title: Con: current laboratory benchmarking options are not good enough.
abstract: In an ideal world, benchmarking performance in the clinical laboratory would improve performance, quality, and overall patient satisfaction. However, there is a reason why laboratory managers continue to be on the lookout for the perfect benchmarking product--it doesn't exist. As a result, benchmarking performance in the laboratory is inherently flawed. Here is why.
authors.affiliation: Anatomic Pathology Services, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards*; D010379:Peer Group; D011786:Quality Control; D012016:Reference Values