Medical Laboratory Informatics

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 823-843

  Pantanowitz, Liron ^a   Henricks, Walter H ^b   Beckwith, Bruce A ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER NETWORK; DATA BASE; DIGITAL IMAGING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL;

EID: 35348925341     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2007.07.011     Document Type: Review

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