Pathology archive evaluation of integrity, regulatory compliance, and construction of searchable database from print reports

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 753-759

  Smith, Matthew A ^a   Barnes, E Leon ^a   Chiosea, Simion I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Archive; Quality; Scanning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ARCHIVES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 79955014314     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP3CVA2NAVUUVU     Document Type: Article

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