臨床医が役立つ臨床検査医からの情報提供
〆 谷 直 人*
Communication of Useful Information
from Laboratory Physicians to Clinical Physicians
Naoto SHIMETANI, MD*
In recent years increasing importance has been placed on the role of hospital clinical research, such as the promotion of intra-laboratory human, material and informational resources, previously restricted to the laboratory, to the whole hospital system, and the appropriate usage of laboratory findings via common consultation systems, or specialized informational consultants in the clinical laboratory department.
The volume of clinical laboratory information, which plays an important
role in the decision-making process of routine clinical practices, is enormous
for each individual hospital, and appropriate use of this information has
a major influence on institutional clinical practice efficiency. In response
to the need for the communication of useful laboratory information to clinical
physicians, departments of laboratory research consultants have been organized
in individual hospitals as a way forward. In the near future, laboratory
physicians will play a leading role in the communication of research information
from the viewpoint of EBLM(evidence-based laboratory medicine). From the
work of these laboratory research consultants, it becomes possible to obtain
relevant EBLM-related information, such as frequently asked questions and
opinions, from their users. By replying to these questions and opinions
appropriately, laboratory research consultants can provide information
that is both advantageous and useful, and which meets the needs of the
clinical physician side.
Effective communication of useful laboratory research information should not be restricted to either the laboratory physicians or the technicians; it is a job that needs the cooperation and teamwork of both sets of people. Also, they should always keep in mind that communication by itself is not sufficient; they should not assume the useful evaluation of information by the users, but rather ensure that they are presented with information that precisely meets their needs.
[Rinsho Byori 51 : 336〜340, 2003]
*Department of Clinical Laboratory, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University
School of Medicine, Koshigaya 343-8555
【Key Words】laboratory information room(center)(検査情報室)，clinical
work support(診療支援)，laboratory consultation(検査相談)，Evidence-Based
Laboratory Medicine：EBLM，clinical pathologist(臨床検査[病理]医)
*獨協医科大学越谷病院臨床検査部(〒343-8555 越谷市南越谷2-1-50)
E-mail :shime@dokkyomed.ac.jp