Impact of weekly feedback on test ordering patterns

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 763-768

  Minerowicz, Christine ^a   Abel, Nicole ^b   Hunter, Krystal ^b   Behling, Kathryn C ^c,d   Cerceo, Elizabeth ^b   Bierl, Charlene ^c  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^d Cooper University Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FORMATIVE FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84947446705     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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