Communicating Uncertainty in Surgical Pathology Reports A Survey of Staff Physicians and Residents at an Academic Medical Center

• Published in: Academic pathology Vol. 3; p. 2374289516659079
• Main Authors: Bracamonte, Erika, Gibson, Blake A., Klein, Robert, Krupinski, Elizabeth A., Weinstein, Ronald S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Regular; surgical pathology reports; diagnostic accuracy; free-text comments; quality measures; medical errors; human performance studies; interobserver variability

In order to document perceptions of text comments appearing in surgical pathology reports, questionnaires were distributed to 4 groups of caregivers: university staff pathologists, resident pathologists, faculty clinicians (other than pathologists), and resident clinicians at a teaching hospital. Re...