Dietz et al. investigated predictors for physician ordering postpartum glucose testing and for test completion and found that use of insulin or glyburide during pregnancy was not significantly associated with these outcomes [ 46].
In a case control study of campylobacteriosis in Australia, 41% of case-patients had bloody diarrhea, and 75% had fever; both of these symptoms are strong predictors for physicians ordering laboratory tests (30, 31 ).
"Professionalism" also emerged with three general categories: ownership (e.g., out-going is viewed by on-coming as responsible for new physician orders which creates different perspectives about who is responsible); consideration (e.g., reluctance to accept handover or inconsideration); and punctuality (e.g., arrives on time and starts on time).
We found a high rate of physician order turbulence for active vitamin D and calcium.
During a physician's clinical practice, a mobile electronic medical record means the use of a mobile device (such as a tablet computer, laptop, mobile phone or PDA) that can be taken on rounds, used during inspections and consultations, used for enquiries about physician orders and prescriptions, and for the performance of other routine physician duties.
The state recently pioneered an electronic registry for more than 120,000 POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) forms for the aged or very ill, in which patients set highly specific limits on the kinds of care they desire.
To characterize the self-reported practices and opinions of nursing home (NH) health care professionals using the North Carolina Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) form, an adaptation of the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) paradigm.
Hence, according to the key laboratory findings ordered for this purpose [ 21], the physician orders CBC and ESR for the patient.
ACP: advance care planning; AD: advance directive; CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation; GP: General Practitioner; n/h: nursing home; POLST: Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Therapy; POLST-E: Physican Orders for Life-Sustaining Therapy in case of Emergency The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
And Kaiser has no formal "rationing" -- that is, no explicit scorekeeping of how many expensive tests or procedures a physician orders for patients.
