Database construction for improving patient safety by examining pathology errors.

Dana Marie Grzybicki; Brian Turcsany; Michael J. Becich; Dilip Gupta; John R. Gilbertson; Stephen S. Raab

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Database construction for improving patient safety by examining pathology errors.

September 28, 2005

Grzybicki DM, Turcsany B, Becich MJ, et al. Am J Clin Pathol. 2008;124(4).

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The authors describe an AHRQ-funded initiative to gather voluntarily reported data from academic pathology units to analyze diagnostic errors and improve safety.

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