Information management and informatics: Need for a modern pathology service

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-191

  Jones, Rick ^a   O'Connor, John ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPUTER SECURITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LABORATORIES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PROTEOMICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2442498576     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456304323019532     Document Type: Review

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