CEO SUMMARY: Outside pathologists are reviewing the pathology reports of almost 20,000 patients of an Arkansas Veterans Administration hospital following termination of a Chief of Pathology who was believed to have handled cases while impaired. Currently, the review identified 256 cases where the pathology report missed the diagnoses and the potential for severe consequences existed. […]
Pathology Errors a Factor in 3 Deaths at VA Hospital
33,000 cases handled by the Chief of Pathology since 2005 are under review by other pathologists
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XXV No. 14 - October 1, 2018 Issue
