Impact of an educational intervention on the frequency of daily blood test orders for Hospitalized Patients

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 393-397

  Thakkar, Rajiv N ^a   Kim, Daniel ^a   Knight, Amy M ^a   Riedel, Stefan ^b   Vaidya, Dhananjay ^a   Wright, Scott M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood draw; Daily blood test; Excessive blood testing; Hospital acquired anemia; Laboratory test; Phlebotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; E-MAIL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84928416347     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPJS4EEM7UAUBV     Document Type: Article

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