High-Value, Cost-Conscious Care: Iterative Systems-Based Interventions to Reduce Unnecessary Laboratory Testing

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1112.e1-1112.e7

  Sadowski, Brett W ^a   Lane, Alison B ^a   Wood, Shannon M ^a   Robinson, Sara L ^a   Kim, Chin Hee ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Diagnostic tests; High value care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICARE; NEAR MISS (HEALTH CARE); PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REIMBURSEMENT; SPUTUM CULTURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

COST CONTROL; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 85018898375     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.02.029     Document Type: Article

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