Promoting improved utilization of laboratory testing through changes in an electronic medical record: Experience at an academic medical center

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Krasowski, Matthew D ^a   Chudzik, Deborah ^a   Dolezal, Anna ^a   Steussy, Bryan ^a   Gailey, Michael P ^a   Koch, Benjamin ^a   Kilborn, Sara B ^a   Darbro, Benjamin W ^b   Rysgaard, Carolyn D ^a   Klesney Tait, Julia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood cell count; Electronic health records; Medical informatics; Serum albumin; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84924160247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12911-015-0137-7     Document Type: Article

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