Tabular Versus Synoptic Reporting of Prostate Core Needle Biopsies.

Purpose: To compare synoptic versus tabular formats for reporting prostate core needle biopsy results. The format of a report can significantly affect the accuracy, speed, and preference with which a reader can retrieve information.

Methods: We compared the performance of 20 nonpathologists in the identification of specific information in synoptic and tabular reports using a computerized quiz that measured both accuracy and speed.

Reporting Margin Status in Synoptic Reports.

Purpose: The format of a synoptic report can significantly affect the accuracy, speed, and preference with which a reader can retrieve information. The purpose of this study was to compare different formats for reporting margin status in synoptic reports of colonic carcinoma.

Methods: The performance of 17 nonpathologists (cancer registrars and medical and nonmedical personnel) at identifying specific information in various formatted synoptic reports was evaluated using four computerized quizzes that measured both accuracy and speed.

Performance of a Web-based Method for Generating Synoptic Reports.

Context: The College of American Pathologists (CAP) requires synoptic reporting of all tumor excisions.

Objective: To compare the performance of different methods of generating synoptic reports.

Methods: Completeness, amendment rates, rate of timely ordering of ancillary studies (KRAS in T4/N1 colon carcinoma), and structured data file extraction were compared for four different synoptic report generating methods.

Reporting Gleason grade/score in synoptic reports of radical prostatectomies.

Context: The format of a synoptic report can significantly affect the accuracy, speed, and preference with which a reader can retrieve information.

Objective: The objective of this study is to compare different formats of Gleason grading/score in synoptic reports of radical prostatectomies.

Methods: The performance of 16 nonpathologists (cancer registrars, MDs, medical non-MDs, and nonmedical) at identifying specific information in various formatted synoptic reports using a computerized quiz that measured both accuracy and speed.

The impact of template format on the completeness of surgical pathology reports.

Context: The College of American Pathologists Cancer Case Summaries templates provide a method for including all necessary pathology information in surgical pathology reports with cancer. How effective these templates are at ensuring a complete report, as measured by a separate outside tumor registry, is not known.

Objective: To determine factors that correlate with the completeness of the pathology report.