Improving the Laboratory Add-On Process and Increasing Housestaff Satisfaction with an EMR Intervention. Issue 1 (10th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shahnazarian, Vahe; Mehta, Parag
• Is Part Of: BMJ open quality. Volume 5:Issue 1(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-05-10
• Subjects: Medical care -- Quality control -- Periodicals; 362.106805
• DOI: 10.1136/bmjquality.u208549.w4294
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2399-6641

Abstract

Abstract : At a community hospital in Brooklyn, New York, the process for ordering add-on testing to drawn blood tubes involved filling out a paper sheet, then faxing and bulleting that sheet to the lab. It was a very inefficient, cumbersome, and unsatisfactory way of completing the process. In light of this, an EMR intervention was implemented in which the add-on order was placed as an EMR order. The study spanned over almost five years, over a year of which was post-intervention. There was a statistically significant increase in the number of add-on orders being placed as a result of the intervention. This has greatly improved housestaff satisfaction with the overall process. In conclusion, the project was a great success and met its goals of simplifying a difficult and cumbersome process while increasing user satisfaction.