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Original Article

Improving the Consistency with which Investigations are Requested

Pages 13-17 | Received 01 Nov 1980, Published online: 12 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

The study shows how a computer-based prompt system improved the frequency with which a set of routine laboratory investigations were ordered. In the first study the number of tests not ordered fell from 68 to 16, and in a second study from 130 to 19.

L'étude montre de quelle façon un systéme informatísé améliore la fréquence des prescriptions d'examens complémentaires de routine. Dans la premiére étude le nombre de tests non presents passe de 68 à 16, et dans une deuxiéme de 130 à 19.

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