Applied Clinical Informatics, Table of Contents Appl Clin Inform 2013; 04(04): 476-498DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2013-06-RA-0041 Research Article Schattauer GmbH The Association between Use of a Clinical Decision Support Tool and Adherence to Monitoring for Medication-Laboratory Guidelines in the Ambulatory Setting Authors Author Affiliations B. Lau 1 Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA C. L. Overby * 2 Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 5 Department of Medicine Program in Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD H. S. Wirtz 3 Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA E. B. Devine 1 Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2 Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 3 Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 4 Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Recommend Article Abstract Full Text PDF Download(opens in new window) Keywords KeywordsAdherence to guidelines - clinical decision support - clinical guidelines - meaningful use - medication laboratory test monitoring References References 1 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009, Public Law III-5.. [accessed on September 28, 2013]. Available at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ5/pdf/PLAW-111publ5.pdf 2 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.. 2012. Meaningful Use. [accessed on September 28, 2013]. 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