Reduction in unnecessary clinical laboratory testing through utilization management at a us government Veterans Affairs hospital

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 355-364

  Konger, Raymond L ^a,b   Ndekwe, Paul ^a   Jones, Genea ^b   Schmidt, Ronald P ^c   Trey, Marty ^d   Baty, Eric J ^b   Wilhite, Denise ^b   Munshi, Imtiaz A ^a,b   Sutter, Bradley M ^b   Rao, Maddamsetti ^b   Bashir, Chowdry M ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Laboratory Medicine   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical laboratory; Cost containment; Frequency filter; Test reduction; Utilization management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; LABORATORY EXPERT SYSTEM; LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VETERANS HEALTH; CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICE; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; LABORATORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES; COST SAVINGS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LENGTH OF STAY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84982084446     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqv092     Document Type: Article

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