ABPath Clinical Informatics case studies
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Clinical Informatics certification is a joint and equal function of the American Board of Pathology (ABPath) and the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM). For pathologists, routing is the first practical issue: ABPath diplomates and candidates must apply and register with ABPath, and ABPath diplomates cannot apply or register for this examination with ABPM. The ABPath Clinical Informatics case studies are 5 cases and about 3,532 words.
1Delta-Check Removal to Improve Autoverification
A 600-bed academic medical center's core laboratory processes 4,200 chemistry specimens daily. Six weeks after go-live of a new middleware autoverification platform, the autoverification rate is 78% against a 90% target.
770 words, about 4 min2Duplicate-Order Alert With a 94% Override Rate
A 400-bed community hospital's CPOE system fires an interruptive alert for duplicate laboratory orders: it triggers when a provider orders a chemistry panel within 12 hours of a prior panel or a CBC within 24 hours. The alert fires about 1,150 times per month, and 94% are overridden.
782 words, about 4 min3Public Health Request for Line-Level Blood Culture Data
A state health department requests monthly line-level data on all positive blood cultures from a 12-hospital system to build an antimicrobial resistance surveillance dashboard. The requested fields include patient name, date of birth, ZIP code, organism, susceptibility, and admission date.
699 words, about 3 min4Best-of-Breed Versus Enterprise LIS Under a Capital Deadline
A 250-bed hospital and its 40-provider pathology group are selecting a new laboratory information system. The current system is 18 years old and cannot support digital pathology or structured synoptic reporting.
628 words, about 3 min5Wrong-Blood-in-Tube Events After Productivity Changes
A 350-bed hospital's laboratory has reported three wrong-blood-in-tube events in five months. Investigation shows phlebotomists print barcode labels in batches at the start of a shift and sometimes label tubes away from the bedside.
653 words, about 3 min