[Histonet] Please fill out our benchmarking survey

[Lesley Bechtold via Histonet]

Dear Histonetters,
Periodically, the Histology Service at The Jackson Laboratory carries out 
benchmarking surveys to see where we fit with other Histology Labs.  If you are 
also interested in benchmarking, please answer the questions below and return 
them to me directly.
I will send out the de-identified results to everyone who answers our survey.  
You may not be able to fill out all the questions but any data is helpful.
The survey will close down on Friday, Oct. 6th.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Feel free to forward this survey onto anyone you think would benefit from this 
data.
Many thanks in advance.
Lesley Bechtold
lesley.becht...@jax.org
Associate Director, Histopathology Sciences
The Jackson Laboratory
600 Main Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
www.jax.org

  1.  Name of Institution
  2.  Type of institution (i.e., hospital, university, pharmaceutical company, 
etc.)?
  3.  Faculty Size?
  4.  Number of groups or individuals using the Histology Service
  5.  Do you charge for your services?
  6.  Labor rate (per hour)?
  7.  Labor rate calculation method (i.e., Blended labor rate of materials + 
labor?  Accounting for unbillable time or using a flat average? Do you charge 
for labor only or do you charge for materials only?)
  8.  Number of employees (full-time and part-time)?
  9.  Paraffin blocks - number per year?
  10. Paraffin blocks - price per block?
  11. H&Es - number per year?
  12. H&Es - price per slide?
  13. Do you do IHC? Manual or automated?
  14. Average turn-around time - from tissue to slide (hours, days, weeks)?
  15. Annual total expenditures?
  16. Annual total recovery if fees are charged?

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Re: [Histonet] [EXTERNAL] Histonet Digest, Vol 238, Issue 13

[Terri Braud via Histonet]

We have something that is a bit of a hybrid that we call a "dummy" requisition. 
 
A person "orders" a "test" for pathology or cytology in the hospital 
information system.  The form they fill out has all of the information that 
would appear on a paper requisition.  When completed, it prints to a printer in 
Pathology and is matched to the specimens in the department (this could print 
to where the specimens are collected).  The printed copy becomes the 
requisition. The pathology dummy test is autoresulted as "see pathology 
report".  The actual accessioning of the specimen into the LIS creates the true 
pathology test with result(report) pending.  
Advantages:  One can make required fields (such as clinical history) so that 
they must be filled out, which captures information required by CAP.
Cons: A pain when something needs to be corrected.  We usually have them cancel 
the order and submit another order.

Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
HNL Laboratories for 
Holy Redeemer Hospital
1648 Huntingdon Pike
Meadowbrook, PA 19046
Ph: 215-938-3689
Fax: 215-938-2021
-Original Message-

Today's Topics:

   1. Electronic requisitions (Jacque Sagasser)
From: Jacque Sagasser 
Subject: [Histonet] Electronic requisitions
Hello
Does anyone use electronic requisitions? If so, would you mind describing your 
system for staying compliant with CLIA? Is a paper requisition sent in addition 
to the electronic requisition? If not, how does that work with accessioning and 
matching the specimens and patient information?  We currently use a paper 
system and the requisitions are filed and kept for 10 years. We would like to 
move to an electronic system, but I am not sure how to implement it, while 
staying compliant and not complicating the process. We do not have a bar code 
system set up. I could scan the paper requestions into the patient file, but 
that would be more work than just continuing to file them. I am also running 
out of room to file the requisitions though, so I am trying to explore my 
options. Thank you in advance for your input.

Jacque R. Sagasser, HT (ASCP)cm
Gandhi GI Pathology, LLC
999 Brubaker Drive
Suite 1
Kettering OH 45429
jsagas...@gandhigi.com
937-795-1099 phone
937-519-1321 fax


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