Study Looks At Influence Of Providing Fee Data On Laboratory Test Ordering

A study by Leonard S. Feldman, M.D., and colleagues at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, examined if the number of laboratory tests ordered could be reduced by presenting clinicians with test fees at the time of order entry, without adding extra steps to the ordering process. (Online First) All clinicians, including physicians and nonphysicians, who ordered laboratory tests through the computerized order entry system at The Johns Hopkins Hospital were included in the study...
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