“When a hospital or laboratory goes ‘paperless’, it’s no longer ‘business as usual’ for pathologists.” —Bruce Dunn, M.D. CEO SUMMARY: One outcome of the Veteran Administration’s (VA) ongoing effort to create a totally-integrated information system was to give the laboratory increased capabilities to enhance diagnostic testing services. It’s also changing the way pathologists practice laboratory […]
- "NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW"
Pathologist Activities Evolve In VA’s “Paperless” Hospitals
Essential tools become the “Three Cs”: computer, cell phone, and car
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XI No. 8 - June 7, 2004 Issue
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