House Officer-Driven Reduction in Laboratory Utilization

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-10

  Tawfik, Bernard ^a   Collins, J B ^a   Fino, Nora F ^a   Miller, David P ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cost analysis; decision making; healthcare costs; laboratory utilization; physician decision support

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH SERVICE; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LABORATORIES; MEDICAL OVERUSE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84953281833     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000390     Document Type: Article

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