Establishment of a central laboratory serum tumor marker service on a consolidated immunodiagnostic platform: Development of practice standards, service improvements, and operational efficiency

Clinical Leadership and Management Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-31

  Sluss, Patrick M ^a,b   Lee Lewandrowski, Elizabeth ^a,b   Flood, James ^a,b   Eichbaum, Quentin ^a,b   Lewandrowski, Kent ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MASSACHUSETTS; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 1542348569     PISSN: 15273954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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