Directed peer review in surgical pathology.

Maxwell L. Smith; Stephen S. Raab

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Directed peer review in surgical pathology.

September 1, 2012

Smith ML, Raab SS. Adv Anat Pathol. 2012;19(5):331-337.

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Diagnostic error in pathology can result in delayed treatment or initiation of incorrect treatment. Peer review, or second opinion, is used by many laboratories to improve diagnostic accuracy and precision. This paper describes the use of Lean A3 method to identify and reduce root causes of cognitive and latent errors in pathology misdiagnosis.

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