Optimal Utilization of Laboratory Testing

Other Benefits of Clinical Practice Committee

November 2011

Other benefits of the Clinical Practice Committee show practice standardization and integration and it breaks down the barriers. It's very good for residents and fellows to routinely learn how to be systems thinkers and this meets their ACGME goals for practice, practice-based learning and professionalism. And it also gives a voice of others, like the clinicians from outside the department, to let us in the lab, to hear their perspective.

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• Introduction
• Objectives
• Assumptions to Forego
• Roger's Adopter Categories Based on Degree of Innovativeness¹
• Changes to Manual Requisitions^2,7
• Is This Test Misused?
• Overused/Misused Tests: Good Literature Support
• Bleeding Time³
• Anti–Single–Stranded DNA: Another Misused Test^4,5,6
• Use of Algorithms
• Laboratory Test Utilization
• Thyroid Testing Guidelines
• Thyroid Function Ordering Algorithm
• Pernicious Anemia Testing Guidelines
• Pernicious Anemia Testing Cascade
• Diarrhea Work Up Guidelines
• Parasitic Investigation of Stool Specimens Algorithm
• Obsolete Tests: Laboratory Directors' Opinions⁷
• Overused/Misused Tests — Opinion
• Frequency of Testing
• Newer Tests and Panels on the Horizon
• Hints on Improving Lab Utilization
• Hints on Improving Lab Utilization (2)
• Interventions to Improve Lab Utilization⁷
• Algorithm for Assessing Send–out Tests
• Improved Test Utilization: Assistance from Clinical Practice Committee
• Other Benefits of Clinical Practice Committee
• Summary
• References
• I Welcome Your Questions
• Questions?