title: Algorithm-derived, computer-generated interpretive comments in the reporting of laboratory tests.
abstract: The volume of laboratory and other data that physicians encounter daily is more than most can mentally process without oversight or error. Routine use of computer-generated reminders is one solution to this problem that is now widely suggested. We report our experience with the daily use of a user-written program of algorithm-derived, computer-generated comments in the reporting of chemical profiles and routine thyroid function tests in a busy medium-sized privately owned independent clinical laboratory.
mesh_terms: D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests