An old look at quality assurance

Diamond, I.; Diamond, I

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An old look at quality assurance

Diamond, I.

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science 16(3): 255-258

1986

ISSN/ISBN: 0091-7370

PMID: 3717885

Document Number: 272688

The medical-hospital-regulatory complex has perhaps gone too far in the amount of energy and money devoted to data gathering. If the intent of all of this effort is to benefit patient care, it seems fair to ask whether or not the right kind of data is being accumulated. This paper raises the question and points out that the appropriate questions were asked 85 years ago, and remain largely unanswered.