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Review
. 2021 Jun 23;11(7):1141.
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11071141.

Laboratory Demand Management Strategies-An Overview

Cornelia Mrazek  1 , Elisabeth Haschke-Becher  1 , Thomas K Felder  1 , Martin H Keppel  1 , Hannes Oberkofler  1 , Janne Cadamuro  1
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Review

Laboratory Demand Management Strategies-An Overview

Cornelia Mrazek et al. Diagnostics (Basel). .

Abstract

Inappropriate laboratory test selection in the form of overutilization as well as underutilization frequently occurs despite available guidelines. There is broad approval among laboratory specialists as well as clinicians that demand management strategies are useful tools to avoid this issue. Most of these tools are based on automated algorithms or other types of machine learning. This review summarizes the available demand management strategies that may be adopted to local settings. We believe that artificial intelligence may help to further improve these available tools.

Keywords: appropriate laboratory test ordering; overutilization; pre-analytical phase; underutilization.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Categorization of DM strategies: Stratification of whether DM tools prevent overutilization and/or underutilization. LOP = laboratory ordering profile.
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