Algorithm-derived, computer-generated interpretive comments in the reporting of laboratory tests.

T H McConnell; C T Ashworth; R D Ashworth; C R Nielsen

doi:10.1093/ajcp/72.1.32

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Algorithm-derived, computer-generated interpretive comments in the reporting of laboratory tests.

T H McConnell·C T Ashworth·R D Ashworth·C R Nielsen

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The volume of laboratory and other data that physicians encounter daily is more than most can mentally process without oversight or error. Routine use of computer-generated reminders is one solution to this problem that is now widely suggested. We report our experience with the daily use of a user-written program of algorithm-derived, computer-generated comments in the reporting of chemical profiles and routine thyroid function tests in a busy medium-sized privately owned independent clinical laboratory.

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T H McConnell, C T Ashworth, R D Ashworth, C R Nielsen. 1979. Algorithm-derived, computer-generated interpretive comments in the reporting of laboratory tests.. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp%2F72.1.32

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