Feedback on pathology requesting practices of emergency department clinicians
Monash University will use digital health techniques to give feedback on pathology requesting practices in 11 hospitals.
The feedback will be customised for each clinician. It aims to help clinicians in emergency departments to:
- improve the quality of clinical care
- reduce inappropriate pathology ordering.
Consumer Actionable Pathology Reports
St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne) will develop resources in the form of Consumer Actionable Pathology Reports (CAPR) to help Australians understand their pathology test results. These CAPRs will present pathology test results in a way that is:
- simple and easy to understand
- tailored to provide information in line with patient needs and expectations
- easy to engage with.
The reports will help consumers to:
- understand what their pathology results mean
- improve their health outcomes
- be better informed about their health
- make lifestyle choices that will delay the onset of some chronic conditions.
Genomic testing digital decision support tool
The University of Technology Sydney will develop a digital decision support tool for clinicians who have not undertaken additional education/training or are inexperienced in the field of genetics. The decision tool will help with the selection of appropriate genomic tests for their patients. It will provide guidance based on:
- patient-specific factors
- clinical indications
- test characteristics.
This will lead to:
- more accurate diagnoses
- targeted treatments
- reduction in unnecessary testing
- improved patient outcomes.
Digital trial of Structured Pathology Reporting of Cancer
This project looks at standardising the digital reporting of Structured Pathology Reporting of Cancer (SPRC). The trial supports phasing out ‘analogue’ pathology data reporting (PDFs and unstructured text). It promotes the generation of secure, private, computer-readable ‘atomic’ structured data. This will help to modernise anatomical pathology reporting and will support digital health initiatives. These initiatives are critical as the reporting of ‘non-analogue’ structured pathology data is linked to improvements in patient outcomes, which are the result of best-practice data communication.
RCPA will run a trial to investigate the uptake, usability and efficiency of 5 digital SPRC templates.
The project aims to:
- improve the digitisation of pathology reporting
- promote the benefits of digital reporting of SPRC
- improve professional practice standards in the digital environment
- help develop a future digital pathway for anatomical pathology reporting.
The QUOLL-kidney disease study
The QUOLL or QUality use Of pathoLogy for people Living with chronic kidney disease study is being run by the University of Tasmania. It will assess how and when people with chronic kidney disease should have pathology tests. It will then develop the most effective pathology test schedule to provide clinicians with a testing schedule for monitoring patients that is evidence based, will enhance patient health outcomes and reduce unnecessary testing.
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