Cost analysis of point-of-care laboratory testing in a community hospital.

How Much Can We Save the Cost from Shifting from Single - Test Strip to Multiple - Test Strip in Point of Care Testing Analysis for Common Clinical Chemistry Parameters ?

Evaluation of Prescriber Satisfaction in a University Testing Laboratory of Bacteriology

Background and Objectives: Given the growing concern focused on the continuous improvement of the quality of care, safety and customer satisfaction, the Ibn Sina University Hospital (CHIS) has started an ambitious program for institutionalization of quality management at the establishments under the CHIS, in general, and the ISO certification 9001v2008 of its biomedical analysis laboratories, i...

Laboratory process improvement through point-of-care testing.

BACKGROUND In the 1992-1996 period Methodist Clinical Laboratory Services of the Methodist Health Group, Indianapolis, was restructuring all work processes. In one initiative, point-of-care testing (POCT) was used to optimize the decision cycle time while reducing the overall cost of providing information. DEVELOPING THE COMPARATIVE MODEL: In a typical month (May 1994) for hospital admissions a...

Medical Students’ Knowledge of Indications for Imaging Modalities and Cost Analysis of Incorrect Requests, Shiraz, Iran 2011-2012

Medical imaging has a remarkable role in the practice of clinical medicine. This study intends to evaluate the knowledge of indications of five common medical imaging modalities and estimation of the imposed cost of their non-indicated requests among medical students who attend Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. We conducted across-sectional survey using a self-administered qu...

بررسی بهره برداری از آزمایشگاه، زمینه ای برای بهبود کیفیت بیمارستان

Background and Aim: In attention to pressing need to cost containment and service efficiency, laboratory services serve as a central locus for controlling health care expenditure. This study intents to investigate proportion of laboratory utilization in Iran to pave the way for future interventions. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the proportion for ...