RFID analysis of the complexity of cellular pathology workflow-An opportunity for digital pathology.

ABSTRACT: Digital pathology (DP) offers potential for time efficiency gains over an analog workflow however, to date, evidence supporting this claim is relatively lacking. Studies available concentrate on specific workflow points such as diagnostic reporting time, rather than overall efficiencies in slide logistics that might be expected. This is in part a result of the complexity and variation in analog working, and the challenge therefore in capturing this. We have utilized RFID technology to conduct a novel study capturing the movement of diagnostic cases within the analog pathway in a large teaching hospital setting, thus providing benchmark data for potential efficiency gains with DP. This technology overcomes the need to manually record data items and has facilitated the capture of both the ph

SUBMITTER: Browning L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9377528 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature