Biopsy Result Tracker.
An app idea for dermatology clinics.
Tracks every skin biopsy from the day it is taken to the day the result is told to the patient, so nothing sits unread in a fax pile.
What the search found
- Who pays
- Dermatology practice manager or solo dermatologist
- The problem
- Patients say they wait days after the result is in the chart before anyone calls them. Staff say results arrive by fax and sit in a pile because no one owns the follow-up step.
- The gap
- Proscia Concentriq is lab-side image and pathologist workflow software. It does not track the clinic-side loop from biopsy taken to patient told. The clinic-side tracker for a dermatology office is not covered by the results found.
- Already out there
- Proscia Concentriq news.crunchbase.com
Digital pathology software for labs, health systems and pharma. It handles images and pathologist workflow, not clinic follow-up to the patient.
- Legendehr Mohs workflow legendehr.com
Dermatology EHR with stage-by-stage documentation and pathology result tracking. It is an EHR, so a practice already on it may not need a separate tracker.
- Proscia Concentriq news.crunchbase.com
- People asking for it
- Just got my biopsy report back reddit.com
Patient says results came in at 9:50 am and by 1:50 pm they had not heard anything.
- Lost Biopsies reddit.com
Commenter says the sample is usually lost at the lab and tells the patient to call in 1 to 2 weeks.
- Pushing for Biopsy reddit.com
Patient says they never saw the doctor until after the diagnosis and calls the wait a major problem in dermatology.
- Just got my biopsy report back reddit.com
- The big assumption
- Practice managers will pay for a standalone tracker when their EHR or their staff already claims to handle result follow-up.
- Test it this week
- Call 10 dermatology practice managers you know and ask to see their current biopsy log. Ask what happens when a result is not back in 7 days. Offer to run the log by hand for one week for free.
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