Next generation quality: Assessing the physician in clinical history completeness and diagnostic interpretations using funnel plots and normalized deviations plots in 3,854 prostate biopsies

• Main Authors: Michael Bonert (Author), Ihab El-Shinnawy (Author), Michael Carvalho (Author), Phillip Williams (Author), Samih Salama (Author), Damu Tang (Author), Anil Kapoor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Observational data and funnel plots are routinely used outside of pathology to understand trends and improve performance. Objective: Extract diagnostic rate (DR) information from free text surgical pathology reports with synoptic elements and assess whether inter-rater variation and clin...