New York Times Writes about Pathologists’ Misdiagnoses of Breast Cancer Cases

Jul 23, 2010 | Coding, Billing, and Collections, Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Variability in the accuracy provided by pathologists at different hospital laboratories is highlighted… Pathology misdiagnoses for selected types of breast cancer was the subject of a New York Times story this week. In recent days, Newsweek and several other newspapers across the nation picked up the theme and published their own stories centered on misdiagnoses of breast cancer. Such extensive media coverage elevates public awareness of the role of pathologists in diagnosing disease—but, in...
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