Open AccessOpportunities to Enhance Laboratory Professionals’ Role On the Diagnostic Team
Author(s) -
Julie R. Taylor,
Pamela J. Thompson,
Jonathan R. Genzen,
John Hickner,
Marisa B. Marques
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
laboratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1943-7730
pISSN - 0007-5027
DOI - 10.1093/labmed/lmw048
Subject(s) - health professionals , medical laboratory , diagnostic test , harm , health care , medicine , continuing medical education , medical education , test (biology) , continuing education , patient care , nursing , psychology , emergency medicine , social psychology , paleontology , economics , biology , economic growth
The 2015 Institue of Medicine report Improving Diagnosis in Health Care highlighted that diagnostic errors cause patient harm and that improvement in the diagnostic process requires better collaboration among physicians and laboratory professionals. The purpose of this study is to understand why physicians do not contact laboratory professionals when facing diagnostic challenges and identify opportunities for laboratory professionals to become more recognized members of the clinical care team.
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