When diagnostic testing leads to harm: a new outcomes-based approach for laboratory medicine.

Paul L. Epner; Janet E. Gans; Mark L. Graber

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When diagnostic testing leads to harm: a new outcomes-based approach for laboratory medicine.

September 11, 2013

Epner PL, Gans JE, Graber ML. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22 Suppl 2:ii6-ii10.

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This commentary recommends an approach to examine laboratory testing and identify weaknesses that may lead to diagnostic error.

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