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Part of the book series: Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age ((Healthcare Delivery Inform. Age))

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Laboratory operations and pathology practices are complex and have far reaching implications and impacts on healthcare delivery. This chapter serves to introduce this domain, the key problems, challenges and possible facilitators for effecting superior operations.

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Belkin, M., Corbitt, B., Wickramasinghe, N. (2013). Introduction. In: Strategic ICT Planning in Pathology. Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4478-7_1

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