Vitamin B12 test volume data before and after the implementation of an educational province-wide intervention to reduce redundant testing in Alberta
The data presented in this article is the provincial vitamin B12 test volume data for Alberta, Canada per month between April 1, 2015 and April 30, 2018. This data set was collected from the three different Alberta Public Laboratories Laboratory Information Systems: Cerner Millennium for Calgary, Su...
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| description | The data presented in this article is the provincial vitamin B12 test volume data for Alberta, Canada per month between April 1, 2015 and April 30, 2018. This data set was collected from the three different Alberta Public Laboratories Laboratory Information Systems: Cerner Millennium for Calgary, Sunquest for Edmonton, and MediTech for the remaining rural zones of Alberta (Bonnyville, Grand Prairie, Camrose, Red Deer, and Medicine Hat). An educational province-wide intervention aimed at reducing redundant testing was implemented on April 11, 2017 in Calgary, Alberta and Edmonton, Alberta and on May 2, 2017 in rural Alberta sites. All vitamin B12 test results in Alberta were appended with the educational comment “A normal test result indicates adequate stores and should not be repeated. However, if specific clinical situations require re-testing, the interval should not be sooner than 1 year.” Provincial monthly test volumes prior to this intervention ranged from 54,182 to 73,522 tests per month and after this intervention ranged from 59,116 to 74,006 tests per month. The total number of vitamin B12 tests ordered over the 37 months in Alberta was 2,444,724; 690,448 tests were ordered in Calgary, 1,029,315 tests were ordered in Edmonton, and 724,961 tests were ordered in rural sites. This data article was submitted as a companion paper to the related research article, “Implementation of an educational province-wide intervention to reduce redundant vitamin B12 testing: a cross-sectional study”[1]. Keywords: Vitamin B12, Laboratory utilization, Inappropriate testing, Laboratory medicine, Pathology informatics |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c201c0b09ee34b2ca3d7dd925a075b3f2022-12-22T01:07:26ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092019-12-0127Vitamin B12 test volume data before and after the implementation of an educational province-wide intervention to reduce redundant testing in AlbertaPavandeep Gill0Maggie Guo1Cheryl K. Lau2Christopher Naugler3Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, CanadaAlberta Public Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaAlberta Public Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Family Medicine and Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Alberta Public Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Corresponding author. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada.The data presented in this article is the provincial vitamin B12 test volume data for Alberta, Canada per month between April 1, 2015 and April 30, 2018. This data set was collected from the three different Alberta Public Laboratories Laboratory Information Systems: Cerner Millennium for Calgary, Sunquest for Edmonton, and MediTech for the remaining rural zones of Alberta (Bonnyville, Grand Prairie, Camrose, Red Deer, and Medicine Hat). An educational province-wide intervention aimed at reducing redundant testing was implemented on April 11, 2017 in Calgary, Alberta and Edmonton, Alberta and on May 2, 2017 in rural Alberta sites. All vitamin B12 test results in Alberta were appended with the educational comment “A normal test result indicates adequate stores and should not be repeated. However, if specific clinical situations require re-testing, the interval should not be sooner than 1 year.” Provincial monthly test volumes prior to this intervention ranged from 54,182 to 73,522 tests per month and after this intervention ranged from 59,116 to 74,006 tests per month. The total number of vitamin B12 tests ordered over the 37 months in Alberta was 2,444,724; 690,448 tests were ordered in Calgary, 1,029,315 tests were ordered in Edmonton, and 724,961 tests were ordered in rural sites. This data article was submitted as a companion paper to the related research article, “Implementation of an educational province-wide intervention to reduce redundant vitamin B12 testing: a cross-sectional study”[1]. Keywords: Vitamin B12, Laboratory utilization, Inappropriate testing, Laboratory medicine, Pathology informaticshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340919311400 |
| spellingShingle | Pavandeep Gill Maggie Guo Cheryl K. Lau Christopher Naugler Vitamin B12 test volume data before and after the implementation of an educational province-wide intervention to reduce redundant testing in Alberta Data in Brief |
| title | Vitamin B12 test volume data before and after the implementation of an educational province-wide intervention to reduce redundant testing in Alberta |
| title_full | Vitamin B12 test volume data before and after the implementation of an educational province-wide intervention to reduce redundant testing in Alberta |
| title_fullStr | Vitamin B12 test volume data before and after the implementation of an educational province-wide intervention to reduce redundant testing in Alberta |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vitamin B12 test volume data before and after the implementation of an educational province-wide intervention to reduce redundant testing in Alberta |
| title_short | Vitamin B12 test volume data before and after the implementation of an educational province-wide intervention to reduce redundant testing in Alberta |
| title_sort | vitamin b12 test volume data before and after the implementation of an educational province wide intervention to reduce redundant testing in alberta |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340919311400 |
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