| Goal |
Action |
| Improve coordination between the send-out department and ordering clinicians |
- Develop specialty based email discussion groups consisting of clinicians, the send-out department pathologist (Ann Folkins, M.D.), and section directors with special expertise in the particular areas
|
| Simplify and optimize
the ordering process for
send-out tests
|
- Drastically reduce the
number of undefined
"lab unlisted" tests
by creating orderable
test codes
- Increase transparency
about which tests
are done in-house
and which ones are
sent to reference
laboratories
- Review search terms
for send-out tests in
Epic and Cerner
- Develop a searchable
database for
the send-out
technologists which
links into the existing
information system
|
| Monitor referral patterns
for tests being sent to
outside laboratories
|
- Create monthly
reports of reference
test orders for review
by lab administration
and section directors
- Use reports to guide
plans for development
of in-house tests
|
| Provide on-site medical
oversight to the sendout
department
|
- Create position
to provide on-site
section direction for
the technologists
and to act as a
point-person for
interactions with
ordering clinicians
|
