CEO SUMMARY: Last year, Veterans Administration officials received an anonymous complaint about delays in laboratory specimen processing and results at the Memphis VA Medical Center may have harmed patients and led to a patient death. Following an investigation, the VA’s Office of Inspector General issued a report last month. It determined that a staff shortage […]
OIG Finds 120-Day Delays at Memphis VA Path Lab
In its report, OIG found that delays in review of pathology specimens affected 123 patients
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XXVI No. 12 - September 3, 2019 Issue
- Tags: clinical lab, electronic health records, Histology, histology tissue, histopathology, lab information, lab staffing, laboratory medicine, laboratory specimen, laboratory specimen processing, pathologists, pathology lab, pathology laboratory, pathology reports, pathology service, pathology specimens, quality management, specimen processing, surgical pathology
