Standardized synoptic cancer pathology reporting: a population-based approach.
Cancer pathology reports contain information which is critical for patient management and for cancer surveillance, resource planning, and quality purposes. The College of American Pathologists (CAP) has defined scientifically validated content of checklists that form the basis for synoptic cancer pathology reporting. We outline how the CAP standards were implemented in a large Canadian province over a 3-year period resulting in improvements in rates of synoptic reporting and completeness of cancer pathology reporting.
Srigley
John R
JR
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Program Cancer Care Ontario, Ontario, Canada. jsrigley@cvh.on.ca
McGowan
Tom
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Maclean
Andrea
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Raby
Marilyn
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Ross
Jillian
J
Kramer
Sarah
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Sawka
Carol
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D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009864:Ontario; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D010340:Pathology, Surgical / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012015:Reference Standards; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled