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Yes this is the answer and Connecting for Health is working towards that goal - starting with the National Laboratory Medicine Catalogue and the Summary Care Record. Pathology also has three good databases to link with the catalogue to enable intelligent requesting and interpretation. LabWizard (in Australia) is well advanced in this route Further info re social influence may be found in Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness (Hardcover) by <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_ 1?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Richard%20H.% 20Thaler> Richard H. Thaler (Author), <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_ 2?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Cass%20R.%20S unstein> Cass R. Sunstein (Author) Regards Gifford Professor Gifford Batstone MBBS, BSc, FRCPath, MSc -----Original Message----- From: Clinical biochemistry discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mainwaring-Burton Richard (RGZ) Sent: 03 February 2009 10:19 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: "Demand management": Don't Throw in the Towel: Use Social Inf luence Research Surely our answer will be (should be) intelligent order-comms based on patient EPR ? with best wishes Richard Richard Mainwaring-Burton Consultant Biochemist Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup, Kent 020-8308-3084 -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Kay [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 03 February 2009 10:07 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: "Demand management": Don't Throw in the Towel: Use Social Influence Research There's a lot of talk about "demand management" and "inappropriate investigation". Are there any lessons for us here <http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=1762> ? http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=1762 Jonathan ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/