Challenges
At Aultman Hospital in Ohio, the anatomic pathology laboratory services four locations: Main Campus (Canton), Orrville, Alliance, and Pomerene; as well as a free-standing GI endoscopy center. The lab is on track to complete 21,000 accessions this year utilizing Cerner Millennium™ Pathnet as their laboratory information system (LIS).
The pathology department operates with three anatomic pathologists sharing the laboratory workload and completing signouts, with one additional pathologist who primarily signs out bone marrows and frozen sections. The lab also has a pathologist’s assistant (PA) who handles grossing.
One of the team’s pathologists, Dr. Pars Ravichandran, joined Aultman in June 2021. His previous institution had been a Voicebrook client and Dr. Ravichandran was one of their pilot users of VoiceOver PRO. “I was used to the convenience of PRO's reporting and templates and standardized reports,” says Dr. Ravichandran. “When I came here to Aultman, I was a little surprised that we hadn't implemented anything like PRO here."