| Speaker: | Daniel Holmes earned his undergraduate degree in Chemical Physics from the University of Toronto. He went to medical school at the University of British Columbia (UBC) where he also did his residency in Medical Biochemistry. He is a Clinical Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UBC and Head of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver and Interim Medical Director of the British Columbia Provincial Toxicology Laboratory. Interests include clinical endocrinology with a focus on secondary hypertension, lipidology, clinical mass spectrometry, and data science in application to data automation, visualization and clinical utilization. |
| Overview: | The lecture will describe the process developed at our institution to decrease unnecessary test utilization through a multi-pronged approach leveraging physician order entry through a new electronic health record. Practical strategies will be discussed and the data analytic methodologies used to evaluate success will be explained. |
| Learning Objectives: | At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: 1) Identify practical strategies to reduce testing in the context of computerized physician order entry. 2) Identify three practical strategies to decrease unnecessary diagnostic testing leveraging the design of LIS batteries. |
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