Analysis of Diagnostic Test Ordering Habits Among Internal Medicine Residents

Joshua D Geleris; George Shih; Lia Logio

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.3519

Analysis of Diagnostic Test Ordering Habits Among Internal Medicine Residents

JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Dec 1;178(12):1719-1721. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.3519.

Authors

Joshua D Geleris¹, George Shih², Lia Logio³

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York.
² Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
³ Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Abstract

This study analyzes electronic diagnostic test ordering habits of internal medicine resident physicians at an academic medical center and during academic year 2016-2017.

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Tests, Routine / statistics & numerical data*
Habits
Humans
Internal Medicine / education*
Internship and Residency*
Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
Procedures and Techniques Utilization