Are external quality assurance (EQA) slide schemes a valid tool for the performance assessment of histopathologists?

Quality assurance plays a vital role in the healthcare profession and histopathologists play a central role in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. In the past these specialists have worked in isolation and quality assurance of their work has been difficult. In recent years this has changed with...

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Published inPathology, research and practice Vol. 201; no. 2; pp. 117 - 121
Main Author Parham, D.M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany Elsevier GmbH 01.01.2005
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Clinical Laboratory Techniques - standards
External quality assurance
Histology - standards
Histopathologists
Humans
National Health Programs
Pathology - standards
Performance assessment
Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods
Quality Control
Reproducibility of Results
External quality assurance
Histopathologists
Performance assessment
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Summary:Quality assurance plays a vital role in the healthcare profession and histopathologists play a central role in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. In the past these specialists have worked in isolation and quality assurance of their work has been difficult. In recent years this has changed with the introduction of External Quality Assurance slide schemes. This paper discusses how these schemes have evolved, the problems of standard setting and their validity as a measure of pathologists performance.
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ISSN:0344-0338
1618-0631
DOI:10.1016/j.prp.2005.01.004