Implementing effective test utilization via team-based evaluation and revision of a family medicine laboratory test requisition

BMJ Open Quality

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Zahraa Mohammed-Ali¹  Seema Bhandarkar²  Shafqat Tahir³  Curtis Handford²  Drake Yip³  Daniel Beriault¹  Lisa K Hicks⁵ 

[1] Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Toronto;Department of Family and Community Medicine , St Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto;Department of Laboratory Medicine , Unity HealthToronto;Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , University of Toronto;Department of Medicine , St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto;Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute , St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto;Department of Medicine , University of Toronto

关键词: laboratory medicine;    quality improvement;    quality improvement methodologies;   

DOI  :  10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001219

学科分类：药学

来源: BMJ Publishing Group

【 摘 要 】

Revision of laboratory test requisitions is asimple utilisation strategy that can reduceunnecessary testing.1 2 The goal of this studywas to improve test utilisation via a collaborative team-based evaluation and revision of astandardised lab requisition used by six largefamily medicine units.

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