Fifteen years' experience of a college of American pathologists program for continuous monitoring and improvement

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1150-1155

  Nakhleh, Raouf E ^a   Souers, Rhona J ^b   Bashleben, Christine P ^b   Talbert, Michael L ^c   Karcher, Donald S ^d   Meier, Frederick A ^e   Howanitz, Peter J ^f  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b North Carolina   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907200992     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2014-0148-OA     Document Type: Article

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