Contact us
|
Home
|
Login
| Users Online: 1015
Feedback
Subscribe
Advertise
Search
Advanced Search
Month wise articles
Figures next to the month indicate the number of articles in that month
2021
January
[
1
]
2020
December
[
1
]
October
[
1
]
July
[
1
]
2019
April
[
1
]
February
[
1
]
2018
December
[
1
]
September
[
1
]
June
[
1
]
May
[
2
]
April
[
3
]
2017
December
[
1
]
November
[
1
]
October
[
1
]
September
[
1
]
July
[
1
]
June
[
1
]
April
[
2
]
March
[
1
]
February
[
2
]
2016
December
[
1
]
November
[
1
]
October
[
1
]
September
[
2
]
July
[
1
]
May
[
1
]
April
[
1
]
February
[
1
]
January
[
1
]
2015
November
[
2
]
September
[
1
]
August
[
1
]
July
[
2
]
June
[
1
]
March
[
1
]
January
[
2
]
2014
November
[
1
]
September
[
1
]
August
[
1
]
July
[
3
]
March
[
1
]
2013
September
[
1
]
August
[
1
]
January
[
1
]
2012
November
[
1
]
June
[
1
]
April
[
1
]
2011
December
[
1
]
November
[
1
]
October
[
1
]
August
[
1
]
June
[
1
]
May
[
2
]
March
[
1
]
2010
October
[
1
]
May
[
1
]
» Articles published in the past year
To view other articles click corresponding year from the navigation links on the left side.
All
|
Abstracts
|
Book Review
|
Commentary
|
Editorial
|
Letters to Editor
|
Original Article
|
Original Articles
|
PV16 Abstracts
|
Research Article
|
Review Articles
|
Symposium
|
Technical Note
Export selected to
Endnote
Reference Manager
Procite
Medlars Format
RefWorks Format
BibTex Format
Show all abstracts
Show selected abstracts
Export selected to
Add to my list
Technical Note:
Open-source software for demand forecasting of clinical laboratory test volumes using time-series analysis
Emad A Mohammed, Christopher Naugler
J Pathol Inform
2017, 8:7 (28 February 2017)
DOI
:10.4103/jpi.jpi_65_16
PMID
:28400996
Background:
Demand forecasting is the area of predictive analytics devoted to predicting future volumes of services or consumables. Fair understanding and estimation of how demand will vary facilitates the optimal utilization of resources. In a medical laboratory, accurate forecasting of future demand, that is, test volumes, can increase efficiency and facilitate long-term laboratory planning. Importantly, in an era of utilization management initiatives, accurately predicted volumes compared to the realized test volumes can form a precise way to evaluate utilization management initiatives. Laboratory test volumes are often highly amenable to forecasting by time-series models; however, the statistical software needed to do this is generally either expensive or highly technical.
Method:
In this paper, we describe an open-source web-based software tool for time-series forecasting and explain how to use it as a demand forecasting tool in clinical laboratories to estimate test volumes.
Results:
This tool has three different models, that is, Holt-Winters multiplicative, Holt-Winters additive, and simple linear regression. Moreover, these models are ranked and the best one is highlighted.
Conclusion:
This tool will allow anyone with historic test volume data to model future demand.
[ABSTRACT]
[HTML Full text]
[PDF]
[Mobile Full text]
[EPub]
[PubMed]
[Sword Plugin for Repository]
Beta
Technical Note:
Implementation of a software application for presurgical case history review of frozen section pathology cases
Andrew P Norgan, Mathew L Okeson, Justin E Juskewitch, Kabeer K Shah, William R Sukov
J Pathol Inform
2017, 8:3 (28 February 2017)
DOI
:10.4103/2153-3539.201112
PMID
:28400992
Background:
The frozen section pathology practice at Mayo Clinic in Rochester performs ~20,000 intraoperative consultations a year (~70–80/weekday). To prepare for intraoperative consultations, surgical pathology fellows and residents review the case history, previous pathology, and relevant imaging the day before surgery. Before the work described herein, review of pending surgical pathology cases was a paper-based process requiring handwritten transcription from the electronic health record, a laborious and potentially error prone process.
Methods:
To facilitate more efficient case review, a modular extension of an existing surgical listing software application (Surgical and Procedure Scheduling [SPS]) was developed. The module (SPS-pathology-specific module [PM]) added pathology-specific functionality including recording case notes, prefetching of radiology, pathology, and operative reports from the medical record, flagging infectious cases, and real-time tracking of cases in the operating room. After implementation, users were surveyed about its impact on the surgical pathology practice.
Results:
There were 16 survey respondents (five staff pathologists and eleven residents or fellows). All trainees (11/11) responded that the application improved an aspect of surgical list review including abstraction from medical records (10/11), identification of possibly infectious cases (7/11), and speed of list preparation (10/11). The average reported time savings in list preparation was 1.4 h/day. Respondents indicated the application improved the speed (11/16), clarity (13/16), and accuracy (10/16) of morning report. During the workday, respondents reported the application improved real-time case review (14/16) and situational awareness of ongoing cases (13/16).
Conclusions:
A majority of respondents found the SPS-PM improved all preparatory and logistical aspects of the Mayo Clinic frozen section surgical pathology practice. In addition, use of the SPS-PM saved an average of 1.4 h/day for residents and fellows engaged in preparatory case review.
[ABSTRACT]
[HTML Full text]
[PDF]
[Mobile Full text]
[EPub]
[PubMed]
[Sword Plugin for Repository]
Beta
Sitemap
|
What's New
|
Feedback
|
Disclaimer
|
© Journal of Pathology Informatics | Published by Wolters Kluwer -
Medknow
Online since 10
th
March, 2010