Help us make better placental pathology reports a reality.

No other pathology report in medicine is ignored and not understood by the ordering doctor more than a placenta report. Measure the Placenta and Dr. Heather Florescue of Rochester, NY, are leading the charge to improve reports and make them easier for providers and patients to understand. Help us recommend new standards for placental pathology reporting. We would love to see pathologists explain the scientific jargon of a pathology report by giving a description of what terms mean, rather than merely stating findings. Our goal is to give pathologists the tools to help providers make interpretations to improve care. This information empowers providers to be able to answer patient questions. We are also hopeful that new information included in reports, such as listing the fetal weight to placental weight ratio, will highlight the importance of placental size.

Latest Update - We have shared this information with the Society for Pediatric Pathology, and they plan to create a task force to recommend, implement and educate pathologists on standardized placental pathology reporting. Please let us know if you would like to be involved in this task force.