ArticleEJIFCC2015
Towards Better Test Utilization - Strategies to Improve Physician Ordering and Their Impact on Patient Outcomes.
Article in EJIFCC, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The effectiveness of interventions to improve laboratory requesting patterns among primary care physicians: a systematic review.Implementation science : IS · 2015Pooled it
- Real-World Utilization Patterns of Toxoplasmosis Diagnostic Testing in Korea: A Large-Scale Laboratory-Based Study.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2026Article
- The carbon footprint of group and save in elective and emergency surgery.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2026Article
- TSH Receptor Antibody Test Utilization Patterns From a National Reference Laboratory: TRAb, TSI, or Both?The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Criteria for Routine Laboratory Blood Tests in Patients Hospitalized in Cardiology Departments.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Analyzing laboratory test utilization trends in belgian primary care: a decade of insights with international perspectives.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Does an electronic pathology ordering system change the volume and pattern of routine testing in hospital? An interrupted time series analysis.Journal of clinical pathology · 2024Article
- Managing Resource Utilization Cost of Laboratory Tests for Patients on Chemotherapy in Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare.Global journal on quality and safety in healthcare · 2023Article
- Understanding and Implementing Diagnostic Stewardship: A Guide for Resident Physicians in the Era of Antimicrobial Resistance.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Rationalisation of laboratory tests ordering and consumption at Armed Forces Hospital, Jazan.BMJ open quality · 2023Article
- Choosing which in-hospital laboratory tests to target for intervention: a scoping review.Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine · 2023Article
- Characteristics promoting behaviour change: physician experience with a coalition-led quality improvement initiative to reduce excessive laboratory test ordering.BMJ open quality · 2023Article
- Applying Diagnostic Stewardship to Proactively Optimize the Management of Urinary Tract Infections.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Laboratory Test Utilization Practices in Hamad Medical Corporation; Role of Laboratory Supervisors and Clinicians in Improper Test Utilization; a Descriptive Pilot Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2022Article
- On Missingness Features in Machine Learning Models for Critical Care: Observational Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2021Article
- Rise of the Machines: The Inevitable Evolution of Medicine and Medical Laboratories Intertwining with Artificial Intelligence-A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The BC ADPKD Network: A Comprehensive Provincial Approach to Support Specialized and Locally Delivered Multidisciplinary ADPKD Care.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2021Article
- Test utilization for the diagnosis of vitamin B12 and folate deficiency in local clinics in Korea.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2020Article
- Health care personnel's perception of guideline implementation for musculoskeletal imaging: a process evaluation.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Looking beyond the laboratory is not preposterous.Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Laboratory medicine is the single highest volume medical activity in healthcare and demand for laboratory testing is increasing disproportionately to medical activity. It has been estimated that $6.8 billion of medical care in the US involves unnecessary testing and procedures that do not improve patient care and may even harm the patient. Physicians face many challenges in accurately, efficiently and safely ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests. In order to improve patient outcomes, laboratory tests must be appropriately ordered, properly conducted, reported in a timely manner, correctly interpreted and affect a decision for future diagnosis and treatment of the patient.
Indexed as
Identifiers
27683478PMC4975220What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.