title: Decision-oriented test request forms. A system for implementing practice parameters in laboratory medicine.
abstract: The implementation of practice parameters in laboratory medicine by changing physicians' behavior represents a major challenge. Education, restriction of tests, financial incentives, and concurrent chart reviews have not been effective in persuading physicians to improve their use of laboratory tests. The use of decision-oriented test request forms is suggested as an approach to this problem.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Speicher
mesh_terms: D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012985:Software Design