Doing better with critical test results

David W Bates; Lucian L Leape

doi:10.1016/s1553-7250(05)31010-5

Doing better with critical test results

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005 Feb;31(2):66-7, 61. doi: 10.1016/s1553-7250(05)31010-5.

Authors

David W Bates, Lucian L Leape

PMID: 15791765
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(05)31010-5

Abstract

Health care should achieve the goals that no critical test result is lost and that all such results are managed with a speed appropriate to their urgency.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Communication*
Diagnostic Tests, Routine*
Humans
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Physician-Patient Relations
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Treatment Outcome
United States