Computers in anatomic pathology. A survey of California hospitals.
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Output type: Journal article
Author list: Gonzales J, Cohen MB.
Publisher: College of American Pathologists
Publication year: 1988
Journal: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (0003-9985)
Volume number: 112
Issue number: 12
Start page: 1192
End page: 1194
Number of pages: 3
ISSN: 0003-9985
eISSN: 1543-2165
Abstract
The anatomic pathology services of 434 health care institutions in California were surveyed about their use of computers. Of 200 (46%) respondents, 106 (53%) did not use computers at all. Of 94 (47%) respondents who used computers, 77 (82%) used them for administrative purposes; 74 (79%), for any routine processing of surgical specimens; 43 (45%), for processing surgical specimens other than word processing (eg, database); 52 (55%), for processing cytology specimens; and 60 (63%), for processing autopsy specimens (including word processing). Computer use was slightly greater with higher work loads. Among nonusers, on a scale of 1 to 5 the average interest in using computers was 3.5 for surgical pathology data, 3.4 for cytology data, and 2.8 for autopsy data. The interest rate also increased with work load, and was nearly 4 for laboratories with greater than 4000 surgical or cytology cases per year. The average interest in controlling and/or making decisions about computer hardware and software was 3.9 for hardware and 4 for software. Reasons for low computer use in anatomic pathology despite interest in utilization are discussed, including the limited selection of affordable commercial software for anatomic pathology and difficulties of in-house software development.
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