A 20-year and 46,000-specimen journey to Paris reveals the influence of reporting systems and passive peer feedback on pathologist practice patterns.
Christopher J VandenBusscheDerek B AllisonMohit GuptaSyed Z AliDorothy L RosenthalPublished in: Cancer cytopathology (2018)
The use of reporting systems (Johns Hopkins Hospital Template and TPS) has coincided with decreases in the institutional atypical rate at the study institution. An individual pathologist may influence the practice patterns of his or her colleagues, resulting in fluctuations in the institutional rate of atypia over time. Cancer Cytopathol 2018;126:381-9. © 2018 American Cancer Society.