title: Informatics tools for quality in anatomic pathology.
abstract: This article reviews three informatics tools developed as part of an overall quality program in an anatomic pathology laboratory. These tools include a tracking monitor for analyzing the entire testing process through pre-analytic, analytic, and postanalytic phases; the use of digital imaging in quality control of immunohistochemistry in the analytic phase; and a results-reporting monitor for flow of postanalytic data to patient data repositories.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 17822, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Prichard
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strevig
authors.forename: Adam M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Myra L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Wilkerson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011786:Quality Control