Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of practices used to support appropriate clinical
laboratory test utilization. Methods This review followed the Centers for Disease Control and …

Healthcare expenses are increasing, as is the utilization of laboratory resources. Despite
this, between 20% and 40% of requested tests are deemed inappropriate. Improper use of …

Objectives While clinical laboratories report most test results as individual numbers, findings,
or observations, clinical diagnosis usually relies on the results of multiple tests. Clinical …

The current failure to evidence any link between laboratory tests, clinical decision-making
and patient outcomes, and the scarcity of financial resources affecting healthcare systems …

This case study over time describes five years of experience with interventions to improve
laboratory test utilization at an academic medical center. The high-frequency laboratory tests …

Objectives: To implement an electronic laboratory utilization management system
(laboratory expert system LES) to provide safe and effective reductions in unnecessary …

The transition to a value-based payment system offers pathologists the opportunity to play
an increased role in population health by improving outcomes and safety as well as …

Dynamic diagnosis is desirable when medical tests are costly or time-consuming. In this
work, we use reinforcement learning (RL) to find a dynamic policy that selects lab test panels …

Objectives While well-designed clinical decision support (CDS) alerts can improve patient
care, utilization management, and population health, excessive alerting may be …

Introduction Unnecessary laboratory testing contributes to patient morbidity and healthcare
waste. Despite prior attempts at curbing such overutilization, there remains opportunity for …