The effects of implementing synoptic pathology reporting in cancer diagnosis: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Pathology reporting is evolving from a traditional narrative report to a more structured synoptic report. Narrative reporting can cause misinterpretation due to lack of information and structure. In this systematic review, we evaluate the impact of synoptic reporting on completeness of pathology reports and quality of pathology evaluation for solid tumours. Pubmed, Embase and Cochrane databases were systematically searched to identify studies describing the effect of synoptic reporting implementation on completeness of reporting and quality of pathology evaluation of solid malignant tumours. Thirty-three studies met the inclusion criteria. All studies, except one, reported an increased overall completeness of pathology reports after introduction of synoptic reporting (SR). Most frequently

SUBMITTER: Sluijter CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4887530 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature