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Barcode-driven workflows reduce patient identification errors. Missing process timestamp data frequently confound our health system's pending lists and appear as actions left undone. Anecdotally, it was noted that missing data could be found when there is procedure noncompliance. This project was developed to determine if missing timestamp data in the histology barcode-driven workflow correlated with other process variations, procedure noncompliance, or is an indicator of workflows needing focus for improvement projects. Data extracts of timestamp data from January 1, 2018 to December 15, 2018 for the major histology process steps were analyzed for missing data. Case-level analysis to determine the presence or absence of expected barcoding events was performed on 1031 surgical pathology cases to determine the cause of the missing data and determine if additional data variations or procedure noncompliance events were present. The data variations were classified according to a scheme defined in the study. (Full article...)
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