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      A Novel Web Application for Rapidly Searching the Diagnostic Case Archive

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      Journal of Pathology Informatics
      Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
      Education, pathology reports, python, text search, web application

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          Academic pathologists must have the ability to search their institution's archive of diagnostic case data. This ability is foundational for research, education, and other academic activities. However, the built-in search functions of commercial laboratory information systems are not always optimized for this activity, leading to delays between an initial search request, and eventual results delivery. To solve this problem, a novel web-based search platform was developed, named Pathtools, which allows our staff and trainees to directly and rapidly search our diagnostic case archive. Pathtools was built with open-source components and features a web-based user-interface. Pathtools uses an SQL database which was populated with anatomic pathology case data going back to 1980, and contains 4.2 million cases (as of July 31, 2020). Pathtools has two major modes of operation, “Preview Mode” and “Research Mode.” Since deployment in February of 2019, Pathtools carried out 33,817 searches in Preview Mode, averaging 0.72 s (standard deviation = 1.7) between search submission, and on-screen display of search results. In Research Mode, Pathtools has also been used to produce data sets for research activity, providing the data used in many abstracts and manuscripts our investigators submitted recently. Interestingly, 75% of search activity is from trainees during their preview time. In a survey of residents and fellows, 83% used Pathtools during the majority of their preview sessions, demonstrating an important role for this resource in trainee education. In conclusion, a web-based search tool can rapidly and securely provide search capability directly to end-users, which has augmented trainee education and research activity in our department.

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                Journal
                J Pathol Inform
                J Pathol Inform
                JPI
                Journal of Pathology Informatics
                Wolters Kluwer - Medknow (India )
                2229-5089
                2153-3539
                2020
                24 December 2020
                : 11
                : 39
                Affiliations
                [1]Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
                Author notes
                Address for correspondence: Dr. Scott Robertson, Department of Anatomic Pathology, L25, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. E-mail: roberts10@ 123456ccf.org
                Article
                JPI-11-39
                10.4103/jpi.jpi_43_20
                8020840
                77ccd4d1-00f2-4ba1-a44e-3b3a8c973a04
                Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Pathology Informatics

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                : 14 May 2020
                : 24 June 2020
                : 31 August 2020
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                education,pathology reports,python,text search,web application
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                education, pathology reports, python, text search, web application

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