Forsman rw. why is the laboratory an afterthought for

Donaldson K, Young D. An evidentiary rules-based approach to reducing unnecessary lab testing. Am J Clin Pathol. Forsman RW. Why is the laboratory an afterthought for managed care organizations? Clin Chem ;—6. Recording About this webinar As the healthcare industry transitions from fee for service to value-based reimbursement, hospital systems are challenged to improve quality while reducing costs. Since that time, this statistic has been widely quoted and even expanded from 70 percent of critical medical decisions to 70 percent of all medical decisions.

Unfortunately, no one has published any data to support this statement. In this paper, he challenges laboratorians to adopt a model proposed by IFCC to measure the real clinical value of a laboratory test.

This model includes helping clinicians order the correct test and interpret the results correctly. The development of the laboratory test request module requires the commitment of professionals and political authorities, being necessary time for their design and an adequate pilot phase. The laboratory professionals have to assume a leadership role in the whole process of design, development and implementation of these modules, integrating in the equipment of information technologies of healthcare providers.

In our manuscript we review the elements that may prove electronic systems for requesting clinical laboratory test into digital clinical records and the key elements to move from theory to practice.

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