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Preparing pathology for precision medicine: challenges and opportunities

Author: Karen L Kaul

Published in: Virchows Archiv | Issue 2/2017

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The field of pathology offers the opportunity to understand the science of disease, to lead innovation and quality efforts, and to have enormous impact on the lives of patients every day. Patients benefit from laboratory medicine throughout their lives, and our testing services and procedures touch every patient in our health care system. Lab results constitute the majority of data in a patient’s electronic medical record, and our procedures dictate the majority of downstream medical decisions for patients [1, 2]. Medical professionals in clinical laboratories provide accurate and timely information to ensure that patients get the most appropriate and efficient course of care, and hence, the best outcome. …

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Title: Preparing pathology for precision medicine: challenges and opportunities
Author: Karen L Kaul
Publication date: 01-08-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Virchows Archiv / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0945-6317
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2307
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-017-2141-z

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