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| Stephen S RaabSummaryAffiliation: University of Colorado Denver Country: USA Publications
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Quality in cancer diagnosisStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA
CA Cancer J Clin 60:139-65. 2010....
Use of a new method in reaching consensus on the cause of cytologic-histologic correlation discrepancyStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 126:836-42. 2006..Most discrepancies resulted from pathologists diagnosing noninterpretable samples. Pathologists who used the No-Blame Box showed significant agreement in the adjudication of discrepancy cause...- Frequency and outcome of cervical cancer prevention failures in the United StatesStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, and Western Pennsylvania Hospital 15232, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 128:817-24. 2007..We conclude that cervical cancer prevention practices are remarkably successful in preventing squamous cancers, although a high frequency of failures results in low-impact negative outcomes... - Effectiveness of Toyota process redesign in reducing thyroid gland fine-needle aspiration errorStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 126:585-92. 2006..001). Toyota process change led to significantly fewer diagnostic errors for patients who underwent thyroid fine-needle aspiration... - Double slide viewing as a cytology quality improvement initiativeStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, and Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 125:526-33. 2006..We conclude that double viewing detects errors in up to 1 of every 37 cases and that biases in the double-viewing process limit error detection... - The effect of continuous monitoring of cytologic-histologic correlation data on cervical cancer screening performanceStephen S Raab
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Department of Pathology, 5150 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 132:16-22. 2008..The use of Papanicolaou (Pap) test cytologic-histologic correlation in quality improvement activities is not well studied... - The "Big Dog" effect: variability assessing the causes of error in diagnoses of patients with lung cancerStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Clin Oncol 24:2808-14. 2006..The frequency of diagnostic error in patients who have a lung mass and a pathology specimen is as high as 15%. This study examined the role of inter-pathologist agreement in identifying the cause of error in these patients... - Errors in thyroid gland fine-needle aspirationStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 125:873-82. 2006..We currently are evaluating the effectiveness of error reduction initiatives that target pre-analytic and analytic portions of the diagnostic pathway... - Interobserver variability in human papillomavirus test results in cervicovaginal cytologic specimens interpreted as atypical squamous cellsKim R Geisinger
Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 128:1010-4. 2007..Within the me laboratory, interobserver variability exists in the proportions of HPV positivity for ASCUS and ASC-H interpretations... - Dissemination of Lean methods to improve Pap testing quality and patient safetyStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Low Genit Tract Dis 12:103-10. 2008..To determine if the implementation of Lean methods resulted in improved Pap test quality and diagnostic accuracy in 5 clinician practices... - Clinical impact and frequency of anatomic pathology errors in cancer diagnosesStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232, USA
Cancer 104:2205-13. 2005..To the authors' knowledge, the frequency and clinical impact of errors in the anatomic pathology diagnosis of cancer have been poorly characterized to date... - Measuring quality in anatomic pathologyStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Clin Lab Med 28:245-59, vi. 2008.... 
Systems analysis of real-world obstacles to successful cervical cancer prevention in developing countriesEric J Suba
Department of Pathology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, 1200 El Camino Real, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
Am J Public Health 96:480-7. 2006..A focus on quality satisfies public health goals, whereas a focus on technology is compatible with market forces...- Liquid-based Papanicolaou tests in endometrial carcinoma diagnosis. Performance, error root cause analysis, and quality improvementSharon B Sams
Dept of Pathology, University of Colorado, 12605 E 16th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 137:248-54. 2012..We conclude that system redesign of liquid-based Pap test screening processes has the potential to improve sensitivity in endometrial carcinoma diagnosis... - Effectiveness of random and focused review in detecting surgical pathology errorStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 130:905-12. 2008..36%) and 12 (3.2%), respectively (P < .001). Focused review detects a higher proportion of errors and may be more effectively used for design of error reduction initiatives... - The value of monitoring frozen section-permanent section correlation data over timeStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 130:337-42. 2006..The effectiveness of the long-term monitoring of errors detected by frozen section-permanent section correlation is unknown... - Improving patient safety through quality assuranceStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 130:633-7. 2006..Anatomic pathology laboratories use several quality assurance tools to detect errors and to improve patient safety... - Cytologic-histologic correlationStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
Cancer Cytopathol 119:293-309. 2011.... - Improving Papanicolaou test quality and reducing medical errors by using Toyota production system methodsStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 194:57-64. 2006..The objective of the study was to determine whether the Toyota production system process improves Papanicolaou test quality and patient safety... - Lessons learned from successful Papanicolaou cytology cervical cancer prevention in the Socialist Republic of VietnamEric J Suba
Department of Pathology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, 350 Saint Joseph s Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 40:355-66. 2012.... - Effectiveness of rapid prescreening and 10% rescreening in liquid-based Papanicolaou testingHeather S Currens
Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 137:150-5. 2012..2) R-10% and RPS quality assurance methods detect diagnostic failures caused by different types of cognitive errors... - Improving the quality of cytology diagnosis: root cause analysis for errors in bronchial washing and brushing specimensLaurentia Nodit
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15232, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 124:883-92. 2005..Sampling issues had a major role in the misdiagnosis in 31 cases (97%), and recommendations for error reduction include immediate interpretation and the use of transmucosal fine-needle aspiration... - Discrepancy analysis, communication, and feedback for cytotechnologist quality improvement of nongynecologic cytopathologyPeggy Whigham
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Shadyside, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 34:265-9. 2006..We believe our process is a fundamental step in improving CT performance in Nongynecologic cytopathology and keeps the CT informed of complexities of nongynecologic cytopathology... - Variability of practice in anatomic pathology and its effect on patient outcomesStephen S Raab
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232, USA
Semin Diagn Pathol 22:177-85. 2005..quot; Few of those analyses have addressed the impact of diagnostic disagreement on patient care; in addition, proposed and effective methods to reduce interpretative variability have only rarely been included... - Resident education and quality of gross tissue examination practices of benign uteriMargaret S Ryan
Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
J Clin Pathol 64:761-4. 2011..The level and the effect of the standardisation of resident trainee gross tissue examination practices have not been extensively evaluated... - Identification errors involving clinical laboratories: a College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study of patient and specimen identification errors at 120 institutionsPaul N Valenstein
Department of Pathology, St Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich 48106 0998, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 130:1106-13. 2006..Misidentified laboratory specimens may cause patient injury, but their frequency in general laboratory practice is unknown... - A summary of deliberations on strategic planning for continuous quality improvement in laboratory medicineDana Marie Grzybicki
Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 131:315-20. 2009.... - Interobserver variability in the fine needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis of follicular lesions of the thyroid glandKaren M Clary
Department of Pathology, Allegheny General Hospital and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Acta Cytol 49:378-82. 2005.... - Indications for thyroid FNA and pre-FNA requirements: a synopsis of the National Cancer Institute Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration State of the Science ConferenceEdmund S Cibas
Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 36:390-9. 2008..http://thyroidfna.cancer.gov/pages/info/agenda/).. - Database construction for improving patient safety by examining pathology errorsDana Marie Grzybicki
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 124:500-9. 2005..Development of these electronic data abstraction capabilities is critical for efforts to improve patient safety through the examination of pathology diagnostic errors... - Coming to terms with Vietnam: the Viet/American Cervical Cancer Prevention ProjectEric J Suba
Department of Pathology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 33:344-51. 2005..Pap screening in developing countries is an ethical imperative without a substantial political constituency and will benefit from the engagement of organized cytology... - Variability in cytologic-histologic correlation practices and implications for patient safetyColleen M Vrbin
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 129:893-8. 2005..5 and 8.7, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Laboratories record data from the cytologic-histologic correlation process in a number of ways, indicating the lack of standardization of the data collection process...