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Strategic Priorities – PATIENT CARE
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is dedicated to providing the highest quality, cost-effective patient care within the UW Health Academic Medical Center. This includes comprehensive anatomic and clinical pathology inpatient, outpatient, and consultative services to health care providers throughout the UW Health Enterprise, and to health care practitioners at community hospitals throughout the State. The patient care faculty foster the creation, transfer and application of knowledge of the pathophysiologic basis of human disease in their daily interactions with clinical colleagues to improve the ongoing quality of patient care. The department faculty coordinate the teaching of M.D. residents in pathology and other specialties, as well as post resident fellowship training in Cytopathology, Hematopathology, Surgical Pathology, and Transfusion Medicine. The Strategic Plan for Patient Care promises to develop the Department’s recognition as a nationally recognized model for quality patient care, resident and fellow teaching, and innovation in patient care.
Goals and Initiatives: To advance our patient care objectives, the department has established the following priorities.
Recruit and Develop Nationally Recognized Experts in Pathology Patient Care
- Recruitment Committee will prioritize current and future specialty needs and develop a long-term recruitment plan
- Establish a Mentoring Program to assist individual mentors in support of all faculty professional development
Incorporate Innovative Technology in Patient Care
- Develop a long range assessment of needs and one and three year business plans for Molecular Diagnostic testing
- Develop an implementation plan for a Normal and Abnormal Tissue/Specimen bank
- Investigate applications for telepathology and diagnostic imaging in Anatomic Pathology
- Develop and evaluate new models/space for UW Clinical Labs Enterprise wide testing
- Foster interdepartmental collaboration on translational research projects to provide innovative patient care
Develop Outreach Program and Market Faculty Expertise
- Develop and implement plan to capture business going outside UW Health
- Participate in all Cancer Center Diagnostic Oriented Working Groups
- Develop Outreach/Marketing Brochure for distribution statewide
Refine Patient Care Operations Interactions
- Establish departmental support office at Clinical Science Center
- Establish liaisons with other Clinical Services
- Establish Patient Care Committee
- Work toward a comprehensive approach to provision of patient care services
- Develop and advocate for appropriate test utilization and standards of care
- Plan for appropriate space for future Anatomic and Clinical Pathology needs
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