Abstracts tagged "laboratory tests and quality improvement"

Abstract Number: 1097 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Investigating Opportunities for Cost Conscious Care: A Review of Physician Practice in Ordering Anti-Nuclear Antibody Testing at an Academic Community Hospital
Hrudya Abraham, Jorge Espinal and Sindhu Joseph, Internal Medicine, MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, IL
Background/Purpose: More than 94,000 ANA tests are performed each year resulting in an estimated cost of 2.24 million dollars annually. The American College of Rheumatology…
Abstract Number: 2482 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Choosing Subserologies More Wisely: Implementing Anti-Nuclear Antibody (ANA) Reflex Testing and Education to Reduce Unnecessary Costs in an Integrated Healthcare System
David Bulbin¹, Alicia Meadows², Sandi Kelsey³, Andrea Berger⁴, H. Lester Kirchner⁴, Harold Harrison³ and Alfred E. Denio⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ²Rheumatology, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, ³Dept of Pathology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ⁴Biostatistics, Geisinger Center for Health Research, Danville, PA, ⁵Dept of Rheumatology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Background/Purpose: The American College of Rheumatology published its Top 5 List of Things Physicians and Patients Should Question as part of the American Board…

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