An educational intervention to increase awareness reduces unnecessary laboratory testing in an internal medicine resident-run clinic

An educational intervention to increase awareness reduces unnecessary laboratory testing in an internal medicine resident-run clinic

At our resident-run clinic in an underserved community, laboratory test costs in 2013 exceeded the government subsidy by $400 000. To optimize limited resources and improve patient care, an education program to reduce testing was implemented. Between November 2014 and January 2015, residents attende...

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Main Authors: Erika Leung, Shuang Song, Omar Al-Abboud, Shahed Shams, John English, Wisam Naji, Yafei Huang, Leon Robison, Fred Balis, Hameem I. Kawsar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Subjects:
Laboratory testing
cost reduction
behavior modification
residency
educational intervention
patient care
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1335154

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