Detecting blood laboratory errors using a bayesian network: An evaluation on liver enzyme tests

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-337

  Le, Quang A ^a,c   Strylewicz, Greg ^b   Doctor, Jason N ^a  

^a School of Pharmacy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoverification; Bayesian networks; Laboratory errors; Medical errors; Patient safety; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LIVER; MEDICAL ERROR;

BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LIVER; MEDICAL ERRORS;

EID: 79953895489     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X10371682     Document Type: Article

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