Duplicate laboratory test reduction using a clinical decision support tool

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 718-723

  Procop, Gary W ^a   Yerian, Lisa M ^a,b   Wyllie, Robert ^b   Harrison, A Marc ^c   Kottke Marchant, Kandice ^a  

^a Laboratory Medicine Institute   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support; Meaningful use; Test utilization

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; COST CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE COST; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBOTOMY; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; STATISTICS; TEST UTILIZATION;

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; MEANINGFUL USE; TEST UTILIZATION;

CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES; COST SAVINGS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 84902593650     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPOWHOIZBZ3FRW     Document Type: Article

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