Formatting pathology reports: Applying four design principles to improve communication and patient safety

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-94

  Valenstein, Paul N ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPREHENSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDLINE; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; RECORDS AS TOPIC;

EID: 38049086293     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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