Use of a data warehouse at an academic medical center for clinical pathology quality improvement, education, and research
Matthew D. Krasowski,Andy Schriever,Gagan Mathur,John L Blau,Stephanie L Stauffer,Bradley Ford +5 more
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A data warehouse has significant potential for improving utilization of clinical pathology testing and software that can access data warehouse using a straightforward visual interface can be incorporated into pathology training programs.About:
This article is published in Journal of Pathology Informatics.The article was published on 2015-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 21 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Data warehouse & Data access.read more
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Data Mining to Improve Laboratory Utilization and Patient Care
TL;DR: With a growing focus on healthcare costs, clinical laboratories are often tasked with improving laboratory utilization, while also remaining conscious of ensuring patients receive the appropriate testing for optimal patient care.
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Chaitanya Shivade,Preethi Raghavan,Eric Fosler-Lussier,Peter J. Embi,Noémie Elhadad,Stephen B. Johnson,Albert Lai +6 more
TL;DR: There are a variety of approaches for classifying patients into a particular phenotype, and good performance is reported on datasets at respective institutions, however, no system makes comprehensive use of electronic medical records addressing all of their known weaknesses.