Quality in Laboratory Medicine

Quality in Laboratory Medicine, An Issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
by Dirk Elston (Author)

Product Details
* Hardcover: 240 pages
* Publisher: Saunders; 1 edition (June 28, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1416058257

Book Description
Since publication of the IOM report To Err is Human, the goals of safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable health care have become the mantra for laboratory quality. Increasingly, healthcare purchasers, patients and payers are demanding accountability. In this issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, we will address opportunities for quality improvement throughout the testing cycle with the goal of enhanced clinical effectiveness and improved patient outcomes. Discussions include opportunities for improvement as well as quality reporting and the development of quality measures, lessons learned from the nations first experience with building an institute for laboratory quality, dangers of false positive and false negative test results, measurement of quality in anatomic pathology, electronic data interface and interoperability, among other highly relevant topics intended to serve as a useful reference for laboratory professionals and others engaged in quality improvement efforts.

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