ReviewThe Clinical biochemist. Reviews2017
Enhancing the Clinical Value of Medical Laboratory Testing.
Review in The Clinical biochemist. Reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.
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
34 citing papers in PubMed.
- Toward Standardization of Laboratory Terminology.EJIFCC · 2026Article
- Understanding the path forward: a cross-sectional study of pathology trainee perspectives in the Republic of Ireland.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Examining the benefits of industry clinical placements for medical laboratory science academics.Laboratory medicine · 2026Article
- Development of in-house PCR assays and cross-sectional molecular surveillance of infectious pathogens in adverse pregnancy outcomes and neonatal sepsis in central India.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Analysis of anatomic pathology and laboratory medicine diagnostic services and infrastructure available at a sample of institutions in Kenya.American journal of clinical pathology · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Medical Laboratory Professionals Towards Implementing Enterprise Risk Management in Harare, Zimbabwe: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Radiological Assessment After Pancreaticoduodenectomy for a Precision Approach to Managing Complications: A Narrative Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
- Interpretating Normal Values and Reference Ranges for Laboratory Tests.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM · 2025Review
- "Evaluating the effectiveness of the Saudi laboratory specialist licensure examination preparation program for the medical laboratory sciences interns: a quasi-experimental study".BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Machine learning in point-of-care testing: innovations, challenges, and opportunities.Nature communications · 2025Review
- Assessing customer satisfaction: the case of test prescribers at the clinical biology laboratory of Centre Muraz/ Institut National de Santé Publique, Burkina Faso.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Links between accuracy and effectiveness of laboratory medicine equipment: use of the EUnetHTA core model to compare two analyzers by measuring HbA1c.International journal of technology assessment in health care · 2024Article
- Enterprise risk management implementation challenges in medical laboratories in Harare, Zimbabwe.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome.Biochemia medica · 2024Review
- Private Doctors' Perspective towards "Patient First" in TB Diagnostic Cascade, Hisar, India.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Engineering the Signal Resolution of a Paper-Based Cell-Free Glutamine Biosensor with Genetic Engineering, Metabolic Engineering, and Process Optimization.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Italian external quality assessment program for Cystic Fibrosis sweat chloride test: CFTR modulators and the impact of a new sweat test report form.Practical laboratory medicine · 2024Article
- To test or to not test: A retrospective cross-sectional study on potentially inappropriate use of pathology testing in South Australian hospitals.American journal of clinical pathology · 2024Article
- Current Insights in Prolactin Signaling and Ovulatory Function.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Evaluation of the Sysmex XQ-320 three-part differential haematology analyser and its flagging capabilities.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2024Article
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
The value of medical laboratory testing is often directed to the cost of testing however the clinical benefits of these tests are at least as important. Laboratory testing has an acknowledged widespread role in clinical decision making, and therefore a role in determining clinical outcome. Consequently, the value of laboratory testing should be considered in its role in affecting beneficial actions and outcomes. This includes both the requesting phase of choosing tests which will influence clinical decision making as well as the reporting phase in a way that guides clinical decisions and actions. Clinical decision support systems and software can enhance the value of medical laboratory testing if they are directed toward facilitating those clinical decisions where there is either evidence, or agreed consensus, addressing patient outcomes.
Identifiers
29332975PMC5759162What 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.