title: Health Informatics Tools to Improve Utilization of Laboratory Tests.
abstract: Herein, we discuss improper test utilization practices and their implications on delivery of health care, as well as providing a brief explanation of the means to reduce such practices by improvement of personnel factors, particularly involving physicians. The article also elaborates on ways to mitigate improperly utilized test practices using appropriate health informatics technologies to their maximum possible capacities.
authors.affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Hassan A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Aziz
authors.affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Hafsa M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Alshekhabobakr
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012984:Software
keywords: clinical decision support system (CDSS); computerized physician order entry (CPOE); electronic health records (EHRs); laboratory information system (LIS); laboratory test utilization; middleware