What is the effect of electronic pathology ordering on test re-ordering patterns for paediatric patients?

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 204, Issue , 2014, Pages 74-79

  Li, Ling ^a   Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Vecellio, Elia ^a   Eigenstetter, Alex ^b   Toouli, George ^a   Wilson, Roger ^b,c   Westbrook, Johanna I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

child health; computerised provider order entry; Laboratory test utilisation; paediatric pathology; repeat test; test appropriateness

Indexed keywords

HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRICS;

ELECTRONIC ORDERING; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; LABORATORY TEST; ORDER ENTRY; PAPER-BASED SYSTEM; RE ORDERINGS; SHORT-INTERVAL; TEST ORDERINGS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ADULT; CHILD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84927171744     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-427-5-74     Document Type: Conference Paper

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