title: State of the art in pathology business process analysis, modeling, design and optimization.
abstract: For analyzing current workflows and processes, for improving them, for quality management and quality assurance, for integrating hardware and software components, but also for education, training and communication between different domains' experts, modeling business process in a pathology department is inevitable. The authors highlight three main processes in pathology: general diagnostic, cytology diagnostic, and autopsy. In this chapter, those processes are formally modeled and described in detail. Finally, specialized processes such as immunohistochemistry and frozen section have been considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Informatics & Media, University of Applied Sciences, Brandenburg, Germany. thomas.schrader@computer.org
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schrader
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blobel
authors.forename: Marcial
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García-Rojo
authors.forename: Christel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: Janina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Słodkowska
mesh_terms: D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010337:Pathology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018511:Systems Integration