Vitamin D testing: Impact of changes to testing guidelines on detection of patients at risk of vitamin D deficiency.
Andrew St JohnHoward MorrisAlice RichardsonBrett LidburyGreg WardTony BadrickPublished in: Annals of clinical biochemistry (2021)
The failure to show a sustained reduction in vitamin D testing is a common finding with demand management strategies to limit test requesting. More significant is the failure of the intervention to improve the detection of vitamin D deficiency. These failures highlight the need for better tools to manage test requesting including the use of audit and outcomes measurement to guide future interventions.