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Services for Hospitals and Pathology Groups
Prior to 1970 nearly half of all
in-hospital deaths were evaluated at autopsy, today rates have dropped
below 5%. Some reasons for autopsy decline are: hospitals not being
directly reimbursed for an autopsy, attitudes that new state of the art
medical technologies can make accurate diagnosis, fears that autopsy may
detect errors leading to malpractice claims, closing autopsy suites and
personnel due to hospital cost containment.
Autopsy is a valuable part of the process of assuring quality medical
care and improvement, improve therapy, accurately diagnose disease
states and provided family and physicians with cause & mechanism of
death.
We can assist your department by
providing full autopsy service coverage of your autopsies, a case by
case relationship, or assisting your staff pathologist with the gross
evisceration, examination, microdissection, histology block cut-in, and
photography. Physician requested autopsy services include a
Preliminary Anatomic Diagnosis within 48 hours of procedure, Final
Anatomic Diagnosis within 45-60 business days after procedure, and
communication with attending physician/surgeon inviting their presence
to view autopsy if so desired.
Nursing Supervisors can call our company
anytime to ascertain information for inquiring families. If a hospital
requested autopsy is not warranted we offer private and independent
autopsy services for families requesting one. Autopsy procedures will
not be performed on Hospital Facilities and conducted at funeral homes.
Contact
us for pricing.
Please call us directly with any questions or concerns.
Thomas Lefoley, MHS, PA (ASCP)-603-285-1025
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