HIPAA and Protecting Patient Information
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has many physicians nervous…
How to Extend a CAP Checklist for Increased Research Capabilities
Synoptic reporting offers benefits that reach beyond simple accuracy and compliance with…
How Synoptic Reporting Supports Patient Outcomes Analysis
One of the biggest benefits of moving from narrative (text) pathology reporting…
Are Electronic Medical Records Really Causing a Crisis?
When someone dies of a treatable illness, fingers start pointing. When someone…
Incorporating Patient Reported Outcomes in Post-Surgery Evaluation
How do you determine if a procedure was successful? Patient-reported outcomes (PRO’s)…
3 Pathology Synoptic Reporting Examples
Accuracy in pathology reporting and interpretation is vital to patient care, risk…
Clinical Documentation Improvement: Why Care About Synoptic Reporting?
Synoptic reports provide a more complete view of a patient’s condition than…
Five Ways to Reduce Errors in Pathology Synoptic Reporting
Synoptic reporting is a clinical documentation method that’s popular among pathologists because…
CAP Template Providing Too Much Information?
Although updated CAP templates are an excellent and necessary foundation to synoptic…
Adrenal Pathology Reporting: How to Prevent Errors with Pathology Reporting Software
When using any type of clinical documentation method, there is always a…
