The Health Insurance Agency, following a notification to providers, informs the public of the adoption and implementation of guidelines for the referral of routine laboratory tests in asymptomatic adults. The guidelines apply to beneficiaries who have not been diagnosed with or shown symptoms of a disease or have not received or are not receiving medication.
The adoption of this protocol, which is based on evidence-based literature and good clinical practice, followed a study by the Agency in collaboration with the Agency's Laboratory Tests Subcommittee and after consultation with representatives of the Scientific Societies of Adult Personal Physicians.
The goal of adopting the guidelines is to establish evidence-based prevention. The final decision and responsibility for referral for laboratory testing rests with the Personal Physician, who is aware of the beneficiary's clinical picture and other risk factors that may be present.
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