MU researcher finds way to reduce unnecessary lab tests, decrease patient costs by modifying software




When patients undergo diagnostic lab tests as part of the inpatient admission process, they may wonder why or how physicians choose particular tests. Increasingly, medical professionals are using electronic medical systems that provide lists of lab tests from which medical professionals can choose. Now, a University of Missouri researcher and her colleagues have studied how to modify these lists to ensure health professionals order relevant tests and omit unnecessary lab tests, which could resul...

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/uom...

Lunes, 4 de Noviembre 2013
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