Last orders: follow-up of tests ordered on the day of hospital discharge.

Mei-Sing Ong; Farah Magrabi; Graham Jones; Enrico Coiera

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Last orders: follow-up of tests ordered on the day of hospital discharge.

December 21, 2014

Ong M-S, Magrabi F, Jones G, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(17):1347-9.

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According to data presented in this research letter, tests ordered on the day of discharge represent a disproportionate number of tests that are not followed-up.

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