Performance specifications of critical results management

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 10-11, 2017, Pages 617-621

  Piva, Elisa ^a   Sciacovelli, Laura ^a   Pelloso, Michela ^a   Plebani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Clinical outcomes; Critical result management; Patient safety; Performance specifications

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE;

EID: 85019697172     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2017.05.010     Document Type: Review

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