The Pittsburgh Reference Laboratory Alliance: A model for laboratory medicine in the 21st century

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 387-394

  Gilbertson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous quality improvement; Database; Hospital based laboratories; Informatics; Laboratory medicine; Laboratory network; Laboratory utilization; Pathology; Reference laboratories; Virtual laboratory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030977820     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/107.4.387     Document Type: Article

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