TY  - JOUR
T1  - Let's just check that potassium one more time . . . : Comment on “last orders: follow-up of tests ordered on the day of hospital discharge”
AU  - Ong M, Magrabi F, Jones G, Coiera E
Y1  - 2012/09/24
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3982
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1344
EP  - 1353
VL  - 172
IS  - 17
N2  - 
Tests ordered on the last day of hospital admission account for almost half of all test results that are not reviewed and for a larger proportion of abnormal test results that are not reviewed. Because patients are judged ready to go home on the day of discharge, most tests ordered that day are unlikely to change care and are probably not needed. However, if an important test result is required to guide care at discharge, providers need to figure out a process to ensure follow-up.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3982
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3982
ER  -