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Abstracts tagged "laboratory tests and quality improvement"

  • Abstract Number: 1097 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    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 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    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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