Multifaceted intervention including education, rounding checklist implementation, cost feedback, and financial incentives reduces inpatient laboratory costs

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 348-354

  Yarbrough, Peter M ^a,b   Kukhareva, Polina V ^a   Horton, Devin ^a   Edholm, Karli ^a   Kawamoto, Kensaku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Veterans Integrated Service Network 19   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASIC METABOLIC PANEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUNDING CHECKLIST IMPLEMENTATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CHECKLIST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTAH;

CHECKLIST; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTAH;

EID: 84956928643     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2552     Document Type: Article

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