Meeting
Abstract Number: 360
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) identifies repetitive CBC & chemistry testing as low-value, and they selected this as a Choosing Wisely Recommendation. Overuse of phlebotomy is associated with hospital-acquired anemia, decreased patient satisfaction and increased hospital costs. Process improvement techniques have been utilized to reduce inpatient phlebotomy, but prospectively identifying a cohort of […]