Factors affecting the implementation and use of electronic templates for histopathology cancer reporting

The surgical pathology report on cancer resection specimens is fundamental for providing clinicians with the information needed for adequate patient oncology treatment. Since the multi-institutional quality study on pathology reporting of colorectal cancer published by Zarbo in 1992,1 many other studies have shown that the use of checklists or synoptic reporting is superior to traditional narrative (free text) reporting.2–4 Using electronic...