Financial impact of a targeted reduction in cardiac enzyme testing at a community hospital

• Main Authors: Li Zhang (Author), Anne M. Sill (Author), Ilene Young (Author), Sabreen Ahmed (Author), Maria Morales (Author), Sapna Kuehl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: Nearly one-third of healthcare costs are potentially avoidable and would not compromise medical care if eliminated. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the financial impact of reduction in use of creatinine kinase (CK)-MB and myoglobin tests after removing them from the cardiac enzyme order...