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Scheduling a Biopsy And Assessing Outcome

The Outcome Data Sheet can be used to report the Pathology and schedule a Biopsy. This can be useful in informing the patients and follow up on biopsies.

A Biopsy can be scheduled once pathology results are obtained.

  1. In the document viewer of the Stana study, on Stana tab, click on Outcome. You can see that a Unique Outcome number is assigned to the study.

  2. Enter the Biopsy Date.

  3. Enter the Biopsy Type.

  4. Enter the Pathology results of the Biopsy.

    Note: When the pathology result is selected, the system will indicate if the result is Malignant, Benign or High Risk

  5. Enter the Outcome of the exam. If Malignant, select TRUE POSITIVE (TP). If Benign, select FALSE POSITIVE (FP).

  6. Look for any specific findings in the pathology report. If any of these are present, select them by clicking the checkbox.

  7. Based on the Facility policy, select any applicable follow-ups for a post biopsy result.

    Note: If there is no Followup required, you can disable scheduling a followup exam by entering "0" in the Followup text field or by leaving it blank.

  8. Add any additional information in Notes.

  9. Click Save. You will see the message "Your changes have been saved".

If a follow up study is created, the following information regarding the followup study along with the follow up time interval is displayed:

  • Status
  • Priority
  • Notes
  • Modality
  • Body Part
  • Laterality
  • Referring Physician
  • Procedure Code
  • Study Date Time

There can be instances when a facility does not receive a pathology result for a number of reasons. These are generally referred to as "Lost to follow-ups". In this case, it is important to document in the Notes field the cause of the lost follow up.

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