Table.

Specific laboratory tests ordered

Specific laboratory tests ordered ($)	Laboratory tests/patient/day
	Baseline	Pilot	P
General medicine
CBC ($43)	0.885	0.960	0.001
CBC w-diff ($181)	0.511	0.312	<0.0001
BMP ($48)	0.983	1.012	0.971
CMP ($248)	0.423	0.272	<0.0001
POCT glucose ($16)	0.688	0.673	0.424
Magnesium ($21)	0.857	0.750	<0.0001
Phosphorous ($12)	0.687	0.629	0.003
Blood culture ($117)	0.120	0.120	0.921
Hemglobin A1c ($65)	0.031	0.029	0.663
Hepatic function ($210)	0.024	0.025	0.676
Ratio CBC w-diff/CBC+CBC w-diff	36.614	24.536	<0.0001
Ratio CMP/BMP+CMP	30.079	21.157	<0.0001
Hospitalists
CBC ($43)	0.679	0.607	<0.0001
CBC w-diff ($181)	0.486	0.393	<0.0001
BMP ($48)	0.817	0.721	<0.0001
CMP ($248)	0.390	0.301	<0.0001
POCT glucose ($16)	0.622	0.540	<0.0001
Magnesium ($21)	0.524	0.478	0.001
Phosphorous ($12)	0.360	0.291	<0.0001
Blood culture ($117)	0.120	0.105	0.019
Hemoglobin A1c ($65)	0.026	0.028	0.504
Hepatic function ($210)	0.020	0.015	0.063
Ratio CBC w-diff/CBC+CBC w-diff	41.709	39.308	0.044
Ratio CMP/BMP+CMP	32.310	29.419	0.005

BMP, basic metabolic panel; CBC, complete blood count; CMP, comprehensive metabolic panel; POCT, point-of-care testing; w-diff, with differential.