Using Web technologies for implementing testing strategies.
Although the application of Web technologies to laboratory services is relatively new, it is evolving rapidly and presents both promises and challenges to those adopting it for test strategy deployment. Its application can be helpful in disseminating information about a testing strategy once it is formulated, but it's more important potential contribution is in facilitating clinicians' use of the strategy. There is an array of ways Web technologies can be used to facilitate both the initiation of a strategy at the point of order entry and ensuring optimal use of the laboratory results that emanate from a testing strategy. Web technologies present a rich set of tools for those dedicated to enhancing the value of the laboratory's contribution to patient care.
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Health Informatics Division, University of Minnesota Medical School, MMC 511, Room 793 Mayo, 420 Delaware Street Southeast, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. don@umn.edu
Donald P
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D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000379:methods*