Laboratory computer availability: A College of American Pathologists Q- Probes study of computer downtime in 422 institutions

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 626-632

  Valenstein, Paul ^a   Treling, Carl P ^b   Aller, Raymond D ^c  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Qu of Angels Hollywood Presbyterian ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SYSTEM; RELIABILITY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030015873     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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