Appropriate laboratory utilization and medical usefulness.
When the hospital laboratory system is designed to meet clinical needs efficiently, more appropriate use of laboratory services is achieved. In this article, the author describes a system whereby test profiles are constructed to match the clinical problems, treatments, and test ordering patterns of clinicians.
D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004526:Efficiency; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans