What do physicians tell laboratories when requesting tests? A multi-method examination of information supplied to the Microbiology laboratory before and after the introduction of electronic ordering

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 646-654

  Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Prgomet, Mirela ^a   Toouli, George ^a   Callen, Joanne ^a   Westbrook, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Evaluation studies; Laboratories; Microbiology; Order entry systems

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL INFORMATION; ELECTRONIC ORDERING; EVALUATION STUDY; EXPERT PANELS; INTEGRATED PLATFORM; MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY; MULTI METHODS; MULTI-STAGE; ORDER ENTRY; ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE;

DISEASES; HOSPITALS; MICROORGANISMS; PATHOLOGY; SURVEYS;

LABORATORIES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; FECES; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIENTIST; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WOUND;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMMUNICATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79961209927     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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