Abstract:Importance: Early morning blood draws disrupt patients' sleep and adversely affect patient experience.
Objective: To describe the trends in non-urgent early morning blood draws in a large health care system.
Design: This cross-sectional study analyzed trends in non-urgent early morning (04:00-06:59) blood draws using the electronic medical records of patients hospitalized between November 2016 and October 2019.
Setting: The study was done at Yale New Haven Health System, which is Connecticut's largest health … Show more
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