Journal article
Next Generation Quality: Assessing the Physician in Clinical History Completeness and Diagnostic Interpretations Using Funnel Plots and Normalized Deviations Plots in 3,854 Prostate Biopsies
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Observational data and funnel plots are routinely used outside of pathology to understand trends and improve performance.
OBJECTIVE: Extract diagnostic rate (DR) information from free text surgical pathology reports with synoptic elements and assess whether inter-rater variation and clinical history completeness information useful for continuous quality improvement (CQI) can be obtained.
Authors
Bonert M; El-Shinnawy I; Carvalho M; Williams P; Salama S; Tang D; Kapoor A
Journal
Journal of Pathology Informatics, Vol. 8, No. 1,
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2017
DOI
10.4103/jpi.jpi_50_17
ISSN
2229-5089