Using pathology-specific laboratory profiles in clinical pathology to reduce inappropriate test requesting: Two completed audit cycles

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Baricchi, Roberto ^a   Zini, Michele ^a   Nibali, Maria Grazia ^b   Vezzosi, Walter ^b   Insegnante, Vincenzo ^a   Manfuso, Clotilde ^a   Polese, Alessandra ^a   Costoli, Valmer ^a   Spelti, Antonio ^a   Formisano, Debora ^a   Orlandini, Danilo ^a   Nicolini, Fausto ^c   Poli, Antonio ^c  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Castelnovo Né Monti Healthcare District   (Italy)

^c Local Health Authority of Reggio Emilia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84863194406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-187     Document Type: Review

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