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Closing the clinical laboratory testing loop with information technology

D P Connelly1, K E Willard, J H Hallgren

  • 1Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis 55455, USA.

American Journal of Clinical Pathology
|April 1, 1996
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Information technology can improve laboratory testing by enhancing how results are presented to physicians and how their requests are received. Optimizing the clinician-computer interface is key to better information transfer and more appropriate use of clinical resources.

Area of Science:

  • Clinical Laboratory Science
  • Health Informatics
  • Medical Information Systems

Background:

  • The laboratory testing loop involves critical information exchange outside the clinical laboratory.
  • This external component includes presenting results to physicians and receiving their requests for further testing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how information technology can enhance the effectiveness of the external laboratory testing loop.
  • To identify improvements in the clinician-computer interface for better information transfer.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of information technology applications at the clinician-computer interface.
  • Evaluation of experience with results presentation and order reception.

Main Results:

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  • Improving results presentation is more straightforward and offers substantial economic benefits.
  • Effective computer-based management of prospective orders, like clinical protocols, positively impacts test use and is clinician-accepted.

Conclusions:

  • Information technology at the clinician-computer interface can significantly improve the quality of information transfer in the laboratory testing loop.
  • Optimizing this interface fosters more appropriate and efficient use of clinical laboratory resources.