Scope of Services

Founded in 1957, InCyte Pathology is a locally-owned anatomic pathology laboratory with a longstanding tradition of service to physicians and their patients. In addition to services provided to physicians' offices, InCyte Pathology contracts with several hospitals in eastern Washington and northern Idaho to provide laboratory medical directorship and consultative services. Current contract services for anatomic pathology include:  

• Benewah Community Hospital (St. Maries, ID)
• Bonner General Hospital (Sandpoint, ID)
• Boundary Community Hospital (Bonners Ferry, ID)
• Columbia Basin Hospital (Ephrata, WA)
• Coulee Medical Center (Grand Coulee, WA)
• Dayton General Hospital (Dayton, WA)
• East Adams Rural Hospital (Ritzville, WA)
• Fairchild Air Force Base Laboratory (Fairchild AFB, WA)
• Gritman Medical Center (Moscow, ID)
• Holy Family Hospital (Spokane, WA)
• Kadlec Regional Medical Center (Richland, WA)
• Kootenai Medical Center (Coeur d'Alene, ID)
• Mount Carmel Hospital (Colville, WA)
• Newport Hospital (Newport, WA)
• Northern Idaho Advanced Care Hospital  (Post Falls, ID)
• Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories (Spokane, WA)
• Pullman Regional Hospital (Pullman, WA)
• Sacred Heart Medical Center (Spokane, WA)
• Samaritan Healthcare (Moses Lake, WA)
• St. Joseph's Hospital (Chewelah, WA)
• Shoshone Medical Center (Kellogg, ID)
• Valley Hospital and Medical Center (Spokane, WA)
• Whitman Hospital and Medical Center (Colfax, WA)

Clinical pathology laboratory consultative services, in addition to anatomic pathology services and quality control consultative services, are provided to numerous regional rural hospitals and physician clinics. Patient specimens are received from Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Oregon. 

Scope of Services: 

• Surgical Pathology
• Cytopathology
• Clinical Pathology Consultation
• Medical Director of Laboratory Services
• Autopsy Pathology (through hospital contracts)

 Subspecialty Expertise and Consultative Services:  

• Dermatopathology
• Fine Needle Aspiration
• Gastrointestinal Pathology
• Gynecologic Pathology
• Hematopathology
• Placental Pathology
• Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
• Renal Pathology
• Urologic Pathology

Special Studies: 

• Immunohistochemistry
• Fluorescent in-situ hybridization
• Direct immunofluorescence (DIF)

Medical Director of Laboratory Services:  InCyte Pathology contracts with several hospitals to provide on-site anatomic pathology services, including frozen section examination and radiologic rapid assessment.  As medical directors of the laboratory, InCyte pathologists serve as clinical pathology consultants and are ultimately responsible for the laboratory's accreditation by the College of American Pathologists which, in turn, is a necessary component for hospital accreditation agencies such as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), etc.  As members of hospital medical staffs, our pathologists serve in consultant roles to a broad variety of physician specialties and serve on a large number of hospital committees.  Our pathologists frequently chair Tumor Board discussions, serving as key members of teams of specialists determining the best treatment options for cancer patients.   

Description of Duties of Laboratory Medical Director:  The laboratory medical director is a board-certified pathologist with broad knowledge in both clinical laboratory science and clinical medicine.  The medical director's duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Provide administrative leadership in laboratory test and equipment selection, result reporting, staffing, budgeting and strategic planning.
• Define, implement and monitor standards of performance through the laboratory quality control and quality improvement programs.
• Interpret the medical significance of test results and provide consultations to clinicians and staff. Advise clinicians on the cost-effective use of laboratory data.
• Ensure that the laboratory is staffed with a sufficient number of qualified personnel, and provide for their ongoing education and safety.
• Be the "face of the laboratory" in working with regulatory agencies, medical leadership, reference laboratories, other hospital departments and the community at large.   

Autopsy Services:  As hospital pathologists, at the request of attending physicians, InCyte pathologists perform autopsies on patients who expire in the hospital.   

Collaboration with Spokane County Medical Examiners Office:  InCyte Pathology was instrumental in helping to establish the Medical Examiner's Office for Spokane County.  Our region is fortunate to have board-certified forensic pathologists, Drs. Sally Aiken and John Howard.  Because there is now a first-rate county medical examiner's office in Spokane, InCyte Pathology no longer performs autopsy pathology, but works with Drs. Aiken and Howard in a consultative role.