Cost Consequences of Implementing an Electronic Decision Support System for Ordering Laboratory Tests in Primary Care: Evidence from a Controlled Prospective Study in The Netherlands
Author(s) -
Marten J. Poley,
Kyra I Edelenbos,
Mees Mosseveld,
Marc AM van Wijk,
D.H. de Bakker,
Johan van der Lei,
Maureen Ruttenvan Mölken
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2006.073908
Subject(s) - clinical decision support system , psychological intervention , guideline , medicine , order entry , offset (computer science) , intervention (counseling) , primary care , medical emergency , cost–benefit analysis , decision support system , emergency medicine , operations management , family medicine , operations research , computer science , nursing , engineering , ecology , pathology , artificial intelligence , biology , programming language
The economic consequences of interventions to promote rational, evidence-based use of laboratory tests by physicians are not yet fully understood. We evaluated the cost consequences of a computer-based, guideline-driven decision-support system (CDSS) for ordering blood tests in primary care.
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