Effective Communication of Pathology Results to Requesting Practitioners and Consumers

Trial of the Prototype (Pathology Pro Forma)

Page last updated: 14 May 2013

A three-month small trial in several doctors surgeries (in cooperation with Dianella Community Health (DCH)) using a manual prototype produced on an excel spreadsheet was conducted to initially evaluate the prototype using real HBA1C (for Type 2 Diabetic) patients’ results as an alternative way of providing pathology information to patients. Doctors, nurses/diabetes educators and patients were also asked to provide feedback on the usefulness of the prototype via questionaries.