Recommendation R3.4
The Medical Examiner should add support staff to increase pathologist efficiency.
Jury report: Our Medical Examiner’s Challenge: Providing State-of-the-Art Services in a Confined, Aging Facility · PDF page 172
Permanent linkOfficial response
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (consolidated County departmental response)
Agency says implementedCounty agrees and labels support staffing implemented, describing increased forensic technicians and their assistance to pathologists. The newly acquired pathologist assistant is still expected to begin that summer; the label does not establish that start occurred.
Read official response · PDF page 41Editorial engagement review of the answer, not confirmation of implementation. County agrees and labels support staffing implemented, describing increased forensic technicians and their assistance to pathologists. The newly acquired pathologist assistant is still expected to begin that summer; the label does not establish that start occurred. Report physical PDF page(s) 172; County response physical PDF page(s) 41. Claims remain attributed; adoption date is not a filing or receipt date.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.