title: Historical return on investment and improved quality resulting from development and mining of a hospital laboratory relational database.
abstract: A hospital laboratory relational database, developed over eight years, has demonstrated significant cost savings and a substantial financial return on investment (ROI). In addition, the database has been used to measurably improve laboratory operations and the quality of patient care.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, USA.
authors.forename: Bradley B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Brimhall
authors.forename: Timothy E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walczak
mesh_terms: D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems / Q000191:economics*; D017046:Cost Savings; D019992:Databases as Topic / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000191:economics; D007449:Investments; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care