Audit of Service Performance Turn Around Times** All Documentation of Whole workload or TAT Selected case type Overall The goal is collecting acceptable data to Different develop benchmarks for the future to compare phases of ** For Histology consider criteria from reporting nationally, hosted by the RCPA technical –QAP either current ACHS or the UK RCPath process module. (presented as de-identified information, criteria or RCPA recommendations By different similar format to the RCPA-QAP are already case types with their results) ** Forensics to advise suggested indicator Report format review % Errors concluding Typographical/ transcript check errors SNOMED coding Billing Errors Data collection of audits of this type will be hosted by the RCPA QAP as part of the laboratory module to ‘technical’ allow benchmarking between laboratories. LIST OF QUALITY MONITORS AND KEY INDICATORS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK Quality Activity Discipline Key Quality References Monitor Indicators (supporting evidence) Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology. Recommendations for (A + B) Internal Diagnostic All Total cases reviewed Quality Assurance and Improvement in Peer Review Surgical and Autopsy Pathology. Am J Clin Agreement as a % 2006;126:337-340. Pathol. Frable WJ. Surgical Pathology- Second Review , Institutional Reviews, Audits, and Correlations. What’s Out There? Error or Diagnostic Variation? Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2006;130:620-625. Leong S-Y, Leong SB, Bhagwandeen B. Diagnostic in anatomical “errors” pathology:relevance to Australian laboratories. Pathology. 2006;38:490-497. Lui M, Smith N, Langdale-Smith G, Dahlstrom JE. Internal quality assurance in cytopathology: Audit on the audit. World Health Promotion Conference, Melbourne, Australia, April, 2004 [Abstract No. 1986].
Audit of Service Performance The goal is collecting acceptable data to develop benchmarks for the future to compare nationally, hosted by the RCPA –QAP technical module. (presented as de-identified information, similar format to the RCPA-QAP are already with their results) Turn Around Times** Whole workload or Selected case type ** For Histology consider criteria from either current ACHS or the UK RCPath criteria or RCPA recommendations ** Forensics to advise suggested indicator Report format review Typographical/ transcript errors SNOMED coding Billing Errors All Documentation of TAT Overall Different phases of reporting process By different case types % Errors concluding check Data collection of audits of this type will be hosted by the RCPA QAP as part of the laboratory ‘technical’ module to allow benchmarking between laboratories. LIST OF QUALITY MONITORS AND KEY INDICATORS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK Quality Activity Monitor Discipline Key Quality Indicators References (supporting evidence) (A + B) Internal Diagnostic Peer Review All Total cases reviewed Agreement as a % Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology. Recommendations for Quality Assurance and Improvement in Surgical and Autopsy Pathology. Am J Clin Pathol. 2006;126:337-340. Frable WJ. Surgical Pathology- Second Review , Institutional Reviews, Audits, and Correlations. What’s Out There? Error or Diagnostic Variation? Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2006;130:620-625. Leong S-Y, Leong SB, Bhagwandeen B. Diagnostic “errors” in anatomical pathology:relevance to Australian laboratories. Pathology. 2006;38:490-497. Lui M, Smith N, Langdale-Smith G, Dahlstrom JE. Internal quality assurance in cytopathology: Audit on the audit. World Health Promotion Conference, Melbourne, Australia, April, 2004 [Abstract No. 1986].
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