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Educational content about the well-defined, optimized process to ensure a pathology lab’s efficient, safe, and consistent handling of histology tissue samples.
Accurate Monitoring by Specialist Teams Reduces the Time Between Breast Cancer Screening and Initial Surgical Treatment
Kimberly J. Byrwa-Neff, RN, BA, CPHQ
Cary S. Kaufman, MD, FACS
Variation in care delivery and turnaround times can be reduced by accurately examining the patient care path from initial screening mammography to first surgical intervention. We have developed a process to optimize timeliness to initial surgical treatment.
Optimizing Breast Cancer Pathology Report Delivery
Kimberly J. Byrwa-Neff, RN, BA, CPHQ
Adam Walter, CSSMBB, CLA, BS
Leica Biosystems team of clinical and process experts conducted on site observations of processes, from the time a patient entered the biopsy suite, until the time their pathology report with diagnosis was delivered.
Identifying Process Improvements in Breast Imaging
Kimberly J. Byrwa-Neff, RN, BA, CPHQ
Read how the National Consortium of Breast Centers and Leica Biosystems worked with hospitals to improve the quality and efficiencies of their breast programs.
Improvement Opportunities Identified from Breast Programs in the United States
Rhondalyn Bomkamp, RN, BSN, MBA
Kimberly J. Byrwa-Neff, RN, BA, CPHQ
Read how the National Consortium of Breast Centers and Leica Biosystems worked with hospitals to improve the quality and efficiencies of their breast programs.