Establishing Send-Out Testing Governance
Speaker:
Allison Chambliss, PhD, DABCC, FADLM, Associate Clinical Professor, Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Health
Contact Hours:
1.0
Date:
January 23, 2025 - January 31, 2026
Description:
Send-out referral laboratories support clinical needs but may cause issues related to regulations and governance, specimen logistics, test result availability, and cost and reimbursement. Miscellaneous send-outs can increase risks of specimen collection and processing errors, result delays, and repeat testing. This webinar describes UCLA Health’s review of MISC send-out tests and the identification of appropriate tests to build in the EHR system, as well as efforts to establish a preferred referral test list and a streamlined request process for providers. The speaker shares UCLA Health's initial experiences and data regarding these initiatives.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify risks associated with miscellaneous (non-discrete) referral laboratory test orders.
- Compare prospective and retrospective methods for identifying appropriate referral laboratory tests.
- Define measures for demonstrating the impact of referral laboratory test ordering interventions.