Building a laboratory workforce to meet the future: ASCP task force on the laboratory professionals workforce

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 154-167

  Bennett, Andrea ^a   Garcia, Edna ^a   Schulze, Matthew ^a   Bailey, Mark ^b   Doyle, Kay ^c   Finn, William ^d   Glenn, Dave ^e   Blair Holladay, E ^f   Jacobs, Jeff ^g   Kroft, Steven ^h   Patterson, Sara ^f   Petersen, Junell ⁱ   Tanabe, Patricia ^f   Zaleski, Sue ^j  

^a ASCP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Pathology Services PC   (United States)

^f American Society for Clinical Pathology   (United States)

^g Institute for Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

^h MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

ⁱ Rice Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

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Author keywords

Laboratory professionals; Vacancy rate; Workforce

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMPLOYMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ARTICLE; LABORATORY; LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS; MANPOWER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VACANCY RATE; WORKFORCE;

LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS; VACANCY RATE; WORKFORCE;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895116249     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPIV2OG8TEGHHZ     Document Type: Review

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