Evaluating a mobile application for improving clinical laboratory test ordering and diagnosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Mobile applications for improving diagnostic decision making often lack clinical evaluation. We evaluated if a mobile application improves generalist physicians' appropriate laboratory test ordering and diagnosis decisions and assessed if physicians perceive it as useful for learning.

Methods

In an experimental, vignette study, physicians diagnosed 8 patient vignettes with normal prothrombin times (PT) and abnormal partial thromboplastin times (PTT). Physicians made test ordering and diagnosis decisions for 4 vignettes using each resource: a mobile app, PTT Advisor, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Clinical Laboratory Integration into Healthcare Collaborative (CLIHC); and usual clinical decision support. Then, physicians answered

SUBMITTER: Meyer AND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6947660 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature