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Scramble Or Script: Responding To New Medicare Billing For Medications In Hospice, Jennifer Tjia, Shaida Talebreza, Maija Reblin, Anna Beck, Lee Ellington
Scramble Or Script: Responding To New Medicare Billing For Medications In Hospice, Jennifer Tjia, Shaida Talebreza, Maija Reblin, Anna Beck, Lee Ellington
Jennifer Tjia
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Factors Associated With Ordering Laboratory Monitoring Of High-Risk Medications, Shira H. Fischer, Terry S. Field, Daniel J. Peterson, George Reed, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jennifer Tjia
Factors Associated With Ordering Laboratory Monitoring Of High-Risk Medications, Shira H. Fischer, Terry S. Field, Daniel J. Peterson, George Reed, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jennifer Tjia
Jennifer Tjia
Background
Knowledge about factors associated with provider ordering of appropriate testing is limited.
Objective
To determine physician factors correlated with ordering of recommended laboratory monitoring tests for high-risk medications, accounting for patient characteristics.
Methods
Analysis of the administrative claims and electronic medical records of patients prescribed a high-risk medication requiring laboratory monitoring in a large multispecialty group practice between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008. The outcome is a physician order for each recommended laboratory test for each prescribed medication. Key predictor variables include physician characteristics, including age, gender, specialty training, years since completing training, and prescribing volume. We …