Study of amended reports to evaluate and improve surgical pathology processes

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 406-413

  Meier, Frederick A ^a,b   Varney, Ruan C ^a   Zarbo, Richard J ^a,b  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amended reports; amendment rates; defect fractions; Henry Ford Production System; misidentifications; misinterpretations; quality measures; report defects; specimen defects; surgical pathology process

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE COST; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80052020056     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e318229bf20     Document Type: Review

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