Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (qupp) Final Reports

Appendix A – Report Summaries Relevant to Different Themes

The Quality Use of Pathology (QUPP) report summaries incorporate principles and strategies relevant to additional chapter themes which are highlighted in the table below.

	Project Name	Chapter Theme	Page Nos.
1		Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus Workforce Capacity and Competence	84 127
2	An Historical Analysis of Pathology Ordering by General Practitioners between April 1998 and March 2001 from the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) Program (2002)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
3	A Project to Examine the Utilisation of Pathology Tests in the Investigation of Tiredness in General Practice (2002)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
4	Analysis of Current Practices in Relation to the Teaching of Pathology (Laboratory Medicine) (2003)	Workforce Capacity and Competence	127
5	Analysis of Current Laboratory Medicine (Pathology) Teaching Practice in Prevocational and General Practitioner Vocational Training (2003)	Workforce Capacity and Competence	127
6	A Mechanism for the Development, Implementation and Evaluation of Evidence-Based, Best-Practice Clinical Guidelines to Facilitate Quality Use of Pathology Tests (2003)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
7		eHealth Capability Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	65 84
8	Academic Detailing Supporting Better Outcomes from Diagnostic Technologies (2004)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
9	Common Sense Pathology (2006)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
10	Improved Pathology Reporting, Education and Practice (IPREP) for Colorectal Cancer (2009)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
11	Evidence-Based, Best-Practice Prevention of Blood Borne Virus Transmission in Health Care Settings Program (PBBV) (2009)	Risk Minimisation Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement	43 84 163
12	Structured Pathology Reporting Standards for Cancer (2009)	Risk Minimisation eHealth Capability	43 65
13	Evidence-Practice Gap in GP Pathology Test Ordering: A Comparison of BEACH Pathology Data and Recommended Testing (2009)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
14		eHealth Capability Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	65 84
15	Common Sense Pathology Publication Series (2011)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement	84 163
16	Promoting and Expanding Structured Pathology Reporting of Cancer (Stage 2) (Current)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
17	RCPA – Quality Assurance Programs Key Indicator Project (2004)	Workforce Capacity and Competence	127
18	Pilot Laboratory Assessment and Peer Review Mechanism for Pathology Key Performance Indicators (2007)	Workforce Capacity and Competence	127
19	Key Incident Monitoring & Management Systems (Current)	Workforce Capacity and Competence	127
20	Performance Monitoring of External Quality Assurance (Current)	Workforce Capacity and Competence	127
21	NATA File Audit – Risk Analysis of Assessment Non Conformances Identified in Pathology Laboratory Assessment Accreditation (Current)	Workforce Capacity and Competence	127
22	Virtual Microscope (2005)	Workforce Capacity and Competence	127
23	Development of a Quality Assurance Module for Human Papilloma Virus Testing (2008)	Risk Minimisation Workforce Capacity and Competence	43 127
24	Preparing for Genomic Medicine: National Audit and Development of a Best Practice Approach (2009)	Risk Minimisation Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	43 84
25	High Resolution Scanning Microscopy for Quality Assurance and Educational Applications (2009)	Workforce Capacity and Competence	127
26	Policies, Procedures and Guidelines for Point-of-Care Testing (2011)	Workforce Capacity and Competence	127
27	Establishment of a Molecular Genetics Quality Assurance Program (Current)	Risk Minimisation	43
28	MAWSON – An Online Repository of Genetic Data to Aid Reporting of Medical Genetic Tests (Current)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	1 1
29	PoCT Training, Certification, Support and Skill Maintenance Program (Australian PoCT Practitioners Network – APPN) (Current)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	1
30	Pathology Informatics Working Party (2003)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
31	Development of on On-line Maintenance System for the Australian Pathology Request and Result Code Sets (2003)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
32	Pathology and General Practice Software Integration Project (PaGSIP) (2003)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
33	Chain of Information Custody for the Pathology Request-Test-Report Cycle in Australia (Guidelines for Pathology Requesters and Pathology Providers) (2004)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
34	Supporting HL7 for Health Informatics Standards (2004)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	1
35	A Study of the Impact of the Use of General Practice Computer Systems on the Ordering of Pathology (2004)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	1 84
36	Application of Pathology Informatics to Reporting of Critical/Abnormal Results for Improved Requester/Provider Communication and Improved Patient Care (2004)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
37	Padlok On-line Pathology Ordering System (2005)	Risk Minimisation	43
38	Information Extraction from Narrative Pathology Reports on Melanoma (2008)	Risk Minimisation	43
39	Automatic Compilation of Synoptic Reports from Narrative Pathology Reports (Stage 2) (2010 Submitted with the title: The Pathology Reporter)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
40	Automatic Population of Synoptic Reports from Narrative Pathology Reports (Stage 3) (Current)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	84
41	Standardisation of Pathology Terminology and Units (Current)	Risk Minimisation	43
42	Guidelines for Patient/Consumer Access to Pathology Test Reports (2001)	Consumer Focus and Information Strategies	150
43	AUSLAB Retest Interval Trial Project (2003)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	1
44	Home Monitoring of Warfarin Therapy in Children using the CoaguchekTM Point of Care INR Monitor (2003)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	1
45	AUSLAB Retest Interval Project (2004)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	1
46	Facilitating Best Practice Pathology Utilisation by the Use of Hand-Held Decision Support Devices (2004)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	1
47	Improving GP Access to and Use of Retrospective and Current Pathology Data to Increase Detection of Early Diabetes (IGT and IFG) in General Practice (2005)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	1
48	Quality Use of Pathology Services Education Program (2006)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	1
49	Investigation into the Reasons for Incorrect or Incomplete Pathology Request Forms (2008)	Risk Minimisation	43
50	Enhancing the Quality Use of Pathology for GP Registrars and International Medical Graduates – Assessing the Need (2009)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	1
51	Effect of a Structured Microbiology Laboratory Report on Antimicrobial Prescribing for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Elderly Females (2010)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	1
52	Identifying how Electronic Decision Support (EDS) in Computerised Pathology Order Entry Systems can Improve Pathology Practice, Rational Ordering and Patient Outcomes (2010)	Quality Assurance and Capacity – New Technology Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	55 1
53	Computer Assisted Patient Simulations for Education in the Rational Use of Investigations – Final Report for Phase 1 (iNvestigate Project) (2010)	Quality Assurance and Capacity – New Technology Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	55 1
54	iNvestigate: Online Patient Simulations for Education in the Rational Use of Investigations – Final Report for Phase 2 (2011)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	1
55	Encouraging Quality Pathology Ordering in Australia’s Public Hospitals (2011)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	1 84
56	Effective Communication of Pathology Results in Requesting Practitioners and Consumers (Current)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	1
57	iNvestigate: Online Patient Simulations for Education in the Rational Use of Investigations (Current)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports	1
58	The Impact of the Implementation of Electronic Ordering of Pathology Requesting and the Quality and Effectiveness of Hospital Pathology Services – Building a Robust Evidence Base and Benefits Framework for Successful e-Health Diffusions (Current)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports eHealth Capability	1 65
59	PathWay (2005)	Integrated Analysis of Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Final Reports Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement	1 163
60	The Australian Pathology Workforce Crisis (2008)	Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement	163
61	Review of Pathology Specialist Development Pathways (2010)	Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement	163
62	Impact of Workload of Anatomical Pathologists on Quality and Safety (2011)	Risk Minimisation	43
63	Survey of the Pathology Workforce (2011)	Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement	163
64	Career Structures and Pathways for the Scientific Workforce in Medical Pathology Laboratories (2011)	Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement	163
65	Quality Use of Pathology Consumer Consultation Project (2010)	Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement	163
66	Benefits and Risks of Pathology Testing (Current)	Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement	163
67	Lab Tests OnlineAU Stage 1 (Current)	Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement	163
68	Optimising Health Benefits for Aboriginal People who take Warfarin (2009)	Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement	163
69	Quality Assurance for Aboriginal Medical Services (QAAMS) (Current)	Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement	163
70	Quality Assurance for Aboriginal Medical Services (QAAMS) Quality Assurance Program (Current)	Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement	163
71	Report from the National Workshop on Safety and Quality in Pathology (2007)	Workforce Capacity and Competence	127
72	The Second National Workshop on Safety and Quality in Pathology (2008)	Workforce Capacity and Competence	127
73	Best Practice in Pathology Requesting and Reporting Workshop (2009)	Pathology Requesting and Reporting – Requester and Consumer Focus	127
74	Pathology Workforce Workshop (2011)	Workforce Capacity and Competence Consumer Focus and Information Strategies	127 150