The effectiveness of interventions to improve laboratory requesting patterns among primary care physicians

"Interventions such as educational strategies, feedback and changing test order forms may improve the efficient use of laboratory tests in primary care; however, the level of evidence is quite low and the quality is poor." 

The effectiveness of interventions to improve laboratory requesting patterns among primary care physicians: a systematic review

SL Cadogan, John P. Browne1, Colin P. Bradley2 and Mary R. Cahill3
Implementation Science 2015, 10:167  doi:10.1186/s13012-015-0356-4

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Reducing turnaround time of surgical pathology reports in pathology and laboratory medicine departments

"This project improvement idea of mapping out the workflow process has led to process and systems improvement. Focusing on fixing subprocesses within the sample flow process had led to more than 94% of all routine surgical pathology cases being reported within less than two days and meeting the CAP standards."

Reducing turnaround time of surgical pathology reports in pathology and laboratory medicine departments
Saeed Alshieban, Khaled Al-Surimi
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u209223.w3773

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