Is one test better than two? That question—primary HPV versus the Pap-HPV cotesting option—has roiled the world of cervical cancer screening since the Food and Drug Administration approved a primary HPV screening test in April 2014. However clinicians decide to answer that question, this much is clear: A single report is better than two separate results.

That was the conclusion that leaders at Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s cytopathology laboratory came to in concert with their ob-gyn colleagues after changes were made to cervical cancer screening and management guidelines. At Northwestern, the high-risk HPV/genotyping and the cervical cytology results are combined into a single report that is sent to clinicians through the electronic health record system.

My lead piece in this month’s “Put It on the Board” section of CAP TODAY. Read the whole shebang.