title: The Consultative Laboratory Assessment System, the CLAS Profile.
abstract: The design and implementation of a profile titled Consultative Laboratory Assessment System, or CLAS Profile, is described. The profile is a pathologist-directed laboratory study to assist the ordering physician with recently hospitalized patients. The goals are to provide summarized information, decrease the evaluation intervals, and assist in diagnosis and coding.
authors.affiliation: Medical Arts Laboratory, Oklahoma City, OK 73103.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Hosty
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003954:Diagnostic Services; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories