CAP TODAY Pathology/Laboratory Medicine/Laboratory Management
November 2017—The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute has published “Developing and Managing a Medical Laboratory (Test) Utilization Program (GP49),” which provides guidance on the process for developing and effectively maintaining a test utilization or laboratory stewardship committee.
Features of the document include information on how to organize and manage a test utilization committee, an extensive list of strategies and tactics, an in-depth review of performance metrics, a list of lessons learned by seasoned contributors, and a list of articles and studies related to utilization management.
Appendixes include documents that are ready to use or may be easily modified, such as a project charter template and a test utilization impact worksheet.
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