Reducing Unnecessary and Duplicate Ordering for Ovum and Parasite Examinations and Clostridium difficile PCR in Immunocompromised Patients by Using an Alert at the Time of Request in the Order Management System. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We implemented hospital information system (HIS) alerts to deter unnecessary test orders for ovum and parasite (O&P) exams and Clostridium difficile PCR. The HIS alerts decreased noncompliant O&P orders (orders after >72 h of hospitalization) from 49.8% to 30.9%, an overall decrease of 19%, and reduced noncompliant C. difficile PCR orders (orders <7 days after a previous positive result) from 30.6% to 19.2%, an overall decrease of 31.9%.

publication date

  • June 10, 2015

Research

keywords

  • Clostridium Infections
  • Hospital Information Systems
  • Parasitic Diseases

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC4508420

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84938154099

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.1111

PubMed ID

  • 26063860

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 53

issue

  • 8