[Histonet] Pathology Report Templates

[William Shipley]

As an LIS company we frequently see inspectors making up requirements. 
Sometimes it makes sense to appeal them sometimes it's easier to do what 
they want even if it isn't an actual requirement. I will admit that I had 
seen medical directors listed on laboratory reports so often that I found 
the idea that it was required plausible. I checked my copy of CLIA when the 
first post was made and was surprised to find that it wasn't there.  The 
most common confusion is between the requirements for test reports 
(493.1291) and requirements for test records (493.1283).

I would suggest that the advent of patients having the right to get their 
lab report would be an argument against the medical director being listed as 
this is probably not the person that the patient should be calling for an 
explanation of their report.  This is just my opinion, of course.

William Shipley
Schuyler House

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Victor A. Tobias" <vtobias <@t> uw.edu>
To: "Burke Reed" <burke.3 <@t> hotmail.com>
Cc: <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 11:22 AM
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Pathology Report Templates


Here is the explanation from the CAP inspector, not a requirement yet.

Okay I just talked to Anita about why the inspector wanted CLIA number and 
Director Name on report and the reason why is that the inspector said that 
patients are now having easier access to their reports, and laboratories are 
placing this information on the reports for references, and this is 
something that will be necessary in the future, and he for some reason 
wanted to see that we were going to do this.


Victor Tobias HT(ASCP)
Clinical Applications Analyst
Harborview Medical Center
Dept of Pathology Room NJB244
Seattle, WA 98104
vtobias <@t> u.washington.edu<mailto:vtobias <@t> u.washington.edu>
206-744-2735
206-744-8240 Fax
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From: Burke Reed [mailto:burke.3 <@t> hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 12:24 PM
To: Victor A. Tobias
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Pathology Report Templates

I reviewed the 2014 CAP checklist twice.  I see no mention of a requirement 
for CLIA# and Medical Director to be on the final pathology report.

Burke Reed, III

> From: vtobias <@t> uw.edu
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 17:50:30 +0000
> Subject: [Histonet] Pathology Report Templates
>
> One of our facilities had a CAP inspection last week and I was asked to 
> add the CLIA# and Medical Director to the template, immediately. Is this 
> something new, as we had our CAP inspection last Aug. and there was no 
> mention about CLIA# or having the Director's name on the templates?
>
> I haven't been able to get any follow-up from the lab supervisor.
>
> Victor Tobias HT(ASCP)
> Clinical Applications Analyst
> Harborview Medical Center
> Dept of Pathology Room NJB244
> Seattle, WA 98104
> vtobias <@t> u.washington.edu<mailto:vtobias <@t> u.washington.edu>
> 206-744-2735
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