Description
Physician lead: Dr. Eric Lam, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine
Partners: Quality Improvement (PHC), BC Cancer, CST Cerner
Goal: Reduce time needed to deliver biopsy results
Patients receiving a biopsy to screen for colorectal cancer are waiting three weeks or more for their test results. This causes significant patient anxiety and a potential worsening of the disease if they do have colorectal cancer. DOM Innovation will be supporting Dr. Lam and colleagues in the Division of Gastroenterology by bringing together the PHC Quality Improvement and the CST-Cerner teams to streamline this process. Within six months, the team aims to reduce the time to receive results to around one week. They plan to make changes to electronic requisitions, streamline processes within the clinic and expedite how samples get to BC Cancer for testing.