASCP Annual Meeting in Tampa