Meeting
Abstract Number: 298
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Misuse of laboratory tests can be difficult to determine unless tests are clearly overused or repeated routinely. However, excessive testing of chronically critically ill patients treated in long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) can be potentially harmful. A previously reported quality improvement initiative designed to increase physician awareness of their patterns of lab utilization in […]