As part of a systematic investigation of surgical errors at a Windsor, Ontario hospital, Canadian officials have urged the province to overhaul the way pathologists diagnose disease. According to London Health Centre neuropathologist Dr. David Ramsay, pictured on the left with Dr. Lee Cyn Ang, the so-called Windsor Report includes a vague intent to set up an internet 'tele-referral' service for neuropathology, including neurosurgical frozen sections:
The investigation began after a patient had an unnecessary mastectomy after a general pathologist misdiagnosed a benign breast lesion as a malignant one. Read more about the quality assurance overhaul here.
I discuss issues pertaining to the practice of neuropathology -- including nervous system tumors, neuroanatomy, neurodegenerative disease, muscle and nerve disorders, ophthalmologic pathology, neuro trivia, neuropathology gossip, job listings and anything else that might be of interest to a blue-collar neuropathologist.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Neuropathology Blog is Signing Off
Neuropathology Blog has run its course. It's been a fantastic experience authoring this blog over many years. The blog has been a source...
-
Shannon Curran, MS with her dissection Shannon Curran, a graduate student in the Modern Human Anatomy Program at the University of Co...
-
Last summer I put up a post about a remarkable whole nervous system dissection that was carried out at the University of Colorado School of ...
No comments:
Post a Comment