title: Appropriate laboratory utilization and medical usefulness.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004526:Efficiency; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans