Obstacles and drivers in the adoption of Standardized Structured Reporting (SSR): insights from pathologists.

ABSTRACT: The adoption of Standardized Structured Reporting (SSR) in pathology offers significant potential to improve data consistency, completeness, and interoperability. This study combines quantitative data from an online survey of Belgian pathologists with qualitative insights from focus group interviews to identify key factors influencing SSR implementation. Survey results demonstrate strong support for SSR, particularly in enhancing report uniformity, completeness, and efficiency, especially in multidisciplinary teams and for secondary data use. Despite these advantages, participants identified several challenges, including the integration of SSR with existing IT systems, financial constraints, resistance to change, and legal and regulatory barriers. Focus group interviews reinforced these fi

SUBMITTER: Bazyleva E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12289798 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature