Managing Pap smear results is a cumbersome, manual task fraught with room for error.
Pap results are reported as narratives, which makes simple data analysis against a numeric measure all but impossible. Manually reviewing pap smear results is time consuming -- each one must be interpreted by a provider or skilled GYN Nurse and a decision made at as to normalcy and the resulting follow up. Too often it is possible to make a mistake when a narrative is distilled into a summary result. Any possible missed abnormality or “false positive” eats up valuable staff time and can have disastrous impact on patients.
Patient follow-up for both normal and abnormal results is critical, yet relying on tickler files, log books and other manual systems are just that – manual. The sheer volume of pap smears overwhelms the limited staff at most facilities and, as a result, many women’s health programs fail to achieve their desired result.
For facilities using major laboratories such as Quest or Labcorp, i2i Systems Smart Pap provides the ability to automatically capture and categorize Pap results, transforming narrative text into agreed upon outcomes measures.
Smart Pap groups patients with like results allowing management of Pap results across a population of patients instead of one-at-a-time.
The benefits of using Smart Pap include:
i2i Systems Smart Pap increases staff effectiveness and efficiency, ultimately improving the quality of your organizations women’s health initiatives.
