Impact of a prospective review program for reference laboratory testing requests

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 627-634

  Greenblatt, Matthew B ^a   Nowak, Jonathan A ^a   Quade, Cathleen C ^a   Tanasijevic, Milenko ^a,b   Lindeman, Neal ^a,b   Jarolim, Petr ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical laboratory management; Reference laboratory testing; Send out testing

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INFLIXIMAB;

CLINICAL LABORATORY; COST CONTROL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COST CONTROL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MEANINGFUL USE; PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84937126513     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPN1VCZDVD9ZVX     Document Type: Review

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