This idea was raised during a patient panel in support of Mission Bay operations & transition planning efforts.

As a way to encourage patient sleep as part of the healing process, the patient requested that morning phlebotomy draws be reduced or eliminated. 

As a follow up, and when discussed anecdotally with clinicians--including physician representation--we learned that in most cases, the morning labs are not part of the daily physician rounding work up & process, and therefore a wasteful exercise.

The proposal is to have morning draws ordered, instead of defaulted in Epic. Changing this practice could save the medical center money and improve patient satisfaction.

More investigation has not taken place due to lack of bandwidth, and so that is why I put forward this idea.

Thank you,