MON-118 Reducing Unnecessary Repeat HbA1c Testing in a Tertiary Academic Hospital
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Reducing Unnecessary Laboratory Testing Using Health Informatics Applications: A Case Study on a Tertiary Care Hospital
BACKGROUND: Like many healthcare resources, laboratory testing has been over-utilized for years with a huge number of unnecessary lab tests being done. The elimination of unnecessary laboratory testing is becoming more and more important in the control and management of the rapid growth of healthcare costs. OBJECTIVES: To develop a quantitative tool to identify unnecessary laboratory tests, bas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Endocrine Society
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2472-1972
DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvaa046.1779