%0 Journal Article
%T Reduction in laboratory turnaround time decreases emergency room length of stay
%A Matthew O¡¯Hara
%A Nitin Kaushik
%A Ramy Arnaout
%A Victor S Khangulov
%J Archive of "Open Access Emergency Medicine : OAEM".
%D 2018
%R 10.2147/OAEM.S155988
%X Laboratory tests are an important contributor to treatment decisions in the emergency department (ED). Rapid turnaround of laboratory tests can optimize ED throughout by reducing the length of stay (LOS) and improving patient outcomes. Despite evidence supporting the effect of shorter turnaround time (TAT) on LOS and outcomes, there is still a lack of large retrospective studies examining these associations. Here, we evaluated the effect of a reduction in laboratory TAT on ED LOS using retrospective analysis of Electronic Health Records (EHR)
%K laboratory testing
%K turnaround time
%K emergency department
%K length of stay
%K patient acuity
%K retrospective analysis
%K data science
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5916382/