Thursday, February 4, 2016

Tool decreases superfluous lab testing, cuts health-care costs

Physicians recognize that routine lab testing isn’t necessary for all hospitalized patients. Now researchers have developed a tool, Value Driven Outcomes, to reduce superfluous lab testing. When integrated into a quality improvement initiative lab costs decreased by nearly 10 percent per visit. If applied to all inpatient visits, it was estimated the hospital could save over $1.5 million each year.



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