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Quality Use of Pathology

Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP)

The goal of the Quality Use of Pathology Program is to achieve improvement in health and economic outcomes from the use of pathology in health care, through the pursuit of better practice amongst requesters/referrers and providers of pathology services and knowledgeable and engaged consumers.

Quality Use of Pathology Program

The Quality Use if Pathology Program has three sub-programs and objectives:

1. Quality Consumer Services: To develop and improve consumer-focussed, accessible and coordinated services that promote informed choice and meet consumer needs;
2. Quality Referrals (Requesting/Ordering): To support referral practices that are informed and facilitated by best practice professional relationships and protocols between referrers and providers; that are informed by evidence; that maximise health benefits; and that inform and engage consumers; and
3. Quality Pathology Practice: To support professional practice standards that meet consumer and referrer needs and provide evidence-based, best practice, quality-assured services that are safe, cost effective and efficient.

2010 National Pathology Workforce Survey (Word 29 KB)

Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) Strategic Work Plan 2009/10 – 2011/12

The Quality Use of Pathology Committee is responsible for overseeing the Quality Use of Pathology Program.

Quality Use of Pathology Program Newsletters

QUPC Endorsed Reports

Consumer Engagement

Currently Funded Projects under the QUPP

Report from the National Workshop on Safety and Quality in Pathology 2007
The Second National Workshop on Safety and Quality in Pathology 6 November 2008

Best Practice in Pathology Requesting and Reporting Workshop 2009

Links to related sites

If you are having difficulty accessing the PDF document, please contact qupp@health.gov.au for an alternative version to be sent to you.